2024 · Week 2

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Kirk Cousins

22·21

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jalen Hurts

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 71°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

PHI -5.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+4.7est.

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.

Falcons

Eagles

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Falcons

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsFalcons wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Falconsedge mapEagles
  • +0.041EPA / play+0.111
  • 48.4%Success rate45.2%
  • +0.083EPA / dropback+0.165
  • -0.015EPA / rush+0.056
  • 9.7%Explosive rate10.7%
  • -0.01CPOE+6.20
  • 39.1%Third-down rate42.4%
  • 56.8%Red-zone TD rate64.1%
  • 2.10Points / drive2.46
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.1%

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 12–6 since 1999

Meetings average 40.4 points. PHI are 11-6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W1PHI @ ATL32–6PHI
2019 · W2PHI @ ATL20–24ATL
2018 · W1ATL @ PHI12–18PHI
2017 · playoffsATL @ PHI10–15PHI
2016 · W10ATL @ PHI15–24PHI
2015 · W1PHI @ ATL24–26ATL
2012 · W8ATL @ PHI30–17ATL
2011 · W2PHI @ ATL31–35ATL

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultATL–PHI
PHIQ1 15:00524Punt0–0
ATLQ1 12:00520Punt0–0
PHIQ1 9:551055Turnover on downs0–0
ATLQ1 4:38522Punt0–0
PHIQ1 1:5436Punt0–0
ATLQ1 0:17753Field goal3–0
PHIQ2 11:221280Touchdown3–7
ATLQ2 5:151689Field goal6–7
PHIQ2 0:0600End of half6–7
ATLQ3 15:00854Field goal9–7
PHIQ3 10:121064Field goal9–10
ATLQ3 4:28770Touchdown15–10
PHIQ3 1:211885Touchdown15–18
ATLQ4 6:4749Turnover on downs15–18
PHIQ4 5:381039Field goal15–21
ATLQ4 1:39670Touchdown22–21
PHIQ4 0:34213Turnover22–21
ATLQ4 0:1900End of half22–21

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kirk Cousins20/2924120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bijan Robinson14976.90
Tyler Allgeier9535.90
Ray-Ray McCloud133.00
Kirk Cousins4-1-0.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Darnell Mooney37881
Drake London67541
Ray-Ray McCloud35420
Bijan Robinson45250
Kyle Pitts34200
Tyler Allgeier11120

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jalen Hurts23/3018311

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Saquon Barkley22954.30
Jalen Hurts13856.51
Kenny Gainwell263.00

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 +5.53.6%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%3.0%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

3.19%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.6%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.83
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.16
  • Expected margin+4.70