Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2022 · Week 15 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Daniel Jones

20·12

Commanders

Washington

QB Taylor Heinicke

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 35°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

WAS -4.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+3.9est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Giantsedge mapCommanders
  • +0.033EPA / play-0.066
  • 45.0%Success rate40.9%
  • +0.058EPA / dropback-0.045
  • -0.004EPA / rush-0.092
  • 7.9%Explosive rate8.0%
  • +1.68CPOE-1.41
  • 37.7%Third-down rate34.9%
  • 71.3%Red-zone TD rate61.4%
  • 2.02Points / drive1.48
  • 1.2%Turnover rate2.0%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

NYG lead 32–21–1 since 1999

WAS have won 4 straight. Meetings average 39.8 points. WAS are 24-28-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W15WAS @ NYG2921WAS
2025 · W1NYG @ WAS621WAS
2024 · W9WAS @ NYG2722WAS
2024 · W2NYG @ WAS1821WAS
2023 · W11NYG @ WAS3119NYG
2023 · W7WAS @ NYG714NYG
2022 · W13WAS @ NYG2020Tie
2021 · W18WAS @ NYG227WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Daniel Jones21/3216000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Saquon Barkley18874.81
Daniel Jones10353.50
Matt Breida263.00

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Taylor Heinicke17/2924910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Robinson12897.40
Taylor Heinicke33311.00
Antonio Gibson5214.20
Dyami Brown11515.00
Curtis Samuel510.20

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +4.53.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.8%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

1.97%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.5%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.23
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.40
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+3.89