Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2008 · Week 3

Final

Jets

New York

QB Brett Favre

29·48

Chargers

San Diego

QB Philip Rivers

Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass · 71°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

SD -8

Total

46.5

Model margin

+2.2est.

SD perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Chargers
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Chargers 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.

The rivalry

SD lead 7–5 since 1999

CHARGERS have won 5 straight. Meetings average 46.7 points. SD are 4-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W9LAC @ NYJ276CHARGERS
2020 · W11NYJ @ LAC2834CHARGERS
2017 · W16LAC @ NYJ147CHARGERS
2014 · W5NYJ @ SD031CHARGERS
2012 · W16SD @ NYJ2717CHARGERS
2011 · W7SD @ NYJ2127NYJ
2009 · playoffsNYJ @ SD1714NYJ
2005 · W9SD @ NYJ3126CHARGERS

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre30/4227132
Kellen Clemens3/52601

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Jones10373.70
Brett Favre252.50
Leon Washington1-1-1.00

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 +84.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Chargers; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.06%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.9%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.31
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.18

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.