Touchdown Theory

Week 2

Philadelphia Eagles at Tennessee Titans

Sun Sep 20, 1:00 PM ET (Sun Sep 20, 12:00 PM local)

The market

Line
PHI -7
Total
39.5
Moneyline
PHI -305 TEN +245

These are the market's numbers, recorded as the feed saw them. They are shown so the model can be compared against something, not as a recommendation.

How the line moved

RecordedLineTotalPHITEN
Mon Aug 31, 4:46 PM ETPHI -4.542.5-218+180
Wed Sep 9, 5:19 PM ETPHI -5.542.5-230+190
Sun Sep 13, 11:25 PM ETPHI -740.5-305+245
Mon Sep 14, 11:25 AM ETPHI -740.5-310+250
Mon Sep 14, 10:31 PM ETPHI -739.5-310+250
Tue Sep 15, 10:00 AM ETPHI -739.5-305+245current

Each row is a snapshot the feed recorded, oldest first. Superseded rows are kept, because a line that moves and moves back is only visible if both are shown.

Environment

Venue
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
Roof
open
Elevation
450 ft
Surface
grass
Temperature
91F
Wind
5 mph SW
Chance of precipitation
6%
Humidity
50%
Forecast
Mostly Sunny

Issued 126 hours before kickoff. A forecast issued further out has had less time to settle.

Elevation 450 ft from stadium WP infobox.

The projection

Not published yet. When it is, this section carries the projected score, spread, total and win probability for this game, the fair odds the probability translates to, and the projected play counts and per-team box lines behind them.

How the number is built

The model projects each side, then adjusts for the conditions the game is played in. Both steps are shown so the adjustment can be seen rather than taken on trust. These add up exactly as printed; if they ever did not, this section would not appear.

TEN19.3
19.3Before environment+(+0.0)Environment=19.3
PHI23.5
23.5Before environment+(+0.0)Environment=23.5
Total42.8
42.8Before environment+(+0.0)Environment, TEN+(+0.0)Environment, PHI=42.8
Wind
not applied
Cold
not applied
Indoors
not applied
Elevation
not applied

Wind and cold are recorded as an effect on passing efficiency, not as points, and the conversion between the two is not published, so they are shown in their own units rather than added into the chain above. Indoors and elevation are recorded in points.

Two earlier links, per-play efficiency and the matchup adjustment, are computed and discarded rather than stored, so they cannot be shown yet.

live-20260915T030122Z, generated Mon Sep 14, 11:01 PM ET

Where the player numbers come from

The model projects each team's line first, then divides it among players. Both are shown, with the team figure beside the sum of its parts, so the division can be checked rather than trusted. A row appears only when the parts add up to the whole.

Tennessee Titansprojected 37.7 pass plays, 23.8 run plays
Team lineProjectedSum of players
Pass attempts33.733.7
Pass yards160.5160.5
Receiving yards160.5160.5
Pass touchdowns0.290.29
Receiving touchdowns0.290.29
Carries25.525.5
Rush yards106.6106.6
Rush touchdowns0.740.74
PlayerPosPassRushRecTgtShare
Cam WardQB160.510.9100%
Tony PollardRB58.110.02.56%
Carnell TateWR0.934.95.722%
Wan'Dale RobinsonWR0.231.95.520%
Tyjae SpearsRB19.911.42.77%
Gunnar HelmTE0.022.04.214%
Nicholas SingletonRB10.83.40.82%
Daniel BellingerTE0.013.81.69%
Calvin RidleyWR13.42.08%
Elic AyomanorWR10.32.26%
Chimere DikeWR0.78.11.85%
Julius ChestnutRB5.10.3
Kylen GransonTE1.50.41%
Philadelphia Eaglesprojected 36.9 pass plays, 24.5 run plays
Team lineProjectedSum of players
Pass attempts32.032.0
Pass yards240.6240.6
Receiving yards240.6240.6
Pass touchdowns1.871.87
Receiving touchdowns1.871.87
Carries26.726.7
Rush yards116.4116.4
Rush touchdowns1.321.32
PlayerPosPassRushRecTgtShare
Jalen HurtsQB240.621.4100%
DeVonta SmithWR0.282.18.134%
Saquon BarkleyRB52.520.03.38%
Dallas GoedertTE0.047.65.820%
Tank BigsbyRB25.410.01.14%
Dontayvion WicksWR0.324.92.910%
Hollywood BrownWR17.41.97%
Jordan MimsRB10.84.90.82%
Makai LemonWR0.314.31.66%
Johnny MundtTE0.08.21.23%
Elijah MooreWR0.77.41.03%
Will ShipleyRB4.72.70.51%
E.J. JenkinsTE1.00.10%

Share is a player's portion of the team's projected passing yards, counting a quarterback by what he throws and everyone else by what he catches. Targets are shown but not totalled: a throwaway, a batted ball or a sack is a pass attempt with no target, which is about four a game per team, so targets legitimately do not sum to attempts.

live-20260915T030122Z

Injury report

This is the week 1 report. This game is in week 2, and the league has not filed a report for it yet.

Philadelphia Eagles2 listed
Eli StowersTEOutHamstring, QuadricepLimited Participation in Practice
Jonathan GreenardLBOutPectoralLimited Participation in Practice
Tennessee Titans2 listed
Cedric GrayLBOutConcussionDid Not Participate In Practice
Keldric FaulkDEShoulderFull Participation in Practice