Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2010 · DIV · Division

Final

Jets

New York

QB Mark Sanchez

28·21

Patriots

New England

QB Tom Brady

Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 30°F · wind 14mph

Closing spread

NE -9.5

Total

45

Model margin

+5.3est.

NE perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Patriots
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Patriots 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 mapPatriots
  • -0.019EPA / play+0.191
  • 41.8%Success rate48.7%
  • +0.015EPA / dropback+0.265
  • -0.056EPA / rush+0.096
  • 8.3%Explosive rate10.2%
  • -4.95CPOE+2.77
  • 40.2%Third-down rate48.3%
  • 43.6%Red-zone TD rate65.4%
  • 1.69Points / drive2.76
  • 1.9%Turnover rate0.9%

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

NE lead 42–14 since 1999

NE have won 3 straight. Meetings average 41.2 points. NE are 32-22-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17NE @ NYJ4210NE
2025 · W11NYJ @ NE1427NE
2024 · W8NYJ @ NE2225NE
2024 · W3NE @ NYJ324NYJ
2023 · W18NYJ @ NE173NYJ
2023 · W3NE @ NYJ1510NE
2022 · W11NYJ @ NE310NE
2022 · W8NE @ NYJ2217NE

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Sanchez16/2519430

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shonn Greene17764.51
LaDainian Tomlinson10434.30
Joe McKnight122.00
Mark Sanchez1-1-1.00

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady29/4529921

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Danny Woodhead14463.30
BenJarvus Green-Ellis9434.80
Brandon Tate11111.00
Julian Edelman11111.00
Tom Brady221.00

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 +9.56.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour Patriots; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

3.28%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.2%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.35
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.48
  • Expected margin+5.32