Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 15

Final

Jets

New York

QB Geno Smith

16·11

Titans

Tennessee

QB Jake Locker

LP Field · outdoors · grass · 54°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

NYJ -3.5

Total

42

Model margin

-1.2est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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 mapTitans
  • -0.074EPA / play-0.122
  • 40.5%Success rate39.5%
  • -0.051EPA / dropback-0.086
  • -0.104EPA / rush-0.190
  • 8.4%Explosive rate8.4%
  • -3.58CPOE-2.82
  • 39.3%Third-down rate29.7%
  • 47.3%Red-zone TD rate50.7%
  • 1.41Points / drive1.18
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.5%

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

NYJ lead 9–4 since 1999

NYJ have won 3 straight. Meetings average 38.2 points. TEN are 2-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1NYJ @ TEN2310NYJ
2024 · W2NYJ @ TEN2417NYJ
2021 · W4TEN @ NYJ2427NYJ
2018 · W13NYJ @ TEN2226TEN
2015 · W14TEN @ NYJ830NYJ
2013 · W4NYJ @ TEN1338TEN
2012 · W15NYJ @ TEN1014TEN
2009 · W3TEN @ NYJ1724NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith16/2817910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Johnson10555.50
Chris Ivory12252.11
Geno Smith4164.00
Percy Harvin11010.00
Bilal Powell188.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Charlie Whitehurst10/2420300
Jake Locker6/115700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shonn Greene16503.10
Dexter McCluster5153.00
Charlie Whitehurst294.50
Bishop Sankey382.70
Jake Locker273.50

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 -3.52.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

7.46%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.9%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.77
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.88
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.16