Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2006 · Week 8

Final

Jets

New York

QB Chad Pennington

13·20

Browns

Cleveland

QB Charlie Frye

Cleveland Browns Stadium · outdoors · grass · 46°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

CLE -1

Total

37

Model margin

-0.8est.

CLE perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Browns
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Browns 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 mapBrowns
  • -0.019EPA / play-0.197
  • 43.0%Success rate38.3%
  • +0.057EPA / dropback-0.178
  • -0.110EPA / rush-0.231
  • 6.5%Explosive rate6.4%
  • +2.38CPOE+3.75
  • 44.6%Third-down rate34.0%
  • 49.8%Red-zone TD rate50.2%
  • 1.74Points / drive1.01
  • 2.3%Turnover rate4.2%

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

NYJ lead 9–6 since 1999

Meetings average 41.3 points. CLE are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10CLE @ NYJ2027NYJ
2023 · W17NYJ @ CLE2037CLE
2022 · W2NYJ @ CLE3130NYJ
2020 · W16CLE @ NYJ1623NYJ
2019 · W2CLE @ NYJ233CLE
2018 · W3NYJ @ CLE1721CLE
2017 · W5NYJ @ CLE1714NYJ
2016 · W8NYJ @ CLE3128NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Pennington11/2810802

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leon Washington15513.40
Kevan Barlow5163.20
Chad Pennington393.00
Jerricho Cotchery188.00
Brad Smith341.30

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Charlie Frye15/2214111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Reuben Droughns331253.81
Charlie Frye5193.80

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 +12.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%

Positive margins favour Browns; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.0%

Expected total

42.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.33
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.76