2012 · Week 3 · Division

Final / OT

Jets

New York

QB Mark Sanchez

23·20

Dolphins

Miami

QB Ryan Tannehill

Sun Life Stadium · outdoors · grass · 83°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

NYJ -2.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+2.3est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins 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 mapDolphins
  • -0.101EPA / play-0.049
  • 41.7%Success rate42.9%
  • -0.139EPA / dropback-0.007
  • -0.054EPA / rush-0.107
  • 7.8%Explosive rate7.9%
  • -5.39CPOE-2.89
  • 36.9%Third-down rate37.7%
  • 47.4%Red-zone TD rate58.9%
  • 1.20Points / drive1.37
  • 3.2%Turnover rate2.4%

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

MIA lead 28–26 since 1999

MIA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 40.6 points. MIA are 23-28-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14MIA @ NYJ3410MIA
2025 · W4NYJ @ MIA2127MIA
2024 · W18MIA @ NYJ2032NYJ
2024 · W14NYJ @ MIA2632MIA
2023 · W15NYJ @ MIA030MIA
2023 · W12MIA @ NYJ3413MIA
2022 · W18NYJ @ MIA611MIA
2022 · W5MIA @ NYJ1740NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Sanchez21/4530612

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bilal Powell10454.50
Shonn Greene19402.10
Tim Tebow155.00
Mark Sanchez144.00
Joe McKnight1-1-1.00

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill16/3619601

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Daniel Thomas19693.61
Reggie Bush10616.10
Lamar Miller9485.30
Ryan Tannehill331.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Davone Bess57860
Anthony Fasano510470
Brian Hartline19410
Daniel Thomas12110
Anthony Armstrong2690
Reggie Bush1110

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 -2.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.04%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.2%

Expected total

41.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.21
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.28