Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2015 · Week 1

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Josh McCown

10·31

Jets

New York

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 77°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

NYJ -3.5

Total

39

Model margin

+7.0est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Jets winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapJets
  • -0.074EPA / play+0.025
  • 41.1%Success rate41.9%
  • -0.025EPA / dropback+0.126
  • -0.179EPA / rush-0.144
  • 7.0%Explosive rate9.3%
  • -0.75CPOE-1.27
  • 41.6%Third-down rate40.9%
  • 41.3%Red-zone TD rate70.2%
  • 1.32Points / drive1.90
  • 2.5%Turnover rate2.1%

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 9–6 since 1999

Meetings average 41.3 points. NYJ are 9-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10CLE @ NYJ2027NYJ
2023 · W17NYJ @ CLE2037CLE
2022 · W2NYJ @ CLE3130NYJ
2020 · W16CLE @ NYJ1623NYJ
2019 · W2CLE @ NYJ233CLE
2018 · W3NYJ @ CLE1721CLE
2017 · W5NYJ @ CLE1714NYJ
2016 · W8NYJ @ CLE3128NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Johnny Manziel13/2418211
Josh McCown5/84900

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Johnny Manziel5357.00
Josh McCown3237.70
Duke Johnson7223.10
Isaiah Crowell12201.70
Shaun Draughn144.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Fitzpatrick15/2417921

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Ivory20914.52
Bilal Powell12625.20
Ryan Fitzpatrick2-1-0.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Brandon Marshall69621
Chris Owusu46550
Eric Decker23371
Bilal Powell24160
Chris Ivory1190
Kellen Davis0100

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 +3.53.1%5.9%7.2%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

2.50%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

67.5%

Expected total

43.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+4.55
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+7.04