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Philadelphia Eagles
11-7 last yr · #8 Elo
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Levi's Stadium
San Francisco 49ers
13-6 last yr · #9 Elo
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The read

On rating alone Philadelphia Eagles are 0.1 points better (#8 vs #9 of 32), and SF add 0.0 for home field. The clearest mismatch is the rushing game: PHI rushing ranks #12, SF defends it at #23; the other way SF #13 into PHI's #6.

Who has the edge

Rating
Even
PHI rated 0.1 points better on Elo (#9 vs #8).
Home & rest
Even
SF gets 0.0 points for home field.
Quarterback
not priced
Usual starters on both sides — Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts — no adjustment.
Passing game
Slight edge
PHI
PHI passing ranks #14, SF defends it at #25; the other way SF #8 into PHI's #9.
context · not in the margin
Rushing game
Clear edge
PHI
PHI rushing ranks #12, SF defends it at #23; the other way SF #13 into PHI's #6.
context · not in the margin
Third down & red zone
Slight edge
SF
SF third-down conversion ranks #1, PHI defends it at #22; the other way PHI #24 into SF's #14.
context · not in the margin
Form (last 5)
Clear edge
PHI
SF −3.2 per game over the last five, PHI +6.4.
context · not in the margin
Market
not priced
No line yet.
context · not in the margin

The margin, factor by factor

Philadelphia EaglesSan Francisco 49ers
1557 Elo · #8
RatingThe Elo gap in points — the model's core read on who is better, before the situational pieces below.
PHI +0.1 pts
1554 Elo · #9
road
Home field
not priced
home
Rest
even
Hurts · +2.9 EPA/g
QuarterbackStarter's value against what the team usually gets at quarterback. Only moves when someone other than the usual starter plays.
even
Purdy · +6.7 EPA/g
−0.8 pts vs SF D
Offense vs defenseEach offense's scoring rating against the other defense's — what drives the model total. Shown as an edge, though the winner call runs on Elo.
even
−0.8 pts vs PHI D
L L W W W · +6.4
Form (last 5)Average margin over the last five games. Already inside the ratings — listed so you can see when recent form and the rating disagree.
PHI +4.8 pts
L W L W W · −3.2
5 out/IR
InjuriesCount of players listed Out or on IR. Not priced beyond the quarterback.
not priced
9 out/IR
MarketThe consensus spread, read as points. Compare with the model margin above it.
not priced

Bars are in points toward the favored side. Blue factors are inside the model's margin; grey ones are context it does not add on top (form and offense/defense are already in the ratings; injuries beyond the quarterback are not priced).

Dissect the matchup

nflverse play-by-play + FTN charting · 2025 season (last season until three games are in)

Biggest mismatches

  • PHI interception rate (#3) against a SF defense ranked #31 at stopping it
  • PHI turnovers / game (#1) against a SF defense ranked #28 at stopping it
  • SF defense (#5 yac / completion allowed) against a PHI offense ranked #31
  • SF third-down conversion (#1) against a PHI defense ranked #22 at stopping it
  • PHI sack rate (#13) against a SF defense ranked #32 at stopping it

A mismatch is a rank gap of at least a fifth of the league between an offense and the defense it faces on the same measure. Descriptive rows (pass rate, pace, direction) are shown for reading the game, not ranked. ▲▼ mark where the last three games sit clearly above or below the season number, in the direction that helps that side.

Philadelphia Eagles offense vs San Francisco 49ers defense

ranks of 32
PHI offSF defEdge
Identity
Pass rate / Pass rate facedDropbacks as a share of plays. On the defense column: what opponents do against them.57%60%·
Early-down pass rateFirst and second down only — the cleanest read on run-heavy vs pass-heavy.52%57%·
Neutral-script pass rateEarly downs with win probability between 20% and 80%: intent, not catch-up mode.55%56%·
Pass rate over expectedHow much more (or less) a team passes than the down, distance, score and clock predict. nflverse xpass.−3.1%−2.3%·
Seconds per playTime of possession divided by plays — lower is faster.30.929.8·
No-huddle19%11%·
Shotgun77%66%·
Play-action rate / Play-action facedShare of dropbacks with a play fake (FTN charting).22%23%·
RPO rate / RPOs faced7%6%·
Screen rate / Screens faced5%9%·
Pre-snap motion / Motion faced46%54%·
Blitzes faced / Blitz rateFive or more pass rushers (FTN). On the offense column: how often opponents blitz them.33%22%·
Pass rushers faced / Avg pass rushers4.404.27·
Passing
EPA / dropbackThe single best pass-efficiency number; on the defense column, what they allow.+0.07#14+0.14#25PHI
Pass success rate44%#2049%#25·
Explosive pass rateDropbacks gaining 20+ yards.7.2%#226.9%#6SF
Yards / dropback6.1#166.4#21·
Depth of target (aDOT)Average air yards per attempt — how far downfield they throw, or get thrown at.9.07.9·
Deep-ball rate (20+ air)14%12%·
Short throws (≤5 air)47%54%·
Completion % over expectednflverse CPOE, per attempt. Defense column: what they allow.+2.3#7+2.1#24PHI
YAC / completion4.3#314.6#5SF
Sack rate / Sack rate generatedSacks per dropback. Lower is better for an offense; the defense column shows sacks they create.5.9%#133.4%#32PHI
Scramble rate7.2%4.5%·
Interception rate / Interceptions forced1.3%#30.9%#31PHI
Throws left / middle / rightDirection shares are shown in full on the row.L 42 · M 17 · R 41L 41 · M 20 · R 40·
Rushing
EPA / rush−0.04#12−0.02#23PHI
Rush success rate42%#1648%#32PHI
Explosive rush rateRushes of 10+ yards.11.2%#108.6%#8·
Yards / rush4.1#204.4#22·
Runs left / middle / rightL 36 · M 23 · R 41L 30 · M 28 · R 42·
Situational
Third-down conversion37%#2440%#14SF
Red-zone touchdown rateDrives reaching the 20 that end in a touchdown.70%#156%#14PHI
Turnovers / game / Takeaways / game0.72#10.74#28PHI
Plays / game5960·

San Francisco 49ers offense vs Philadelphia Eagles defense

ranks of 32
SF offPHI defEdge
Identity
Pass rate / Pass rate facedDropbacks as a share of plays. On the defense column: what opponents do against them.59%59%·
Early-down pass rateFirst and second down only — the cleanest read on run-heavy vs pass-heavy.55%53%·
Neutral-script pass rateEarly downs with win probability between 20% and 80%: intent, not catch-up mode.58%52%·
Pass rate over expectedHow much more (or less) a team passes than the down, distance, score and clock predict. nflverse xpass.−0.7%−4.5%·
Seconds per playTime of possession divided by plays — lower is faster.29.328.8·
No-huddle4%13%·
Shotgun55%63%·
Play-action rate / Play-action facedShare of dropbacks with a play fake (FTN charting).22%25%·
RPO rate / RPOs faced1%5%·
Screen rate / Screens faced6%6%·
Pre-snap motion / Motion faced67%60%·
Blitzes faced / Blitz rateFive or more pass rushers (FTN). On the offense column: how often opponents blitz them.21%19%·
Pass rushers faced / Avg pass rushers4.184.20·
Passing
EPA / dropbackThe single best pass-efficiency number; on the defense column, what they allow.+0.13#8−0.05#9·
Pass success rate52%#342%#5·
Explosive pass rateDropbacks gaining 20+ yards.8.0%#157.9%#15·
Yards / dropback6.9#85.8#11·
Depth of target (aDOT)Average air yards per attempt — how far downfield they throw, or get thrown at.7.68.4·
Deep-ball rate (20+ air)10%13%·
Short throws (≤5 air)53%49%·
Completion % over expectednflverse CPOE, per attempt. Defense column: what they allow.+4.7#3−5.5#1·
YAC / completion4.6#285.3#20PHI
Sack rate / Sack rate generatedSacks per dropback. Lower is better for an offense; the defense column shows sacks they create.4.3%#46.5%#15SF
Scramble rate4.9%7.4%·
Interception rate / Interceptions forced3.0%#282.5%#11PHI
Throws left / middle / rightDirection shares are shown in full on the row.L 41 · M 26 · R 34L 37 · M 22 · R 42·
Rushing
EPA / rush−0.04#13−0.10#6PHI
Rush success rate42%#1442%#20SF
Explosive rush rateRushes of 10+ yards.8.2%#259.9%#18PHI
Yards / rush3.7#294.1#12PHI
Runs left / middle / rightL 35 · M 27 · R 38L 40 · M 22 · R 38·
Situational
Third-down conversion51%#142%#22SF
Red-zone touchdown rateDrives reaching the 20 that end in a touchdown.65%#554%#11SF
Turnovers / game / Takeaways / game1.42#311.22#13PHI
Plays / game6262·

Route-by-route data (which routes are run and how coverage plays them) is not published anywhere public — it is sold by PFF and NGS. Throw depth, direction, play-action, RPO, screens, motion and pass-rush counts above are the public pieces of the same picture.

Philadelphia Eagles · key players

  • Jalen Hurts QB18.5/28.8 · 200 yds/g · 26-6 TD-INT · +0.06 EPA/db
  • A.J. Brown WR8.0 tgt/g · 28% share · 64 yds/g · 7 TD · aDOT 12.2
  • DeVonta Smith WR6.9 tgt/g · 25% share · 60 yds/g · 4 TD · aDOT 11.2
  • Dallas Goedert TE5.6 tgt/g · 21% share · 39 yds/g · 12 TD · aDOT 7.5
  • Jahan Dotson WR2.5 tgt/g · 9% share · 17 yds/g · 1 TD · aDOT 15.6
  • Saquon Barkley RB18.0 car/g · 73 yds/g · 4.1 ypc · 7 TD · −0.09 EPA/car
  • Tank Bigsby RB5.6 car/g · 33 yds/g · 5.9 ypc · 2 TD · +0.13 EPA/car

2025 season, per game. Targets ranked by volume, rushers by carries.nflverse weekly player stats. Target share is the player's average share of his team's targets in the games he played. A player who changed teams carries his own games from last season.

San Francisco 49ers · key players

  • Brock Purdy QB20.9/31.1 · 234 yds/g · 22-13 TD-INT · +0.16 EPA/db
  • Jauan Jennings WR5.8 tgt/g · 19% share · 42 yds/g · 9 TD · aDOT 10.3
  • George Kittle TEQuestionable5.9 tgt/g · 20% share · 53 yds/g · 7 TD · aDOT 6.7
  • Kendrick Bourne WR3.7 tgt/g · 11% share · 37 yds/g · 0 TD · aDOT 11.3
  • Ricky Pearsall WR5.5 tgt/g · 17% share · 53 yds/g · 0 TD · aDOT 13.8
  • Christian McCaffrey RBQuestionable17.7 car/g · 68 yds/g · 3.8 ypc · 10 TD · −0.08 EPA/car
  • Brian Robinson RB5.6 car/g · 24 yds/g · 4.3 ypc · 2 TD · −0.03 EPA/car

2025 season, per game. Targets ranked by volume, rushers by carries.nflverse weekly player stats. Target share is the player's average share of his team's targets in the games he played. A player who changed teams carries his own games from last season.

Season

PHISF
11-7Record13-6
22.1Points for / game24.5
19.3Points against / game22.7
5-4 / 6-3Home / road5-3 / 8-3
10-8Against the spread12-7
7-11Over / underOvers–unders in this team's games. A tendency, not a lean.11-8
L L W W WLast 5L W L W W

Season numbers are from 2025 until this season has games.

Power ratings

PHISF
1557Elo1554
#8 of 32Rank#9 of 32
−1.9Offense ratingPoints per game above league average scored, opponent-adjusted.+2.5
+3.3Defense ratingPoints per game below league average allowed, opponent-adjusted. Positive is good.−1.1
Strength of scheduleMean Elo of opponents faced this season.

Elo drives the winner call. Offense/defense ratings drive the total.

Efficiency

PHISF
0.017EPA / play (offense)Expected points added per offensive play, nflverse. The single best efficiency number.0.060
-0.074EPA / play allowed0.071
204Pass yards / game250
118Rush yards / game105
209Pass yards allowed232
122Rush yards allowed113
0.6 / 1.5Turnovers / takeaways1.2 / 1.0
2.0 / 2.4Sacks allowed / made1.6 / 1.2
16.6First downs / game20.5
62Penalty yards / game37
+2.9 · #19 of 52QB EPA / gameThe listed starter's passing + rushing EPA per game, ranked among starters with three or more games.+6.7 · #7 of 52

Efficiency is from the 2025 season until this one has games. Source: nflverse.

Head to head

2025SF 23 at PHI 19SF · SF covered
2023SF 42 at PHI 19SF · SF covered
2022SF 7 at PHI 31PHI · PHI covered
2021SF 17 at PHI 11SF · SF covered
2020PHI 25 at SF 20PHI · PHI covered
2017SF 10 at PHI 33PHI · PHI covered
2014PHI 21 at SF 26SF · SF covered

How the margin was built

Rating gap
PHI +0.1 pts
Home field
SF +— pts
Rest
Even
Quarterback
Usual starters — no adjustment
Weather / roof
— pts on the total
Model margin
Model total

Market

Spread
Total
Moneyline

Per-book prices appear once the multi-book feed has this game (about a week out).

Philadelphia Eagles injuries

  • Jonathan Greenard LBOut
  • Andre' Sam SInjured Reserve
  • Grant Calcaterra TEInjured Reserve
  • Jakorian Bennett CBInjured Reserve
  • Johnny Wilson WRInjured Reserve
  • Byron Young DTQuestionable
  • Cooper DeJean CBQuestionable
  • Eli Stowers TEQuestionable
  • Jonathan Jones CBQuestionable
  • Markel Bell OTQuestionable
  • Micah Morris GQuestionable

From ESPN's report. The model prices the quarterback; other absences are context it does not yet price.

San Francisco 49ers injuries

  • Isaac Guerendo RBOut
  • Mykel Williams DEOut
  • Austen Pleasants OTInjured Reserve
  • Brett Toth CInjured Reserve
  • Christian Kirk WRInjured Reserve
  • Nate Hobbs CBInjured Reserve
  • Nick Martin LBInjured Reserve
  • Nick Zakelj OTInjured Reserve
  • Sam Okuayinonu DTInjured Reserve
  • Christian McCaffrey RBQuestionable
  • De'Zhaun Stribling WRQuestionable
  • Ephesians Prysock CBQuestionable

From ESPN's report. The model prices the quarterback; other absences are context it does not yet price.

Informational only. Winner probabilities are backtested and calibrated; spread and total calls are tracked leans. 21+, 1-800-GAMBLER.