2008 · Week 15

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

16·20

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB David Garrard

Jacksonville Municipal Stadium · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

GB -2.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

-0.6est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapJaguars
  • +0.051EPA / play-0.004
  • 43.8%Success rate44.6%
  • +0.134EPA / dropback+0.013
  • -0.072EPA / rush-0.032
  • 8.3%Explosive rate8.0%
  • +4.24CPOE+3.08
  • 44.1%Third-down rate41.7%
  • 66.2%Red-zone TD rate62.2%
  • 1.94Points / drive1.65
  • 1.9%Turnover rate2.2%

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

GB lead 5–2 since 1999

GB have won 4 straight. Meetings average 46.9 points. JAX are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W8GB @ JAX3027GB
2020 · W10JAX @ GB2024GB
2016 · W1GB @ JAX2723GB
2012 · W8JAX @ GB1524GB
2004 · W15JAX @ GB2825JAX
2001 · W12GB @ JAX2821GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers20/3227811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant21562.70
Aaron Rodgers5224.40
Brandon Jackson166.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
David Garrard21/3323820

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Maurice Jones-Drew12484.01
David Garrard5316.20
Dennis Northcutt199.00
Chauncey Washington166.00

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 -2.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.5%

Expected total

45.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.06
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.57