Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 9:30 AM EDTWeek 5 · Neutral site
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2-2 · Power #12
25
▲ winner
Final
vs
3-1 · Power #4
20
final
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
JAX 20–33 BUF
✗ BUF (87%) lost
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 

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 have 0 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+3.9 →+1.7▼ 2.2#13
BUF−1.0 →+12.1▲ 13.1#1
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JAX
Longer bar = better
BUF
#18
Offense
BUF better ▶
#3
#16
Defense
Even
#15
+0.8 #8
Turnovers
Even
+1.2 #5
70 plays #5
Pace
◀ JAX faster
63 plays #17
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When JAX has the ball
Even matchup
JAX offBUF defEdge
Points / game 21.0 #20 16.0 #6 BUF
Yards / play 5.15 #16 5.75 #27 JAX
EPA / play −0.09 #19 −0.12 #6 BUF
Success rate 44% #16 44% #19 Even
When BUF has the ball
Advantage: BUF offense
BUF offJAX defEdge
Points / game 31.8 #2 20.4 #12 BUF
Yards / play 6.16 #4 5.73 #26 BUF
EPA / play +0.21 #3 −0.04 #13 BUF
Success rate 53% #2 42% #12 BUF

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
JAX scoring against the BUF defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
3.5
#18
5.8
#19
9.3
#20
3.3
#22
7.5
#10
10.8
#15
BUF allowed
3.5
#15
3.3
#1
6.8
#3
2.3
#6
3.3
#4
5.5
#4
BUF scoring against the JAX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BUF scored
8.5
#2
11.8
#4
20.3
#3
4.3
#14
10.3
#1
14.5
#5
JAX allowed
1.8
#4
6.0
#10
7.8
#6
8.8
#31
4.0
#9
12.8
#24

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
74° · 6 mph
gusts 12 mph · at kickoff
Rest
JAX7d
BUF7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 133 plays
slowavg 127fast