Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 4:05 PM EDTWeek 4 · at San Francisco 49ers
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2-1 · Power #7
26
▲ winner
Final
@
3-0 · Power #10
21
final
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Jacksonville Jaguars
Total
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
Opened 45.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 1 upmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 3 · very close · similar rest & situation
-3.533–26 W O45.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.524–22 L U47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & team ratings
-4.542–29 W O47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.517–37 L O47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.530–21 W O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 13 · close · similar spread & rest
-3.523–22 L U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 15 · close · similar rest & season form
-317–40 L O45.5
Close
2025 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-2.523–20 W U45.5
Close
2024 · Week 17 · close · similar season form & rest
-3.530–24 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar total
-1.527–28 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.
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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 →−0.6▲ 1.5#19
SF+0.9 →+2.3▲ 1.4#7
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

JAX
Longer bar = better
SF
#14
Offense
Even
#13
#5
Defense
Even
#7
+1.7 #2
Turnovers
◀ JAX better
−0.3 #21
66 plays #7
Pace
Even
67 plays #4
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When JAX has the ball
Advantage: SF defense
JAX offSF defEdge
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
When SF has the ball
Advantage: JAX defense
SF offJAX defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
5.7
#10
9.0
#7
14.7
#9
3.3
#22
5.3
#22
8.7
#30
SF allowed
0.0
#1
6.7
#18
6.7
#3
3.3
#9
6.3
#14
9.7
#10
SF scoring against the JAX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SF scored
4.3
#16
5.3
#25
9.7
#20
1.0
#31
9.0
#7
10.0
#16
JAX allowed
3.3
#7
2.0
#1
5.3
#2
4.7
#17
7.0
#19
11.7
#20

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
SF +1.8
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