Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 1:00 PM ESTWeek 15 · at Jacksonville Jaguars
Closing spread
NYJ -3.5
✓ NYJ W
Total
41.5
▲ Over · 57 pts
Model before kickoff
NYJ 23–20 JAX
✓ NYJ (62%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNYJ -3.5
CloseNYJ -3.5
Total40.5 → 41.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenNYJ -3.5
no move
CloseNYJ -3.5
No change since the open
Total
Open40.5
▲ 1
Close41.5
Up 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NYJ -3.5 · unchangedmodel NYJ -1.5
model NYJ -1.5
Opened 40.5 · closed 41.5 · moved 1 upmodel 43
model 43
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 70%, covered 57% (80 games)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenNYJ -3.5
CloseNYJ -3.5
Total40.5 → 41.5
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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 3.5-point road favorite at JAX, the favorite won 8, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: NYJ won 32–25; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 57 points went over 41.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
8 of 1080%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 49%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 44%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 7.5 against an average line of 3.7; 42.3 points a game (usually 44.1). Of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-2.5 | 25–24 | L | O41.5 |
| Very close |
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest |
-4.5 | 28–22 | W | O42.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & season form |
-2.5 | 16–20 | L | U38.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-3.5 | 32–13 | W | O36.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 14 · close · similar situation & total |
-5.5 | 14–11 | L | U41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 3 · close · similar rest |
-3.5 | 22–17 | W | U46.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form |
-6.5 | 41–21 | W | O39.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar total & rest |
-5.5 | 29–19 | W | O41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & situation |
-1.5 | 27–10 | W | U41.5 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar rest |
-1.5 | 15–17 | L | U44.5 |
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
Slight Jacksonville Jaguars ATS trend Miss
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.
Jacksonville Jaguars 7-2 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 81-81 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 102 earlier overs in games with totals 38.5–44.5, 21% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-9 10% | 2-8 20% | 6-4 60% | |
| 3-7 30% | 7-3 70% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
The series
NYJ 7–9 JAX
JAX leads · 16 games since 1999 · JAX has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
NYJ−1.2 →−1.9▼ 0.7#22
JAX+0.2 →−3.7▼ 3.9#28
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW14
Longer bar = better
#22
Offense
Even#23
#13
Defense
◀ NYJ better#30
−0.2 #20
Turnovers
◀ NYJ better−0.8 #30
60 plays #25
Pace
◀ NYJ faster56 plays #32
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| NYJ off | JAX def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 19.3 #25 | 26.5 #28 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.04 #24 | 5.97 #32 | NYJ |
| EPA / play | −0.03 #21 | +0.15 #32 | NYJ |
| Success rate | 42% #17 | 45% #26 | NYJ |
| JAX off | NYJ def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 18.3 #26 | 23.1 #20 | NYJ |
| Yards / play | 5.30 #18 | 4.92 #3 | NYJ |
| EPA / play | −0.04 #23 | +0.01 #17 | NYJ |
| Success rate | 41% #24 | 41% #10 | NYJ |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
NYJ scoring against the JAX defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.4 #15 | 5.8 #22 | 10.2 #19 | 4.5 #16 | 4.5 #28 | 9.1 #26 | |
4.7 #21 | 8.7 #26 | 13.4 #28 | 4.8 #14 | 8.3 #27 | 13.2 #25 |
JAX scoring against the NYJ defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.3 #28 | 5.4 #25 | 7.7 #30 | 4.9 #13 | 5.7 #22 | 10.6 #17 | |
4.6 #20 | 7.8 #23 | 12.4 #20 | 4.2 #7 | 6.1 #14 | 10.2 #13 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
71° · 10 mph
gusts 22 mph · 0.012 in rain · wind lowers scoring
Rest
NYJ7d
JAX7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 116 plays
slowavg 124fast
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