Sun, Nov 9, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 10 · at Houston Texans · Division game
Weather at kickoffIndoorsDome or roof: weather does not applyWeather watch ›
5-3 · Power #7
29
final
Final
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3-5 · Power #3
36
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Houston Texans
Total
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
Opened 39.5 · closed 38.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 8 · very close · similar season form & rest
-3.526–15 W U41.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar situation
-2.534–27 W O41.5
Close
2024 · Week 5 · close · similar spread & rest
-2.534–18 W O35.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & spread
-317–40 L O45.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar rest & situation
-3.518–30 L O45.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form
-1.538–6 W U44.5
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar spread
-2.517–20 L U41.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.523–22 L U45.5
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar spread
-3.527–19 W O41.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & spread
-2.523–20 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%)
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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
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

JAX
Longer bar = better
HOU
#20
Offense
◀ JAX better
#25
#18
Defense
HOU better ▶
#2
+1.0 #3
Turnovers
Even
+0.8 #6
67 plays #1
Pace
◀ JAX faster
64 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When JAX has the ball
Advantage: HOU defense
JAX offHOU defEdge
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
When HOU has the ball
Advantage: JAX defense
HOU offJAX defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
2.9
#27
6.8
#20
9.6
#25
4.5
#18
7.0
#15
11.5
#18
HOU allowed
3.9
#11
3.5
#1
7.4
#2
4.8
#19
3.0
#1
7.8
#3
HOU scoring against the JAX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
HOU scored
3.6
#23
7.1
#17
10.8
#19
3.3
#25
7.0
#15
10.3
#24
JAX allowed
4.3
#17
5.3
#6
9.5
#9
4.0
#11
8.8
#25
12.8
#21

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
HOU +1.8
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