2022 · Week 17

Final

Saints

New Orleans

QB Andy Dalton

20·10

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Gardner Minshew

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 54°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

PHI -5.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+2.3est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Saints

Eagles

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Saints

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsSaints wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Saintsedge mapEagles
  • -0.037EPA / play+0.100
  • 45.5%Success rate47.9%
  • +0.018EPA / dropback+0.121
  • -0.109EPA / rush+0.072
  • 8.6%Explosive rate11.3%
  • +1.61CPOE+2.05
  • 40.9%Third-down rate46.2%
  • 57.5%Red-zone TD rate72.8%
  • 1.59Points / drive2.43
  • 2.3%Turnover rate1.7%

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

NO lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 48.1 points. PHI are 9-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W3PHI @ NO15–12PHI
2021 · W11NO @ PHI29–40PHI
2020 · W14NO @ PHI21–24PHI
2018 · playoffsPHI @ NO14–20NO
2018 · W11PHI @ NO7–48NO
2015 · W5NO @ PHI17–39PHI
2013 · playoffsNO @ PHI26–24NO
2012 · W9PHI @ NO13–28NO

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNO–PHI
NOQ1 15:001680Touchdown7–0
PHIQ1 6:0232Punt7–0
NOQ1 3:54928Punt7–0
PHIQ2 13:3439Punt7–0
NOQ2 11:28532Field goal10–0
PHIQ2 8:3033Punt10–0
NOQ2 7:00668Field goal13–0
PHIQ2 3:0537Punt13–0
NOQ2 2:13539Turnover13–0
PHIQ2 0:34540End of half13–0
PHIQ3 15:00963Field goal13–3
NOQ3 10:5836Punt13–3
PHIQ3 9:32835Punt13–3
NOQ3 4:49414Punt13–3
PHIQ3 2:14396Touchdown13–10
NOQ3 0:45418Punt13–10
PHIQ4 13:34515Punt13–10
NOQ4 12:033-8Punt13–10
PHIQ4 10:0149Turnover on downs13–10
NOQ4 8:3255Punt13–10
PHIQ4 6:0722Opp touchdown20–10
PHIQ4 5:27732Turnover on downs20–10
NOQ4 3:35633End of half20–10

Box score

Individual performances

Saints

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andy Dalton18/2220501
Taysom Hill2/22400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alvin Kamara16734.60
Taysom Hill14463.31
Eno Benjamin2105.00
Andy Dalton2-2-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Rashid Shaheed66790
Juwan Johnson57620
Chris Olave45420
Adam Trautman11160
Taysom Hill11100
Eno Benjamin1190
Alvin Kamara1170

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Gardner Minshew18/3227411

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Miles Sanders12615.10
Boston Scott263.00
Gardner Minshew100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DeVonta Smith9131150
A.J. Brown49971
Dallas Goedert36450
Kenny Gainwell22170
Boston Scott0100
Quez Watkins0100

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 +5.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Saints.

Half-point at risk

3.09%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.2%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.95
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.38
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.28