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2015 · Week 2

Final

Dolphins

Miami

QB Ryan Tannehill

20·23

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

EverBank Field · outdoors · grass · 87°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

MIA -5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+1.9est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

1.8%est.

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Dolphins

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsDolphins wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Dolphinsedge mapJaguars
  • -0.032EPA / play-0.051
  • 40.5%Success rate41.8%
  • +0.008EPA / dropback+0.041
  • -0.111EPA / rush-0.254
  • 9.5%Explosive rate10.1%
  • +1.20CPOE-3.08
  • 31.0%Third-down rate33.9%
  • 65.1%Red-zone TD rate57.0%
  • 1.42Points / drive1.59
  • 1.8%Turnover rate2.6%

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 6–5 since 1999

Meetings average 38.1 points. JAX are 6-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W1JAX @ MIA1720MIA
2021 · W6MIA @ JAX2023JAX
2020 · W3MIA @ JAX3113MIA
2018 · W16JAX @ MIA177JAX
2014 · W8MIA @ JAX2713MIA
2012 · W15JAX @ MIA324MIA
2009 · W14MIA @ JAX1410MIA
2006 · W13JAX @ MIA2410JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill30/4435920

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Tannehill3175.70
Lamar Miller10141.40
Jarvis Landry166.00
Damien Williams252.50

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles18/3327320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
T.J. Yeldon25702.80
Blake Bortles22713.50
Marqise Lee11212.00
Denard Robinson199.00
Bernard Pierce341.30
Corey Grant111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Allen Robinson6121552
Allen Hurns44680
Marqise Lee24270
T.J. Yeldon34130
Rashad Greene2470
Marcedes Lewis0400

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 -54.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Dolphins.

Half-point at risk

1.75%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.3%

Expected total

43.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.56
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.93