Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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3-0 · Power #9
31
▲ winner
Final
@
3-0 · Power #18
25
final
Closing spread
PHI -3.5
✓ PHI W
Total
43.5
▲ Over · 56 pts
Model before kickoff
PHI 25–22 TB
✓ PHI (61%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPHI -2.5
ClosePHI -3.5
Total45.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Philadelphia Eagles
Total
Down 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened PHI -2.5 · closed PHI -3.5 · moved 1 toward PHImodel TB -1
Opened 45.5 · closed 43.5 · moved 2 downmodel 46.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 56% (99 games)ⓘ
Crossed 3The team the line moved toward covered 38% (26 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenPHI -2.5
ClosePHI -3.5
Total45.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like PHI as a 3.5-point road favorite at TB, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: PHI won 31–25; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 56 points went over 43.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 64%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 45%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4.1 against an average line of 3.4; 46.7 points a game (usually 43.8). Of the 5 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar rest & season form
-2.512–32 L O41.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & situation
-4.517–7 W U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.531–10 W U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-3.523–20 L O39.5
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar rest & season form
-2.59–27 L U47.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.541–38 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.528–3 W U42.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar rest & spread
-4.533–36 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest & season form
-4.541–31 W O50.5
Loose
2024 · Week 16 · loose
-2.519–9 W U46.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Philadelphia Eagles ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Market moved toward Philadelphia Eagles
1 pt (PHI -2.5 → PHI -3.5), through the key number 3. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved down 2
45.5 → 43.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Small sample warning
Philadelphia Eagles have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
PHI+3.2 →+2.7▼ 0.5#5
TB+1.2 →+1.4▲ 0.2#12
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

PHI
Longer bar = better
TB
#15
Offense
Even
#15
#17
Defense
Even
#14
+0.7 #9
Turnovers
Even
+0.7 #7
61 plays #19
Pace
TB faster ▶
64 plays #11
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When PHI has the ball
Even matchup
PHI offTB defEdge
Points / game 25.7 #8 22.0 #17 PHI
Yards / play 4.40 #27 4.95 #13 TB
EPA / play +0.06 #11 −0.06 #11 Even
Success rate 45% #14 43% #16 Even
When TB has the ball
Even matchup
TB offPHI defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #12 21.0 #15 Even
Yards / play 5.04 #22 5.35 #18 Even
EPA / play +0.09 #5 −0.05 #12 TB
Success rate 41% #22 45% #21 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
PHI scoring against the TB defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PHI scored
7.0
#5
5.7
#21
12.7
#13
6.7
#3
6.3
#20
13.0
#8
TB allowed
6.7
#24
2.0
#1
8.7
#7
1.0
#2
12.3
#31
13.3
#25
TB scoring against the PHI defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
TB scored
3.3
#24
11.3
#1
14.7
#7
3.3
#19
6.0
#21
9.3
#22
PHI allowed
5.7
#22
10.7
#29
16.3
#27
2.3
#7
2.3
#3
4.7
#2

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
TB +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
89° · 4 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
PHI7d
TB7d
Even
Tempo
Average 125 plays
slowavg 122fast