Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Jacksonville Jaguars
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1-1 · Power #7
6
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1-1 · Power #6
35
▲ winner
Closing spread
JAX -3
✓ JAX W
Total
46.5
▼ Under · 41 pts
Model before kickoff
NE 20–23 JAX
✓ JAX (60%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenJAX -1.5
CloseJAX -3
Total45.5 → 46.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1.5 pts toward Jacksonville Jaguars
Total
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened JAX -1.5 · closed JAX -3 · moved 1.5 toward JAXmodel Pick’em
Opened 45.5 · closed 46.5 · moved 1 upmodel 43
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2–4 since 2023: won 65%, covered 53% (190 games)ⓘ
Moved onto 3Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 46% (127 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenJAX -1.5
CloseJAX -3
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 JAX as a 3-point home favorite against NE, the favorite won 5, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: JAX won 35–6; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 41 points stayed under 46.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 2.7 against an average line of 3.2; 46.9 points a game (usually 44.6). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar total & spread
-3.535–38 L O45.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.530–21 W O47.5
Very close
2025 · Week 16 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.520–34 L O46.5
Very close
2025 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.521–19 L U49.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar total & spread
-2.518–28 L U47.5
Very close
2025 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & situation
-3.530–19 W O46.5
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar rest & spread
-3.510–27 L U48.5
Very close
2025 · Postseason · very close · similar rest & total
-3.516–3 W U45.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & situation
-3.524–22 L U47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 8 · very close · similar rest & total
-2.517–37 L O47.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 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 2 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
1.5 pts (JAX -1.5 → JAX -3). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Small sample warning
New England Patriots 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
NE+1.8 →+2.6▲ 0.8#6
JAX+1.4 →+1.7▲ 0.3#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

NE
Longer bar = better
JAX
#25
Offense
JAX better ▶
#9
#4
Defense
◀ NE better
#19
−1.5 #29
Turnovers
JAX better ▶
+1.0 #7
60 plays #18
Pace
◀ NE faster
56 plays #27
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NE has the ball
Advantage: JAX defense
NE offJAX defEdge
Points / game 15.0 #29 15.0 #6 JAX
Yards / play 5.03 #23 6.15 #29 NE
EPA / play −0.09 #25 −0.02 #15 JAX
Success rate 42% #23 47% #24 Even
When JAX has the ball
Even matchup
JAX offNE defEdge
Points / game 23.5 #15 8.0 #1 NE
Yards / play 5.66 #9 4.52 #3 NE
EPA / play +0.14 #8 −0.18 #5 Even
Success rate 52% #3 39% #7 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 2 teams
NE scoring against the JAX defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NE scored
3.5
5.0
8.5
3.0
3.5
6.5
JAX allowed
0.0
1.5
1.5
3.0
10.5
13.5
JAX scoring against the NE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
JAX scored
7.0
10.0
17.0
6.5
0.0
6.5
NE allowed
0.0
1.5
1.5
1.5
5.0
6.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
JAX +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
83° · 6 mph
gusts 10 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NE7d
JAX7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 116 plays
slowavg 122fast