Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2017 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

37·16

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

EverBank Field · outdoors · grass · 84°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

TEN -1

Total

42

Model margin

+4.9est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

2.0%est.

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapJaguars
  • -0.069EPA / play+0.020
  • 42.6%Success rate41.7%
  • -0.057EPA / dropback+0.095
  • -0.086EPA / rush-0.071
  • 7.7%Explosive rate7.8%
  • +0.43CPOE-2.97
  • 36.0%Third-down rate36.9%
  • 61.4%Red-zone TD rate62.0%
  • 1.73Points / drive1.81
  • 2.4%Turnover rate1.8%

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

TEN lead 32–23 since 1999

JAX have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.4 points. JAX are 25-28-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18TEN @ JAX741JAX
2025 · W13JAX @ TEN253JAX
2024 · W17TEN @ JAX1320JAX
2024 · W14JAX @ TEN106JAX
2023 · W18JAX @ TEN2028TEN
2023 · W11TEN @ JAX1434JAX
2022 · W18TEN @ JAX1620JAX
2022 · W14JAX @ TEN3622JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota15/2721511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry14926.61
DeMarco Murray9252.80
Marcus Mariota6244.00
David Fluellen3186.00
Taywan Taylor2168.00
Jalston Fowler133.01
Delanie Walker111.01

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles20/3422312

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leonard Fournette14402.91
Blake Bortles4297.30
Chris Ivory6172.80
Corey Grant11313.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Allen Hurns67821
Marqise Lee712760
Chris Ivory34310
Leonard Fournette25210
Keelan Cole23130
Marcedes Lewis0200
Ben Koyack0100

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 -13.5%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%3.0%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

1.99%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.0%

Expected total

42.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.14
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.88