Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Jacksonville Jaguars · Division game
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
HOU 23–33 JAX
✗ JAX (83%) lost
Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
Close—
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close—
Signals
The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
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.
Small sample warning
Houston Texans have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 0% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — | |
| 1-1 50% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — |
Recent meetings
The series
HOU 33–16 JAX
HOU leads · 49 games since 2002 · HOU has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
HOU−2.2 →−8.6▼ 6.4#30
JAX+3.9 →−1.4▼ 5.3#20
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#28
Offense
JAX better ▶#22
#25
Defense
JAX better ▶#9
0.0 #17
Turnovers
JAX better ▶+1.5 #4
76 plays #3
Pace
◀ HOU faster67 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| HOU off | JAX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 14.5 #28 | 19.0 #10 | JAX |
| Yards / play | 4.35 #28 | 5.11 #14 | JAX |
| EPA / play | −0.14 #23 | −0.14 #7 | JAX |
| Success rate | 35% #31 | 36% #3 | JAX |
| JAX off | HOU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 20.0 #21 | 28.0 #27 | JAX |
| Yards / play | 4.61 #25 | 5.42 #23 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.28 #30 | +0.10 #26 | Even |
| Success rate | 44% #12 | 46% #25 | JAX |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 2 teams
HOU scoring against the JAX defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | |
0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 12.0 |
JAX scoring against the HOU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | |
10.5 | 7.0 | 17.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 10.5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
86° · 5 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
HOU7d
JAX7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 142 plays
slowavg 128fast
Schedules, links & other games
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