Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Jacksonville Jaguars · Division game
Weather at kickoff70°F9 mphgusts 18DryWeather watch ›
3-2 · Power #21
20
final
Final
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3-2 · Power #12
37
▲ winner
Closing spread
JAX -3.5
✓ JAX W
Total
43.5
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
IND 24–28 JAX
✓ JAX (63%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseJAX -3.5
Total43.5
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Total
 
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseJAX -3.5
Total43.5
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Similar games

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

In the 10 games most like JAX as a 3.5-point home favorite against IND, the favorite won 4, covered 2, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: JAX won 37–20; the favorite covered, as in 2 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 43.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 57%
Favorite covered
2 of 1020%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 5 against an average line of 3.1; 41.6 points a game (usually 46.7). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
NE vs MIA
2022 · Week 17 · very close · similar season form & rest
-323–21 L O41.5
Very close
SF vs WSH
2020 · Week 14 · very close · similar total & season form
-315–23 L U43.5
Very close
MIN vs NYJ
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & season form
-327–22 W O44
Very close
TB vs NO
2022 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & rest
-317–16 L U41
Very close
CIN vs PIT
2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.541–10 W O44
Very close
TEN vs JAX
2022 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread
-322–36 L O41.5
Very close
NE vs SF
2020 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & season form
-36–33 L U45
Very close
NO vs CAR
2022 · Week 18 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.57–10 L U41.5
Very close
PIT vs CIN
2021 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & season form
-310–24 L U42
Very close
CLE vs NE
2022 · Week 6 · very close · similar total & rest
-2.515–38 L O43.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2020 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
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
Indianapolis Colts have 0 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
IND−3.9 →+2.2▲ 6.1#13
JAX+3.9 →+4.0▲ 0.1#7
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

IND
Longer bar = better
JAX
#16
Offense
Even
#18
#21
Defense
JAX better ▶
#15
+0.6 #11
Turnovers
Even
+0.8 #10
66 plays #12
Pace
JAX faster ▶
70 plays #3
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When IND has the ball
Even matchup
IND offJAX defEdge
Points / game 24.0 #10 20.4 #12 Even
Yards / play 5.24 #15 5.73 #26 IND
EPA / play −0.04 #17 −0.04 #12 JAX
Success rate 41% #23 42% #10 JAX
When JAX has the ball
Even matchup
JAX offIND defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #20 23.0 #22 Even
Yards / play 5.15 #17 5.37 #19 Even
EPA / play −0.09 #22 −0.02 #16 IND
Success rate 44% #14 45% #25 JAX

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
IND scoring against the JAX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
IND scored
4.2
#17
6.8
#13
11.0
#16
7.0
#4
5.4
#20
12.4
#9
JAX allowed
1.4
#3
6.2
#11
7.6
#5
7.0
#29
5.8
#16
12.8
#24
JAX scoring against the IND defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
5.0
#14
4.6
#26
9.6
#20
2.6
#26
8.8
#6
11.4
#11
IND allowed
7.6
#30
3.8
#4
11.4
#17
4.6
#22
5.8
#16
10.4
#18

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
JAX +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
70° · 9 mph
gusts 18 mph · at kickoff
Rest
IND7d
JAX7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 135 plays
slowavg 127fast