Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 8:15 PM EDTWeek 3 · at New York Jets · Division game
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1-1 · Power #30
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1-1 · Power #23
24
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward New England Patriots
Total
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
Opened 40.5 · closed 39.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Week 2 · close · similar spread
-6.519–13 L U45.5
Loose
CLE vs CIN
2021 · Week 18 · loose · similar season form
-6.521–16 L U38
Loose
CLE vs PIT
2022 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest & season form
-4.529–17 W O38
Loose
LAR vs DAL
2022 · Week 5 · loose · similar situation & season form
-510–22 L U41.5
Loose
DEN vs LAC
2022 · Week 18 · loose
-6.531–28 L O39
Loose
2023 · Week 11 · loose
-6.534–14 W O40
Loose
2023 · Week 18 · loose · similar season form
-731–14 W O37
Loose
NO vs CAR
2021 · Week 17 · loose
-718–10 W U37
Loose
2023 · Week 9 · loose · similar season form
-4.528–31 L O37.5
Loose
MIA vs NYG
2021 · Week 13 · loose
-6.520–9 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.
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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 →−1.4▲ 0.4#26
NYJ−1.2 →−1.2–#24
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

NE
Longer bar = better
NYJ
#19
Offense
Even
#17
#13
Defense
◀ NE better
#20
+1.0 #7
Turnovers
◀ NE better
0.0 #19
65 plays #8
Pace
◀ NE faster
53 plays #29
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NE has the ball
Even matchup
NE offNYJ defEdge
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
When NYJ has the ball
Even matchup
NYJ offNE defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NE scored
3.5
8.0
11.5
1.5
5.0
6.5
NYJ allowed
5.0
8.0
13.0
8.5
3.0
11.5
NYJ scoring against the NE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NYJ scored
3.5
3.5
7.0
8.0
6.5
14.5
NE allowed
3.5
5.0
8.5
3.5
3.0
6.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NYJ +1.8
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