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3-2 · Power #8
13
▲ winner
Final
vs
0-5 · Power #32
11
final
Closing spread
DEN -6.5
✓ NYJ W
Total
43.5
▼ Under · 24 pts
Model before kickoff
DEN 26–19 NYJ
✓ DEN (72%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenDEN -7.5
CloseDEN -6.5
Total43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward New York Jets
Total
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened DEN -7.5 · closed DEN -6.5 · moved 1 toward NYJmodel DEN -5.5
Opened 43.5 · unchangedmodel 44.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Crossed 7The team the line moved toward covered 22% (23 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenDEN -7.5
CloseDEN -6.5
Total43.5
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 4 games most like DEN as a 6.5-point neutral-site favorite against NYJ, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: DEN won 13–11; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 1 of the 4 similar games. 24 points stayed under 43.5, as in 1 of 4.
Favorite won
3 of 475%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
3 of 475%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
3 of 475%
Normal range · usually 50%

Only 4 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 8.8 against an average line of 6.1; 43.8 points a game (usually 45.7). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 4 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
SF vs ARI
2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-7.538–10 W O43
Loose
2023 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & situation
-5.524–16 W U41.5
Loose
GB vs NYG
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & situation
-822–27 L O41.5
Loose
2025 · Week 5 · loose · similar rest & season form
-3.521–17 W O35.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight New York Jets ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
No clear signal on the total

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 New York Jets
1 pt (DEN -7.5 → DEN -6.5), through the key number 7. · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
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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
DEN+0.4 →+2.2▲ 1.8#9
NYJ−1.0 →−2.9▼ 1.9#25
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

DEN
Longer bar = better
NYJ
#16
Offense
Even
#17
#3
Defense
◀ DEN better
#24
−0.4 #22
Turnovers
◀ DEN better
−1.6 #32
65 plays #9
Pace
◀ DEN faster
60 plays #20
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When DEN has the ball
Advantage: DEN offense
DEN offNYJ defEdge
Points / game 23.4 #18 31.4 #31 DEN
Yards / play 5.50 #14 5.71 #25 DEN
EPA / play +0.06 #12 +0.17 #29 DEN
Success rate 44% #19 42% #9 NYJ
When NYJ has the ball
Advantage: DEN defense
NYJ offDEN defEdge
Points / game 22.4 #19 16.8 #2 DEN
Yards / play 5.29 #21 4.81 #6 DEN
EPA / play −0.01 #20 −0.09 #4 DEN
Success rate 49% #9 38% #1 DEN

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
DEN scoring against the NYJ defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
DEN scored
4.0
#19
8.4
#8
12.4
#13
4.0
#20
7.0
#17
11.0
#18
NYJ allowed
5.2
#21
12.8
#32
18.0
#30
5.4
#22
8.0
#19
13.4
#23
NYJ scoring against the DEN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NYJ scored
3.0
#25
3.8
#27
6.8
#28
3.4
#24
12.2
#1
15.6
#4
DEN allowed
3.6
#8
6.8
#18
10.4
#14
3.2
#6
3.2
#2
6.4
#2

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
59° · 4 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
DEN7d
NYJ7d
Even
Tempo
Average 125 plays
slowavg 122fast