Sun, Nov 9, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 10 · at Houston Texans · Division game
Closing spread
HOU -2.5
✓ HOU W
Total
38.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
JAX 19–21 HOU
✓ HOU (59%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenHOU -1.5
CloseHOU -2.5
Total39.5 → 38.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenHOU -1.5
1 → HOU
CloseHOU -2.5
1 pt toward Houston Texans
Total
Open39.5
▼ 1
Close38.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened HOU -1.5 · closed HOU -2.5 · moved 1 toward HOUmodel HOU -1.5
model HOU -1.5
Opened 39.5 · closed 38.5 · moved 1 downmodel 39.5
model 39.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 55% (177 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 46% (93 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenHOU -1.5
CloseHOU -2.5
Total39.5 → 38.5
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
HOU as a 2.5-point home favorite against JAX, the favorite won 7, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: HOU won 36–29; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 65 points went over 38.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 4 against an average line of 2.9; 47.4 points a game (usually 44.2). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2025 · Week 8 · very close · similar season form & rest |
-3.5 | 26–15 | W | U41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar situation |
-2.5 | 34–27 | W | O41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest |
-2.5 | 34–18 | W | O35.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & spread |
-3 | 17–40 | L | O45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 18–30 | L | O45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form |
-1.5 | 38–6 | W | U44.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread |
-2.5 | 17–20 | L | U41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3.5 | 23–22 | L | U45.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread |
-3.5 | 27–19 | W | O41.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread |
-2.5 | 23–20 | W | U45.5 |
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 Houston Texans 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 Houston Texans
1 pt (HOU -1.5 → HOU -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q3. Of 103 earlier overs in games with totals 35.5–41.5, 28% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 5-5 50% | |
| 4-6 40% | 5-5 50% | 3-7 30% |
Recent meetings
Last 5 since 2023
JAX 16–33 HOU
HOU leads · 49 games since 2002 · HOU has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 2025 | Houston Texans 10 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 17 | JAX -1.5 | JAX W |
| Dec 1 2024 | Houston Texans 23 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 20 | HOU -3.5 | JAX W |
| Sep 29 2024 | Jacksonville Jaguars 20 @ Houston Texans 24 | HOU -5.5 | JAX W |
| Nov 26 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars 24 @ Houston Texans 21 | JAX -1 | JAX W |
| Sep 24 2023 | Houston Texans 37 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 17 | — | — |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
JAX−2.1 →−0.9▲ 1.2#20
HOU+0.6 →+3.3▲ 2.7#5
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW9
Longer bar = better
#20
Offense
◀ JAX better#25
#18
Defense
HOU better ▶#2
+1.0 #3
Turnovers
Even+0.8 #6
67 plays #1
Pace
◀ JAX faster64 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| JAX off | HOU def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.0 #21 | 15.1 #1 | HOU |
| Yards / play | 5.07 #24 | 4.72 #4 | HOU |
| EPA / play | +0.02 #18 | −0.12 #1 | HOU |
| Success rate | 45% #16 | 39% #2 | HOU |
| HOU off | JAX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.0 #24 | 23.0 #18 | JAX |
| Yards / play | 5.05 #25 | 5.52 #22 | Even |
| EPA / play | 0.00 #21 | 0.00 #15 | JAX |
| Success rate | 41% #28 | 45% #15 | JAX |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
JAX scoring against the HOU defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.9 #27 | 6.8 #20 | 9.6 #25 | 4.5 #18 | 7.0 #15 | 11.5 #18 | |
3.9 #11 | 3.5 #1 | 7.4 #2 | 4.8 #19 | 3.0 #1 | 7.8 #3 |
HOU scoring against the JAX defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.6 #23 | 7.1 #17 | 10.8 #19 | 3.3 #25 | 7.0 #15 | 10.3 #24 | |
4.3 #17 | 5.3 #6 | 9.5 #9 | 4.0 #11 | 8.8 #25 | 12.8 #21 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
JAX7d
HOU7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 131 plays
slowavg 122fast
Quarterback
HOU backup QB started
Model priced HOU with its QB out
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