Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2023 · Week 8 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jalen Hurts

38·31

Commanders

Washington

QB Sam Howell

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

PHI -7

Total

42.5

Model margin

-1.0est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

4.6%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Eaglesedge mapCommanders
  • +0.061EPA / play-0.084
  • 46.3%Success rate41.9%
  • +0.106EPA / dropback-0.069
  • -0.007EPA / rush-0.119
  • 8.5%Explosive rate8.0%
  • +3.86CPOE+0.32
  • 47.5%Third-down rate35.6%
  • 61.4%Red-zone TD rate66.6%
  • 2.30Points / drive1.53
  • 2.4%Turnover rate2.7%

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

PHI lead 35–21 since 1999

Meetings average 45.6 points. WAS are 26-27-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1WAS @ PHI2224PHI
2025 · W18WAS @ PHI2417WAS
2025 · W16PHI @ WAS2918PHI
2024 · playoffsWAS @ PHI2355PHI
2024 · W16PHI @ WAS3336WAS
2024 · W11WAS @ PHI1826PHI
2023 · W4WAS @ PHI3134PHI
2022 · W10WAS @ PHI3221WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jalen Hurts29/3831940

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
D'Andre Swift16573.61
Jalen Hurts461.50
Kenny Gainwell2-4-2.00

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Howell39/5239741

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Robinson10595.90
Antonio Gibson2147.00
Sam Howell3113.70
Dyami Brown100.00

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 -72.8%4.6%3.0%7.4%7.2%2.8%4.3%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

4.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

46.4%

Expected total

46.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.70
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.99