Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 8:15 PM EDTWeek 7 · at New Orleans Saints
Closing spread
NO -1.5
✓ JAX W
Total
40.5
▲ Over · 55 pts
Model before kickoff
JAX 23–24 NO
✗ NO (55%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseNO -1.5
Total40.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseNO -1.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close40.5
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseNO -1.5
Total40.5
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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
NO as a 1.5-point home favorite against JAX, the favorite won 5, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: JAX won 31–24 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 55 points went over 40.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 53%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 2.9 against an average line of 1.8; 41.7 points a game (usually 45.4). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2020 · Week 17 · close · similar spread & total |
-1 | 18–7 | W | U41.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total |
-2.5 | 33–26 | W | O41.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 17 · close · similar total & spread |
-1 | 10–24 | L | U41 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 7 · close · similar total & rest |
-2 | 17–14 | W | U40.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 18 · close · similar total & spread |
-2.5 | 28–14 | W | O39.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & team ratings |
-1 | 13–30 | L | U44.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & rest |
-3 | 17–27 | L | O40.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar total & spread |
-1 | 34–27 | W | O41 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread |
-2.5 | 15–38 | L | O43.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread |
-1 | 9–16 | L | U36.5 |
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
Jacksonville Jaguars has 1 game 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-2 67% | 1-0 100% | 1-0 100% | |
| 3-3 50% | 0-1 0% | 0-1 0% |
Recent meetings
The series
JAX 3–4 NO
NO leads · 7 games since 1999 · JAX has won the last meeting
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
JAX+3.9 →+1.3▼ 2.6#10
NO+0.8 →+0.8–#12
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6
Longer bar = better
#17
Offense
◀ JAX better#22
#14
Defense
NO better ▶#4
+1.2 #3
Turnovers
◀ JAX better+0.3 #13
68 plays #3
Pace
Even68 plays #4
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| JAX off | NO def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 23.7 #10 | 16.0 #6 | Even |
| Yards / play | 4.94 #20 | 4.59 #4 | NO |
| EPA / play | −0.08 #23 | −0.17 #4 | NO |
| Success rate | 44% #15 | 37% #2 | NO |
| NO off | JAX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.2 #24 | 20.3 #15 | JAX |
| Yards / play | 4.61 #26 | 5.53 #23 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.06 #17 | −0.08 #9 | JAX |
| Success rate | 41% #20 | 41% #9 | JAX |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
JAX scoring against the NO defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.2 #17 | 7.3 #13 | 11.5 #14 | 3.8 #16 | 8.3 #5 | 12.2 #7 | |
2.7 #7 | 4.5 #3 | 7.2 #4 | 1.0 #1 | 7.8 #24 | 8.8 #12 |
NO scoring against the JAX defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.0 #15 | 5.5 #22 | 10.5 #17 | 4.3 #12 | 3.3 #29 | 7.7 #26 | |
1.7 #3 | 5.7 #8 | 7.3 #5 | 5.8 #26 | 7.2 #21 | 13.0 #28 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
JAX4d short
NO4d short
Even
Tempo
Fast 136 plays
slowavg 127fast
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