Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 1

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Chad Henne

17·34

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Nick Foles

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 75°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

PHI -10

Total

49

Model margin

+0.8est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.8%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Eagles 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 mapEagles
  • -0.161EPA / play-0.005
  • 37.6%Success rate43.7%
  • -0.184EPA / dropback+0.063
  • -0.114EPA / rush-0.113
  • 7.9%Explosive rate9.9%
  • -7.00CPOE-0.76
  • 32.0%Third-down rate44.2%
  • 54.2%Red-zone TD rate57.8%
  • 0.97Points / drive1.88
  • 2.4%Turnover rate3.0%

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

PHI lead 5–2 since 1999

PHI have won 5 straight. Meetings average 42.4 points. PHI are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W9JAX @ PHI2328PHI
2022 · W4JAX @ PHI2129PHI
2018 · W8PHI @ JAX2418PHI
2010 · W3PHI @ JAX283PHI
2006 · W8JAX @ PHI136JAX
2002 · W5PHI @ JAX2528JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Henne24/4326620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Toby Gerhart17422.50
Chad Henne188.00
Denard Robinson382.70
Jordan Todman362.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nick Foles27/4532221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy21743.50
Darren Sproles11716.51

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jeremy Maclin410971
Zach Ertz35771
LeSean McCoy66410
Jordan Matthews24370
Riley Cooper48290
Brent Celek34150
Darren Sproles46140
Jeff Maehl11120

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 +107.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.80%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.1%

Expected total

43.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.83
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.55
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.77