Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2002 · Week 9

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Mark Brunell

17·24

Giants

New York

QB Kerry Collins

Giants Stadium · outdoors · grass · 43°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

NYG -3

Total

35.5

Model margin

+7.5est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

7.2%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Giants 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 mapGiants
  • -0.269EPA / play+0.008
  • 40.3%Success rate41.7%
  • -0.158EPA / dropback+0.151
  • -0.424EPA / rush-0.177
  • 8.6%Explosive rate9.6%
  • 33.9%Third-down rate38.8%
  • 29.3%Red-zone TD rate44.5%
  • 0.22Points / drive1.46
  • 1.4%Turnover rate2.3%
  • +0.014EPA / play allowed-0.060

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

NYG lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 42.6 points. NYG are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W7NYG @ JAX2317NYG
2018 · W1JAX @ NYG2015JAX
2014 · W13NYG @ JAX2425JAX
2010 · W12JAX @ NYG2024NYG
2006 · W11NYG @ JAX1026JAX
2000 · W17JAX @ NYG2528NYG

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Brunell23/3823020

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Mark Brunell56312.60
Stacey Mack9546.00
Fred Taylor691.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jimmy Smith10151231
Bobby Shaw57651
Kyle Brady33200
Stacey Mack35180
Pete Mitchell1140
Pat Johnson0200
Fred Taylor1300

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kerry Collins20/2822810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber191015.32
Ron Dayne13524.00
Tim Carter11313.00
Kerry Collins2115.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Tiki Barber44620
Ron Dixon46461
Amani Toomer45360
Tim Carter11270
Jeremy Shockey24240
Dan Campbell22190
Ron Dayne2270
Charles Stackhouse1270

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 +33.0%5.7%7.2%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.7%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

7.17%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

68.7%

Expected total

41.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+5.04
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+7.52