2017 · Week 16

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Jared Goff

27·23

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 39°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

LA -5.5

Total

46

Model margin

+0.9est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ramsedge mapTitans
  • +0.054EPA / play-0.069
  • 43.3%Success rate42.6%
  • +0.131EPA / dropback-0.057
  • -0.050EPA / rush-0.086
  • 11.4%Explosive rate7.7%
  • -1.32CPOE+0.43
  • 41.3%Third-down rate36.0%
  • 56.1%Red-zone TD rate61.4%
  • 2.27Points / drive1.73
  • 1.7%Turnover rate2.4%

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

All square 4–4 since 1999

Meetings average 48.9 points. TEN are 6-1-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W2LA @ TEN3319RAMS
2021 · W9TEN @ LA2816TEN
2013 · W9TEN @ STL2821TEN
2009 · W14STL @ TEN747TEN
2005 · W3TEN @ STL2731RAMS
1999 · playoffsSTL @ TEN2316RAMS
1999 · W8STL @ TEN2124TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff22/3830140

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Todd Gurley221185.40
Malcolm Brown144.00
Jared Goff3-6-2.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Todd Gurley10131582
Cooper Kupp46651
Robert Woods38330
Sammy Watkins37301
Tyler Higbee22150
Mike Thomas0100
Josh Reynolds0100

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota22/3927501

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray15483.21
Derrick Henry8253.10
Marcus Mariota3248.00

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 -5.54.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

1.81%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.4%

Expected total

42.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.87
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.87