2002 · Week 2

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Mark Brunell

23·16

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 66°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

KC -3.5

Total

46

Model margin

+7.4est.

KC perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Jaguarsedge mapChiefs
  • -0.269EPA / play+0.161
  • 40.3%Success rate47.5%
  • -0.158EPA / dropback+0.224
  • -0.424EPA / rush+0.083
  • 8.6%Explosive rate11.6%
  • 33.9%Third-down rate41.1%
  • 29.3%Red-zone TD rate62.8%
  • 0.22Points / drive2.29
  • 1.4%Turnover rate1.4%
  • +0.014EPA / play allowed+0.098

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

KC lead 10–5 since 1999

Meetings average 45.2 points. KC are 8-6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W5KC @ JAX2831JAX
2023 · W2KC @ JAX179KC
2022 · playoffsJAX @ KC2027KC
2022 · W10JAX @ KC1727KC
2019 · W1KC @ JAX4026KC
2018 · W5JAX @ KC1430KC
2016 · W9JAX @ KC1419KC
2013 · W1KC @ JAX282KC

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Brunell25/3632020

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Fred Taylor201145.71
Stacey Mack11313.00
Mark Brunell7121.70
Pat Johnson1-9-9.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Pat Johnson46971
Jimmy Smith58831
Kyle Brady58600
Fred Taylor66450
Pete Mitchell22150
Stacey Mack11120
Bobby Shaw2480

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green16/3119912
Priest Holmes0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes22843.80
Johnnie Morton12020.00
Trent Green11414.00
Eddie Kennison11212.00
Mike Cloud177.00
Dante Hall144.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +3.53.0%5.8%7.2%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

68.4%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+4.86
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+7.42