2015 · Week 9

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

23·28

Jets

New York

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 56°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

NYJ -7.5

Total

42

Model margin

+5.0est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Jets 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 mapJets
  • -0.051EPA / play+0.025
  • 41.8%Success rate41.9%
  • +0.041EPA / dropback+0.126
  • -0.254EPA / rush-0.144
  • 10.1%Explosive rate9.3%
  • -3.08CPOE-1.27
  • 33.9%Third-down rate40.9%
  • 57.0%Red-zone TD rate70.2%
  • 1.59Points / drive1.90
  • 2.6%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

JAX lead 9–7 since 1999

Meetings average 40.4 points. NYJ are 5-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W15NYJ @ JAX2048JAX
2024 · W15NYJ @ JAX3225NYJ
2022 · W16JAX @ NYJ193JAX
2021 · W16JAX @ NYJ2126NYJ
2019 · W8NYJ @ JAX1529JAX
2018 · W4NYJ @ JAX1231JAX
2017 · W4JAX @ NYJ2023NYJ
2012 · W14NYJ @ JAX1710NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles24/4038122

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
T.J. Yeldon14644.60
Blake Bortles4328.00
Denard Robinson122.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Fitzpatrick21/3427220

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Ivory23261.12
Zac Stacy133.00
Ryan Fitzpatrick400.00

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 +7.53.5%6.4%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.20%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.3%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.04
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin+4.97