2016 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Jets

New York

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

37·31

Bills

Buffalo

QB Tyrod Taylor

New Era Field · outdoors · a_turf · 60°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

BUF -1.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+3.4est.

BUF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bills
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Bills 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 mapBills
  • -0.069EPA / play+0.056
  • 40.5%Success rate44.9%
  • -0.069EPA / dropback+0.076
  • -0.070EPA / rush+0.028
  • 9.3%Explosive rate10.0%
  • -4.70CPOE+0.94
  • 36.5%Third-down rate41.7%
  • 47.6%Red-zone TD rate68.0%
  • 1.40Points / drive2.08
  • 3.2%Turnover rate1.1%

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

BUF lead 29–25 since 1999

BUF have won 5 straight. Meetings average 42.5 points. BUF are 29-25 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18NYJ @ BUF835BUF
2025 · W2BUF @ NYJ3010BUF
2024 · W17NYJ @ BUF1440BUF
2024 · W6BUF @ NYJ2320BUF
2023 · W11NYJ @ BUF632BUF
2023 · W1BUF @ NYJ1622NYJ
2022 · W14NYJ @ BUF1220BUF
2022 · W9BUF @ NYJ1720NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Fitzpatrick24/3437410

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Forte301003.33
Ryan Fitzpatrick5214.20
Bilal Powell122.00

Bills

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tyrod Taylor18/3029731
EJ Manuel1/11000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy15593.90
Tyrod Taylor22512.50
EJ Manuel221.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Marquise Goodwin251121
Greg Salas45891
LeSean McCoy45310
Charles Clay57270
Sammy Watkins25200
Mike Gillislee11181
Robert Woods12100

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 +1.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Bills; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.1%

Expected total

43.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.65
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.39