Thu, Oct 19, 2023, 8:15 PM EDTWeek 7 · at New Orleans Saints
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4-2 · Power #12
31
▲ winner
Final
@
3-3 · Power #11
24
final
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
Opening line not available
Total
 
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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
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LAR vs ARI
2020 · Week 17 · close · similar spread & total
-118–7 W U41.5
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MIN vs NE
2022 · Week 12 · close · similar rest & total
-2.533–26 W O41.5
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WSH vs CLE
2022 · Week 17 · close · similar total & spread
-110–24 L U41
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CLE vs DEN
2021 · Week 7 · close · similar total & rest
-217–14 W U40.5
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PIT vs CLE
2022 · Week 18 · close · similar total & spread
-2.528–14 W O39.5
Close
DEN vs PHI
2021 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & team ratings
-113–30 L U44.5
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GB vs TEN
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar total & rest
-317–27 L O40.5
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IND vs JAX
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar total & spread
-134–27 W O41
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CLE vs NE
2022 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread
-2.515–38 L O43.5
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DEN vs NYJ
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread
-19–16 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.
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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+3.9 →+1.3▼ 2.6#10
NO+0.8 →+0.8–#12
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6

JAX
Longer bar = better
NO
#17
Offense
◀ JAX better
#22
#14
Defense
NO better ▶
#4
+1.2 #3
Turnovers
◀ JAX better
+0.3 #13
68 plays #3
Pace
Even
68 plays #4
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When JAX has the ball
Advantage: NO defense
JAX offNO defEdge
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
When NO has the ball
Advantage: JAX defense
NO offJAX defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
4.2
#17
7.3
#13
11.5
#14
3.8
#16
8.3
#5
12.2
#7
NO allowed
2.7
#7
4.5
#3
7.2
#4
1.0
#1
7.8
#24
8.8
#12
NO scoring against the JAX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NO scored
5.0
#15
5.5
#22
10.5
#17
4.3
#12
3.3
#29
7.7
#26
JAX allowed
1.7
#3
5.7
#8
7.3
#5
5.8
#26
7.2
#21
13.0
#28

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NO +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
JAX4d short
NO4d short
Even
Tempo
Fast 136 plays
slowavg 127fast