Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2011 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blaine Gabbert

17·23

Titans

Tennessee

QB Matt Hasselbeck

LP Field · outdoors · grass · 44°F · wind 2mph

Closing spread

TEN -8.5

Total

38.5

Model margin

+2.2est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapTitans
  • -0.173EPA / play-0.046
  • 36.3%Success rate39.2%
  • -0.210EPA / dropback+0.025
  • -0.127EPA / rush-0.170
  • 7.6%Explosive rate8.7%
  • -11.15CPOE-1.91
  • 34.3%Third-down rate35.9%
  • 53.9%Red-zone TD rate68.0%
  • 1.10Points / drive1.51
  • 2.1%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

TEN lead 32–23 since 1999

JAX have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.4 points. TEN are 28-25-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18TEN @ JAX741JAX
2025 · W13JAX @ TEN253JAX
2024 · W17TEN @ JAX1320JAX
2024 · W14JAX @ TEN106JAX
2023 · W18JAX @ TEN2028TEN
2023 · W11TEN @ JAX1434JAX
2022 · W18TEN @ JAX1620JAX
2022 · W14JAX @ TEN3622JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blaine Gabbert21/4219801

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Maurice Jones-Drew241034.31
DuJuan Harris252.50
Blaine Gabbert144.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck24/4035012

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Johnson15563.70
Jamie Harper461.51
Matt Hasselbeck520.40

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 +8.52.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

1.19%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.1%

Expected total

42.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.02
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+2.23