The biggest swing of the game · Q4 1:01 · 4th and 5
Sam Howell
Giants
(1:01) (Shotgun) 14-S.Howell pass incomplete short left to 1-J.Dotson.
21.0
win-probability points on one snap
The largest move of the game. The two below are drawn against it.
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2023 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 22, 2023 · MetLife Stadium
FinalThe verdict · 2023 Week 7
It turned at Q4 1:01, 4th and 5, on Sam Howell — 21.0 win-probability points to the Giants on one snap, the largest move of the game.
The snaps that bent it
New York Giants 14–7. Biggest swing: Q4 1:01, Giants +21.0% win probability on one snap.
The biggest swing of the game · Q4 1:01 · 4th and 5
Sam Howell
Giants
(1:01) (Shotgun) 14-S.Howell pass incomplete short left to 1-J.Dotson.
21.0
win-probability points on one snap
The largest move of the game. The two below are drawn against it.
What separated them
Explosive plays
Giants won this one — 8 chunk plays, against Commanders at 3 chunk plays.
Giantsthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Third down
Giants won this one — 5 of 15 on third down, against Commanders at 1 of 15 on third down.
Giantsthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Throwing the ball
Giants won this one — +0.13 expected points per dropback, against Commanders at -0.27 expected points per dropback.
Giantsthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Staying on schedule
Giants won this one — 45% of snaps stayed on schedule, against Commanders at 36% of snaps stayed on schedule.
Giantsthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Who won it for them
What it says about next week
Note
The model against the market, the momentum underneath, every drive — scrub to replay it
The model and the market were 10.3 win-probability points apart on the average play, and 18 apart at the widest — with the model the more convinced about Giants.
(1:01) (Shotgun) 14-S.Howell pass incomplete short left to 1-J.Dotson.
The modelled figures are the league play-by-play model's, not ours.
How the points landed
Darren Waller's 15-yard touchdown catch with 14:22 left in the 2nd put New York Giants ahead for good. The lead never changed over the 2 scores that followed.
3 scores · bar length is the lead after each one
Down-to-down truth
Giants ahead 7–0 on categories, including the biggest gap of the duel — third-down rate.
Expected points added, per play
The centre line is an average play. A bar to the right of it is a side that gained more than the situation was worth; a bar to the left is a side that lost ground. All six bars share one scale, ±0.35 points.
Every snapexpected points added per play, all downs
Dropping backexpected points added per dropback
Running itexpected points added per rush
Neither side “wins” volume or play-calling mix, so neither is drawn as a duel: Commanders ran 67 snaps at a 73% dropback rate against Giants’s 62 at 58%. Red-zone trips: Commanders 3, Giants 3.
Giants won the down-to-down efficiency fight: -0.05 expected points added per play vs -0.23.
Derived from the play-by-play, no model
12 of 12 readings cleared their snap floor and were tested against four comparisons: this week's whole slate, the team's own season, the week before, and the team's own ordinary spread. Every bar below is set in that team's own week-to-week swing, never in league points — one team's swing runs 1.6 to 3.1 times the entire league's spread.
WAS's blitz rate sent, 44.4%, is past their previous high of 33.3% in week 5 — the highest of their 7 charted games through week 7.
36 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 10.8 points. · +1.5σ from their own normal
NYG's sack or hit rate, 20.4%, is past their previous high of 18.8% in week 2 — the highest of their 7 charted games through week 7.
49 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 6.0 points. · +1.4σ from their own normal
NYG's fourth-and-short go rate, 0.0%, is past their previous low of 25.0% in week 5 — the lowest of their 6 charted games through week 7.
5 fourth-and-short calls this game, floor 3 — 16 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 39.0 points. · −1.2σ from their own normal
NYG's blitz rate sent turned over: 21.9% in week 6 against 61.2% here — they sat back then and sent pressure now, a turn of 2.1 of their own weekly swings across the two.
49 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 18.6 points. · +1.0σ from their own normal
The season-grain rooms, pointed at this one game
12 of 12 readings cleared their snap floor. Every deviation below is measured in that team's own game-to-game swing, not in league points — because one game's swing runs from 1.6 to 3.1 times the whole league's spread.
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -25 pts to 25 pts
Over Expected room →right on their number · −1.7 vs their 5.4 pts, and they swing ±7.3 week to week (−0.23× that swing) · 67 snaps
right on their number · +1.5 vs their -1.8 pts, and they swing ±8.9 week to week (+0.17× that swing) · 62 snaps
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale 27% to 91%
Tendencies room →right on their number · +0.8 vs their 64.6%, and they swing ±10.0 week to week (+0.08× that swing) · 49 early downs
inside their normal wobble · −11.4 vs their 58.2%, and they swing ±12.3 week to week (−0.93× that swing) · 47 early downs
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -6% to 46%
Tendencies room →inside their normal wobble · +5.8 vs their 16.7%, and they swing ±7.4 week to week (+0.78× that swing) · 49 dropbacks
right on their number · +2.3 vs their 19.9%, and they swing ±10.1 week to week (+0.23× that swing) · 36 dropbacks
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -53% to 146%
Fourth Down room →right on their number · +7.4 vs their 35.4%, and they swing ±28.1 week to week (+0.26× that swing) · 7 fourth-and-short calls
leaned — took the kick · −46.3 vs their 46.3%, and they swing ±39.0 week to week (−1.18× that swing) · 5 fourth-and-short calls
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -4% to 91%
Tendencies room →leaned — sent pressure · +16.0 vs their 28.5%, and they swing ±10.8 week to week (+1.47× that swing) · 36 dropbacks
inside their normal wobble · +18.0 vs their 43.2%, and they swing ±18.6 week to week (+0.97× that swing) · 49 dropbacks
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -10% to 35%
Tendencies room →right on their number · −1.4 vs their 12.6%, and they swing ±8.8 week to week (−0.16× that swing) · 36 dropbacks
leaned — got home · +8.6 vs their 11.8%, and they swing ±6.0 week to week (+1.44× that swing) · 49 dropbacks
WAS's blitz rate sent was the night's one real departure: 44.4%, 16.0 points above their season mean of 28.5% and 1.5 times their own 10.8-point weekly swing.
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Game-day list and snap counts from the weekly roster and snap feeds. Practice-squad and injured-reserve players are not shown — they were never on the game-day list.
Washington Commanders
48 dressed · 7 inactive · 1 never used
Inactive · 7
Dressed, never took a snap · 1
New York Giants
48 dressed · 7 inactive · 3 never used
Inactive · 7
Dressed, never took a snap · 3
Who moved the needle
Passing · NYG
18/29, 279 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
4.9 expected points added · +0.6% completion over expected
Passing · WAS
22/42, 249 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
-14.7 expected points added · -3.2% completion over expected
What each man’s workload was worth, against what he actually banked. Final. Usage and expected points land the morning after the game, not live.
Darren Waller banked 9.4 more points than his own workload asked for.
| Player | Full PPR | Vs expected | Snap share | Routes | Targets | Air yards | Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren WallerTE · Alpha Receiver | 22.8 | +9.4 | 82% | 86% | 30% | 26% | 7/8, 98 yd, 1 TD |
| Tyrod TaylorQB · Starter QB | 21.7 | +8.6 | 100% | — | 0% | — | 18/29, 279 yd, 2 TD · 8 car, 25 yd |
| Saquon BarkleyRB · Bell Cow Back | 18.8 | +3.4 | 84% | 78% | 15% | 2% | 21 car, 77 yd · 3/4, 41 yd, 1 TD |
| Terry McLaurinWR · Alpha Receiver | 15.0 | +1.3 | 88% | 86% | 25% | 38% | 6/9, 90 yd |
| Jalin HyattWR · Featured Receiver | 9.5 | +0.8 | 71% | 67% | 19% | 58% | 2/5, 75 yd |
| Sam HowellQB · Starter QB | 9.5 | −7.0 | 100% | — | 0% | — | 22/42, 249 yd, 1 INT · 2 car, 15 yd |
| Jahan DotsonWR · Featured Receiver | 9.3 | −2.7 | 84% | 86% | 22% | 25% | 5/8, 43 yd |
| Logan ThomasTE · Rotational Receiver | 9.1 | +1.1 | 68% | 73% | 17% | 14% | 4/6, 51 yd |
| Brian RobinsonRB | 8.3 | +2.0 | 49% | 49% | 3% | 0% | 8 car, 23 yd, 1 TD · 0/1, 0 yd |
| Curtis SamuelWR · Featured Receiver | 6.5 | −6.0 | 55% | 53% | 22% | 19% | 4/8, 25 yd |
| Antonio GibsonRB | 5.1 | +1.8 | 38% | 49% | 6% | 0% | 2 car, 7 yd · 2/2, 24 yd |
| Isaiah HodginsWR · Rotational Receiver | 3.3 | −2.0 | 29% | 33% | 15% | 6% | 2/4, 13 yd |
| Wan'Dale RobinsonWR · Rotational Receiver | 3.2 | +0.8 | 60% | 61% | 7% | 2% | 1/2, 22 yd |
| Darius SlaytonWR · Rotational Receiver | 3.2 | +0.1 | 84% | 81% | 7% | 7% | 1/2, 22 yd |
| Chris RodriguezRB | 3.1 | −0.4 | 13% | 2% | 0% | — | 7 car, 31 yd |
| Byron PringleWR · Rotational Receiver | 2.6 | +0.9 | — | — | — | — | 4 snaps — too few to rate. |
| Matt BreidaRB | 1.9 | −1.0 | 16% | 22% | 4% | 0% | 3 car, 4 yd · 1/1, 5 yd |
| Sterling ShepardWR · Rotational Receiver | 1.3 | +0.1 | 15% | 17% | 4% | 1% | 1/1, 3 yd |
| Eric GrayRB | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | Did not take a snap. |
| John BatesTE · Rotational Receiver | 0.0 | −1.3 | 59% | 55% | 3% | 4% | 0/1, 0 yd |
| Dyami BrownWR · Rotational Receiver | 0.0 | — | 16% | 18% | 0% | — | No touches. |
| Jamison CrowderWR | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | Did not take a snap. |
3 players played under 8 snaps, so their shares read as a dash rather than a number. 3 lines have no expected-points read and sit off the plane.
Expected points are modelled in full PPR, so the “vs expected” column stays in that unit whichever format the pills are set to. Switching the pills changes the points column, not the plane.
The whole game as one hundred yards. The Giants attack right, the Commanders attack left, so a change of possession is a reversal you can see. Reading down is the order the snaps were played — not the clock, so a two-minute drill gets the same room as any other fourteen snaps. This game is final.
(1:01) (Shotgun) 14-S.Howell pass incomplete short left to 1-J.Dotson.
Q4 1:01 · Commanders · 4th & 5 at NYG 7 · gained nothing · -2.79 EP · −15.7% win probability
171 snaps placed · 10 without a recorded yard line, left off the map · 4 marked moments — the largest win-probability swings, one per drive.
Post-game film: 181 plays across 28 drives, personnel groupings on 171 snaps, the eleven on the field by name, manual charting on 176. Everything here paints the morning after the week's games — there is no live play-level feed in this product, so nothing on this page updates while a game is being played.
3 of 28 drives ended in points. The longest march was NYG moving 88 yards from the NYG 12 for a touchdown. Each bar is the ground a drive actually covered; NYG attacks right, WAS attacks left. Hatching marks a trip inside the twenty.
Offensive grouping on every pass and run. A group needs five snaps in this game before it gets a number — under that the sample is a coin flip and the cell reads a dash instead. Open any play above to see the eleven men who were actually on the field for it.
181 plays · ranked by the win probability each one moved
181 plays
How the play was built
Nobody in motion.
Thrown on the first read, it should have been intercepted.
How the play was built
Nobody in motion.
Thrown on the first read, caught in traffic.
How the play was built
Nobody in motion.
Thrown out of the scramble drill, from outside the pocket, dropped.
Win probability is the league play-by-play model, 98.5% of plays · a dash means none was published
Just the plays, on their own page: Commanders at Giants, every play.
Full stat lines
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Howell | 22/42 | 249 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −14.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Rodriguez | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Brian Robinson | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 1 | −0.7 |
| Sam Howell |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry McLaurin | 6 | 9 | 90 | 0 | 25% | +5.2 |
| Logan Thomas | 4 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 17% |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Mayo | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montez Sweat | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamin Davis |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrod Taylor | 18/29 | 279 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +4.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
How the win probability moved, the three snaps that bent it, and every drive in order.

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The cards are drawn from the charted play-by-play, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Commanders closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 37; the game landed 21 — under by 16.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 2 |
| 15 |
| 7.5 |
| 0 |
| +1.2 |
| Antonio Gibson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | −0.2 |
| +1.5 |
| Jahan Dotson | 5 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 22% | −4.3 |
| Curtis Samuel | 4 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 22% | −2.1 |
| Antonio Gibson | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 6% | +0.3 |
| Byron Pringle | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3% | +1.5 |
| Brian Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.5 |
| John Bates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.9 |
| 2 |
| 5 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Benjamin St-Juste | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Ridgeway | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Young | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khaleke Hudson | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Smith-Williams | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Fuller | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Allen | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saquon Barkley | 21 | 77 | 3.7 | 0 | −7.2 |
| Tyrod Taylor | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Matt Breida | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Waller | 7 | 8 | 98 | 1 | 30% | +7.5 |
| Jalin Hyatt | 2 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 19% | +2.3 |
| Saquon Barkley | 3 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 15% | +3.0 |
| Wan'Dale Robinson | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 7% | +0.4 |
| Darius Slayton | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 7% | +0.5 |
| Isaiah Hodgins | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 15% | −1.1 |
| Matt Breida | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4% | −0.2 |
| Sterling Shepard | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4% | −0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Okereke | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deonte Banks | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cordale Flott | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Lawrence | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pinnock | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah McFadden | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayvon Thibodeaux | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Hawkins | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier McKinney | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |