Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 4:05 PM EDTWeek 4 · at San Francisco 49ers
Closing spread
SF -3.5
✓ JAX W
Total
46.5
▲ Over · 47 pts
Model before kickoff
JAX 21–24 SF
✗ SF (62%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSF -4.5
CloseSF -3.5
Total45.5 → 46.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenSF -4.5
1 → JAX
CloseSF -3.5
1 pt toward Jacksonville Jaguars
Total
Open45.5
▲ 1
Close46.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened SF -4.5 · closed SF -3.5 · moved 1 toward JAXmodel SF -2
model SF -2
Opened 45.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 1 upmodel 45
model 45
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 67%, covered 55% (156 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 36% (44 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenSF -4.5
CloseSF -3.5
Total45.5 → 46.5
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
SF as a 3.5-point home favorite against JAX, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: JAX won 26–21 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 47 points went over 46.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 64%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
7 of 1070%
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 0.3 against an average line of 3.1; 53.5 points a game (usually 43.8). Of the 7 overs, 4 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 3 · very close · similar rest & situation |
-3.5 | 33–26 | W | O45.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 24–22 | L | U47.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & team ratings |
-4.5 | 42–29 | W | O47.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total |
-2.5 | 17–37 | L | O47.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total |
-2.5 | 30–21 | W | O47.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 23–22 | L | U45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & season form |
-3 | 17–40 | L | O45.5 |
| Close |
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation |
-2.5 | 23–20 | W | U45.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 17 · close · similar season form & rest |
-3.5 | 30–24 | W | O50.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar total |
-1.5 | 27–28 | L | O45.5 |
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Jacksonville Jaguars 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 Jacksonville Jaguars
1 pt (SF -4.5 → SF -3.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Jacksonville Jaguars on a cross-country trip
Jacksonville Jaguars cross 3 time zones (2,347 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
Small sample warning
Jacksonville Jaguars have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 138 earlier overs in games with totals 43.5–49.5, 25% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4-6 40% | 6-4 60% | 4-6 40% | |
| 4-6 40% | 3-7 30% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
JAX 3–5 SF
SF leads · 8 games since 1999 · JAX has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12 2023 | San Francisco 49ers 34 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 3 | SF -3 | SF W |
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 →−0.6▲ 1.5#19
SF+0.9 →+2.3▲ 1.4#7
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#14
Offense
Even#13
#5
Defense
Even#7
+1.7 #2
Turnovers
◀ JAX better−0.3 #21
66 plays #7
Pace
Even67 plays #4
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| JAX off | SF def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 23.3 #14 | 16.3 #2 | SF |
| Yards / play | 5.37 #13 | 4.40 #5 | SF |
| EPA / play | +0.03 #14 | −0.11 #4 | SF |
| Success rate | 45% #13 | 43% #15 | Even |
| SF off | JAX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 19.7 #23 | 17.0 #5 | JAX |
| Yards / play | 5.36 #14 | 4.74 #8 | JAX |
| EPA / play | +0.04 #13 | −0.15 #2 | JAX |
| Success rate | 50% #3 | 37% #3 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
JAX scoring against the SF defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.7 #10 | 9.0 #7 | 14.7 #9 | 3.3 #22 | 5.3 #22 | 8.7 #30 | |
0.0 #1 | 6.7 #18 | 6.7 #3 | 3.3 #9 | 6.3 #14 | 9.7 #10 |
SF scoring against the JAX defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.3 #16 | 5.3 #25 | 9.7 #20 | 1.0 #31 | 9.0 #7 | 10.0 #16 | |
3.3 #7 | 2.0 #1 | 5.3 #2 | 4.7 #17 | 7.0 #19 | 11.7 #20 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
78° · 7 mph
gusts 21 mph · at kickoff
Rest
JAX7d
SF7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 134 plays
slowavg 122fast
Travel
JAX 2,347 mi
3 time zones
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