2015 · Week 6

Final

Commanders

Washington

QB Kirk Cousins

20·34

Jets

New York

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 49°F · wind 16mph

Closing spread

NYJ -7.5

Total

39.5

Model margin

+3.4est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Commanders

How each play moved the game.

Jets winsCommanders wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Commandersedge mapJets
  • +0.022EPA / play+0.025
  • 42.6%Success rate41.9%
  • +0.166EPA / dropback+0.126
  • -0.191EPA / rush-0.144
  • 7.9%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +5.62CPOE-1.27
  • 43.9%Third-down rate40.9%
  • 61.3%Red-zone TD rate70.2%
  • 1.81Points / drive1.90
  • 1.9%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 4–3 since 1999

NYJ have won 4 straight. Meetings average 47.9 points. NYJ are 4-2-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W16WAS @ NYJ2830NYJ
2019 · W11NYJ @ WAS3417NYJ
2011 · W13NYJ @ WAS3419NYJ
2007 · W9WAS @ NYJ2320WAS
2003 · W1NYJ @ WAS1316WAS
1999 · W3WAS @ NYJ2720WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kirk Cousins25/4319612
Jamison Crowder0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alfred Morris11211.90
Chris Thompson5122.40
Kirk Cousins111.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Fitzpatrick19/2625321

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Ivory201467.31
Zac Stacy13463.50
Ryan Fitzpatrick4317.81
Bilal Powell4-2-0.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Brandon Marshall791111
Eric Decker47591
Chris Ivory33500
Quincy Enunwa23170
Zac Stacy22150
Bilal Powell1110
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 +7.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Commanders.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.2%

Expected total

45.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.35
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+3.40