2004 · Week 4 · Division

Final

Jets

New York

QB Chad Pennington

17·9

Dolphins

Miami

QB Jay Fiedler

Pro Player Stadium · outdoors · grass · 88°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

NYJ -5.5

Total

36

Model margin

+1.4est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins winsJets wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jetsedge mapDolphins
  • +0.040EPA / play-0.173
  • 45.5%Success rate35.8%
  • +0.023EPA / dropback-0.181
  • +0.058EPA / rush-0.159
  • 10.3%Explosive rate6.9%
  • 42.9%Third-down rate34.6%
  • 64.3%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 1.86Points / drive0.97
  • 1.5%Turnover rate3.7%
  • -0.048EPA / play allowed-0.054

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

MIA lead 28–26 since 1999

MIA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 40.6 points. MIA are 23-28-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14MIA @ NYJ3410MIA
2025 · W4NYJ @ MIA2127MIA
2024 · W18MIA @ NYJ2032NYJ
2024 · W14NYJ @ MIA2632MIA
2023 · W15NYJ @ MIA030MIA
2023 · W12MIA @ NYJ3413MIA
2022 · W18NYJ @ MIA611MIA
2022 · W5MIA @ NYJ1740NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Pennington14/2414301

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Martin241104.61
Chad Pennington630.50
Justin McCareins1-3-3.00

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jay Fiedler18/3320602

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leonard Henry18854.70
Jay Fiedler2136.50
Sammy Morris1-1-1.00

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 -5.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

1.78%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.7%

Expected total

41.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.85
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.21
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin+1.36