Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2025 · Week 10

Final

Lions

Detroit

QB Jared Goff

44·22

Commanders

Washington

QB Marcus Mariota

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 64°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

DET -8.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

-0.2est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Lions

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsLions wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Lionsedge mapCommanders
  • +0.071EPA / play+0.035
  • 45.0%Success rate46.4%
  • +0.167EPA / dropback+0.084
  • -0.071EPA / rush-0.039
  • 10.1%Explosive rate8.6%
  • +1.64CPOE+0.67
  • 39.2%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 66.0%Red-zone TD rate72.8%
  • 2.54Points / drive2.03
  • 1.4%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

DET lead 9–6 since 1999

Meetings average 46.5 points. WAS are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · playoffsWAS @ DET4531WAS
2022 · W2WAS @ DET2736DET
2020 · W10WAS @ DET2730DET
2019 · W12DET @ WAS1619WAS
2016 · W7WAS @ DET1720DET
2013 · W3DET @ WAS2720DET
2010 · W8WAS @ DET2537DET
2009 · W3WAS @ DET1419DET

Box score

Individual performances

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff25/3332030
Kyle Allen0/2000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jahmyr Gibbs151429.52
David Montgomery15714.70
Kalif Raymond11010.00
Sione Vaki144.00
Kyle Allen1-1-1.00

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota16/2221320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jacory Croskey-Merritt11302.70
Jeremy McNichols5255.00
Marcus Mariota5224.40
Chris Rodriguez Jr.6162.71

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 -8.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Lions.

Half-point at risk

1.93%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.5%

Expected total

46.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.92
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.22