2024 · Week 17

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Joe Flacco

33·45

Giants

New York

QB Tommy DeVito

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 54°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

IND -7.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

-2.4est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsColts wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Coltsedge mapGiants
  • -0.045EPA / play-0.088
  • 40.6%Success rate41.1%
  • -0.025EPA / dropback-0.073
  • -0.071EPA / rush-0.116
  • 10.3%Explosive rate6.8%
  • -5.38CPOE-1.45
  • 37.8%Third-down rate36.0%
  • 53.0%Red-zone TD rate47.5%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.28
  • 2.7%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

IND lead 5–3 since 1999

NYG have won 2 straight. Meetings average 57.6 points. NYG are 4-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W17IND @ NYG1038NYG
2018 · W16NYG @ IND2728IND
2014 · W9IND @ NYG4024IND
2010 · W2NYG @ IND1438IND
2006 · W1IND @ NYG2621IND
2002 · W16NYG @ IND4427NYG
1999 · W10IND @ NYG2719IND

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco26/3833022

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jonathan Taylor321253.92
Joe Flacco111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Alec Pierce691221
Michael Pittman9101091
Kylen Granson34340
Josh Downs34220
Adonai Mitchell24220
Jonathan Taylor24110
Trey Sermon11100
Mo Alie-Cox0100

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drew Lock17/2330940

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tyrone Tracy Jr.20593.00
Devin Singletary5214.20
Drew Lock500.01

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 -7.52.6%3.0%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.0%2.7%4.0%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

4.73%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

42.6%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.48
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.64
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.41