Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 4:25 PM ESTWeek 16 · at Las Vegas Raiders
Weather at kickoffIndoorsDome or roof: weather does not applyWeather watch ›
3-11 · Power #29
14
final
Final
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2-12 · Power #27
19
▲ winner
Closing spread
LV -2.5
✓ LV W
Total
41.5
▼ Under · 33 pts
Model before kickoff
JAX 22–24 LV
✓ LV (58%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLV -1
CloseLV -2.5
Total39.5 → 41.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward Las Vegas Raiders
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened LV -1 · closed LV -2.5 · moved 1.5 toward LVmodel Pick’em
Opened 39.5 · closed 41.5 · moved 2 upmodel 46
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 52% (126 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (51 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenLV -1
CloseLV -2.5
Total39.5 → 41.5
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 LV as a 2.5-point home favorite against JAX, the favorite won 4, covered 3, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: LV won 19–14; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 33 points stayed under 41.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 59%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 45%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 2.3 against an average line of 3.4; 41.3 points a game (usually 44.1). Of the 6 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar season form & situation
-4.527–20 W O39.5
Close
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar season form & rest
-3.56–10 L U40.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form
-3.520–17 L U38.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar spread & season form
-2.514–30 L O41.5
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & spread
-3.524–18 W O40.5
Close
2024 · Week 8 · close · similar rest
-4.527–28 L O46.5
Close
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar spread & rest
-2.521–16 W U43.5
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & team ratings
-2.517–20 L U40
Close
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar rest
-2.512–31 L O37.5
Loose
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-4.527–28 L O43.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2021 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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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 Las Vegas Raiders
1.5 pts (LV -1 → LV -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved up 2
39.5 → 41.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Jacksonville Jaguars on a cross-country trip
Jacksonville Jaguars cross 3 time zones (1,970 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
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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+0.2 →−3.9▼ 4.1#28
LV−0.8 →−4.4▼ 3.6#29
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW15

JAX
Longer bar = better
LV
#20
Offense
◀ JAX better
#29
#29
Defense
LV better ▶
#20
−0.9 #29
Turnovers
Even
−1.4 #32
58 plays #32
Pace
LV faster ▶
63 plays #14
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When JAX has the ball
Even matchup
JAX offLV defEdge
Points / game 18.8 #26 26.9 #27 Even
Yards / play 5.32 #16 5.32 #12 Even
EPA / play −0.02 #19 +0.03 #23 Even
Success rate 42% #19 44% #19 Even
When LV has the ball
Even matchup
LV offJAX defEdge
Points / game 17.5 #29 26.9 #28 Even
Yards / play 4.78 #29 6.05 #32 Even
EPA / play −0.17 #32 +0.16 #32 Even
Success rate 40% #26 45% #24 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
JAX scoring against the LV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
2.6
#29
5.4
#25
8.1
#27
4.8
#14
5.9
#20
10.7
#18
LV allowed
5.3
#25
6.9
#18
12.2
#20
5.4
#22
9.2
#31
14.6
#31
LV scoring against the JAX defense
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LV scored
3.4
#21
4.3
#30
7.7
#28
2.6
#31
7.2
#11
9.8
#22
JAX allowed
4.9
#23
8.1
#26
12.9
#24
5.2
#19
8.8
#27
14.0
#27

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
LV +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
JAX7d
LV6d
JAX +1 day
Tempo
Average 120 plays
slowavg 124fast
Travel
JAX 1,970 mi
3 time zones