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Week 7

New York GiantsatHouston Texans

Sunday, Oct 25, 1:00 PM ET

Opened
-5.5
First seen Jul 29
Now
-9.5
-4 since open
Total
41.5
Prices archived
38
6 spread · 4 total
Crossed 7 since opening0.5 points short of 101 point gap between books right now

Where the best number is

HOU-8.5FanDuel
NYG+9.5DraftKings
Over41.5DraftKings
Under43.5FanDuel

Across the 2 books we archive — which is a real limit on this, and we would rather say so than imply a survey of the market. Lines only: two books on the same number with different juice read as equal here.

What the market says

Both prices with the bookmaker's margin removed. This is the market's number, not ours — we don't forecast NFL games, and we publish why.

NYG
21.4%
HOU
78.6%

Teams the market priced at 75–80% won 434 of 552 games since 1999.Slightly better than the price claimed, by 1.2 points.

4.0%the book's margin on this game

The two prices add up to 104.0%. Everything over 100% is the book's edge, taken whichever side you pick.

Head to head

Jameis Winston · NYGQB Index componentsC.J. Stroud · HOU
46 · C
Index
61 · B+
33.0
Attempts / gm
37.0
7.7%
Sacked
share of dropbacks
7.0%
57.6%
Completion
QB Index · vs HOU

Jameis Winston

NYG · 4 games, 132 attempts

46
index
C
Volumeweight 0.40
13th of 34

33.0 attempts per game · team runs 63 plays at 53% pass · sacked on 7.7% of dropbacks

Efficiencyweight 0.35
28th of 34

6.1 yards per attempt · 57.6% completions · -0.057 EPA per dropback

Matchupweight 0.25
15th of 32

HOU has allowed 7.2 yards per attempt across 5 games

≈ 187 yards

The life of this number

Following the DraftKings spread · one of 2 books archived · 3 prices on record

Open

Opened -5.5 on Wed, Jul 29, 88 days before kickoff.

Move

2 reprices since, 4 points of movement in all. It sits -9.5 — the favourite is 4 points bigger than at the open.

When it moved

Half of the movement was over by Sun, Oct 18, 8 PM ET.

100% 5+ days out
Biggest move

2.5 points at once — -7 to -9.5 on Sun, Oct 18, 8 PM ET.

Held 7

It sat on 7 for 5 days, then left it on Sun, Oct 18, 8 PM ET.

Every sentence above is arithmetic on prices we recorded and the times we recorded them. Nothing here says where this number goes next.

The life of this number

Following the DraftKings total · one of 2 books archived · 2 prices on record

Open

Opened 43.5 on Wed, Jul 29, 88 days before kickoff.

Move

One reprice since, 2 points of movement in all. It sits 41.5 — 2 points lower than the open.

When it moved

Half of the movement was over by Tue, Oct 13, 8 PM ET.

100% 5+ days out
Biggest move

2 points at once — 43.5 to 41.5 on Tue, Oct 13, 8 PM ET.

Every sentence above is arithmetic on prices we recorded and the times we recorded them. Nothing here says where this number goes next.

What happened at this number

Counts from 6,967 regular-season games since 1999. No model, no forecast — this is the history of the number itself, not a claim about this game.

The spread

Favourites of 9.5 covered 75 of 154 games.

The range covers a coin flip.

They won outright in 124 of 154.

The total

Totals of 41.5 went over 126 of 264 times.

The range covers a coin flip.

How often a game ends on each margin
3
1,046 of 6,967
7
634 of 6,967
6
415 of 6,967

The spread, hour by hour

Home handicap. Dashed rules are the key numbers.

710KICKOFF
DraftKingsFanDuel
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The total

Over line.

KICKOFF
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Player props

The books haven't posted player props for this game yet — normal this far out. The archive is already watching for them: the moment a price appears it is captured, kept forever, and becomes loggable here.

When they land you'll get the same book you get on the game lines — closing-line value, a letter grade and a good-bet verdict on every prop you log. No projections: our prop model failed its own pre-registered calibration gate, and we don't ship numbers that failed.

Every point above is a price we observed and stored, with the time we saw it. Nothing on this page is a prediction, a rating, or a recommended bet.

64.3%
6.1
Yards / att
7.6
317.5
Air yards / gm
355.4
-0.057
EPA / dropback
0.089
-7.3
CPOE
completion % over expected
+4.0

Every row is a rate measured over games already played, never a probability — the same components behind each quarterback's Index below. Our passing model failed its calibration test; we publish that on the accuracy page.

NYG skill corpswho they faceHOU skill corps
193.4
Receivers
yds/gm allowed · vs HOU / vs NYG
139.0
WR statements like this held next week 60%· CI 50.4–68.9
  • Malik NabersMalik Nabers28.0% target share · 15.3 PPR last 4
  • Darnell MooneyDarnell Mooney10.4% target share · 3.8 PPR last 4
  • Malachi FieldsMalachi Fields10.4% target share · 6.5 PPR last 4
statements like this held next week 54.6%· CI 50.7–58.5
  • Xavier HutchinsonXavier Hutchinson18.1% target share · 8.3 PPR last 4
  • Nico CollinsNico Collins14.6% target share · 20.9 PPR last 3
  • Kayshon BoutteKayshon Boutte10.5% target share · 6 PPR last 4
72.0
Backs
yds/gm allowed · vs HOU / vs NYG
100.4
RB statements like this held 51.9%· CI 42.4–61.3, no measured edge
  • Cam SkatteboCam Skattebo57.4% of team carries · 9.3 PPR last 4
  • Najee HarrisNajee Harris19.9% of team carries · 2.8 PPR last 4
  • Devin SingletaryDevin Singletary6.4% of team carries · 7.4 PPR last 2
statements like this held next week 54.6%· CI 50.7–58.5
  • David MontgomeryDavid Montgomery45.2% of team carries · 4.2 PPR last 4
45.8
Tight ends
yds/gm allowed · vs HOU / vs NYG
51.8
statements like this held next week 54.6%· CI 50.7–58.5
  • Isaiah LikelyIsaiah Likely29.3% target share · 14.4 PPR last 4
  • Theo JohnsonTheo Johnson5.5% target share · 3.9 PPR last 4
  • Dalton SchultzDalton Schultz18.1% target share · 10.2 PPR last 4
  • Foster MoreauFoster Moreau7.0% target share · 4.5 PPR last 4
Where this ranking comes from
31 attempts × 6.1 yards per attempt

Expected volume from the inputs above. Unvalidated — it is arithmetic on what has already happened, not a forecast that has been scored against outcomes.

The market has his team at 16.0 points implied.

What he has actually cleared
225.5 yards in 2 of 4250.5 yards in 1 of 4275.5 yards in 1 of 4

The index ranks this quarterback and this matchup against every qualifying passer, over games already played. It is not a probability and not a bet — our passing-yards model failed its calibration test, and we publish that on the accuracy page.

QB Index · vs NYG

C.J. Stroud

HOU · 5 games, 185 attempts

61
index
B+
Volumeweight 0.40
9th of 34

37.0 attempts per game · team runs 61 plays at 61% pass · sacked on 7.0% of dropbacks

Efficiencyweight 0.35
12th of 34

7.6 yards per attempt · 64.3% completions · 0.089 EPA per dropback

Matchupweight 0.25
23rd of 32

NYG has allowed 6.5 yards per attempt across 5 games

≈ 262 yards35 attempts × 7.6 yards per attempt

Expected volume from the inputs above. Unvalidated — it is arithmetic on what has already happened, not a forecast that has been scored against outcomes.

The market has his team at 25.5 points implied.

What he has actually cleared
250.5 yards in 4 of 5275.5 yards in 2 of 5300.5 yards in 2 of 5

The index ranks this quarterback and this matchup against every qualifying passer, over games already played. It is not a probability and not a bet — our passing-yards model failed its calibration test, and we publish that on the accuracy page.

10
390 of 6,967
4
341 of 6,967
14
334 of 6,967

Across 6,967 regular-season games since 1999, 24 of 28 spread rungs with a usable sample had a 95% interval containing 50%. In other words the number itself has never been an edge, at any rung, in twenty-seven seasons. What it is good for is knowing which numbers are expensive to cross — and a rung holding fewer than 30 games is shown greyed rather than dropped.

Woody MarksWoody Marks
37.4% of team carries · 9.6 PPR last 4