2016 · Week 9 · Division

Final

Jets

New York

QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

23·27

Dolphins

Miami

QB Ryan Tannehill

Hard Rock Stadium · outdoors · grass · 80°F · wind 14mph

Closing spread

MIA -3.5

Total

45

Model margin

+3.6est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins 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 mapDolphins
  • -0.069EPA / play-0.004
  • 40.5%Success rate42.2%
  • -0.069EPA / dropback+0.062
  • -0.070EPA / rush-0.092
  • 9.3%Explosive rate10.4%
  • -4.70CPOE+4.52
  • 36.5%Third-down rate37.0%
  • 47.6%Red-zone TD rate68.3%
  • 1.40Points / drive1.80
  • 3.2%Turnover rate2.2%

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 28–26 since 1999

MIA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 40.6 points. MIA are 23-28-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14MIA @ NYJ3410MIA
2025 · W4NYJ @ MIA2127MIA
2024 · W18MIA @ NYJ2032NYJ
2024 · W14NYJ @ MIA2632MIA
2023 · W15NYJ @ MIA030MIA
2023 · W12MIA @ NYJ3413MIA
2022 · W18NYJ @ MIA611MIA
2022 · W5MIA @ NYJ1740NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Fitzpatrick16/2719412
Bryce Petty2/21900

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Forte12927.71
Ryan Fitzpatrick3268.70
Bilal Powell6223.70

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill17/2814910
Jarvis Landry0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jay Ajayi241114.61
Damien Williams5295.80
Ryan Tannehill2-3-1.50

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 +3.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.6%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.27
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+3.57