Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 8:15 PM EDTWeek 3 · at New York Jets · Division game
Closing spread
NYJ -6.5
✓ NYJ W
Total
39.5
▼ Under · 27 pts
Model before kickoff
NE 18–24 NYJ
✓ NYJ (71%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNYJ -7
CloseNYJ -6.5
Total40.5 → 39.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenNYJ -7
0.5 → NE
CloseNYJ -6.5
0.5 pts toward New England Patriots
Total
Open40.5
▼ 1
Close39.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NYJ -7 · closed NYJ -6.5 · moved 0.5 toward NEmodel NYJ -2
model NYJ -2
Opened 40.5 · closed 39.5 · moved 1 downmodel 41
model 41
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 5.5–7.5 since 2023: won 67%, covered 47% (45 games)ⓘ
Moved off 7Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNYJ -7
CloseNYJ -6.5
Total40.5 → 39.5
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
NYJ as a 6.5-point home favorite against NE, the favorite won 8, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: NYJ won 24–3; the favorite covered, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 27 points stayed under 39.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 64%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 42%
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: favorite by 6.7 against an average line of 6.1; 41.5 points a game (usually 45.8). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar spread |
-6.5 | 19–13 | L | U45.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 18 · loose · similar season form |
-6.5 | 21–16 | L | U38 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & season form |
-4.5 | 29–17 | W | O38 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar situation & season form |
-5 | 10–22 | L | U41.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 18 · loose |
-6.5 | 31–28 | L | O39 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 11 · loose |
-6.5 | 34–14 | W | O40 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 18 · loose · similar season form |
-7 | 31–14 | W | O37 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 17 · loose |
-7 | 18–10 | W | U37 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar season form |
-4.5 | 28–31 | L | O37.5 |
| Loose | 2021 · Week 13 · loose |
-6.5 | 20–9 | W | U39.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2021 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
New England Patriots have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 16 in the 4th quarter and got 3. 51% of games with totals 36.5–42.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 5-4-1 56% | 5-5 50% | |
| 4-6 40% | 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% |
Recent meetings
Last 2 since 2023
NE 43–14 NYJ
NE leads · 57 games since 1999 · NE has won the last 4 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 2023 | New York Jets 17 @ New England Patriots 3 | NE -2.5 | NYJ W |
| Sep 24 2023 | New England Patriots 15 @ New York Jets 10 | — | — |
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 →−1.4▲ 0.4#26
NYJ−1.2 →−1.2–#24
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#19
Offense
Even#17
#13
Defense
◀ NE better#20
+1.0 #7
Turnovers
◀ NE better0.0 #19
65 plays #8
Pace
◀ NE faster53 plays #29
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| NE off | NYJ def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.0 #21 | 24.5 #26 | NE |
| Yards / play | 4.62 #25 | 5.39 #18 | NYJ |
| EPA / play | +0.03 #11 | +0.01 #22 | NE |
| Success rate | 44% #17 | 41% #14 | Even |
| NYJ off | NE def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.5 #15 | 16.5 #5 | NE |
| Yards / play | 5.06 #20 | 5.11 #14 | NE |
| EPA / play | 0.00 #16 | −0.06 #12 | Even |
| Success rate | 43% #18 | 45% #21 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 0 teams
NE scoring against the NYJ defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 8.0 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | |
5.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 11.5 |
NYJ scoring against the NE defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 14.5 | |
3.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 6.5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
75° · 7 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NE4d short
NYJ4d short
Even
Tempo
Average 118 plays
slowavg 121fast
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