2017 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Jets

New York

QB Bryce Petty

6·26

Patriots

New England

QB Tom Brady

Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 13°F · wind 14mph

Closing spread

NE -17

Total

43.5

Model margin

+9.9est.

NE perspective

Push chance

2.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Patriots
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Patriots 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 mapPatriots
  • -0.073EPA / play+0.137
  • 38.5%Success rate49.2%
  • -0.000EPA / dropback+0.254
  • -0.181EPA / rush-0.042
  • 8.7%Explosive rate9.4%
  • +0.98CPOE+3.49
  • 36.0%Third-down rate40.8%
  • 57.7%Red-zone TD rate60.8%
  • 1.51Points / drive2.52
  • 2.2%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

NE lead 42–14 since 1999

NE have won 3 straight. Meetings average 41.2 points. NE are 32-22-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17NE @ NYJ4210NE
2025 · W11NYJ @ NE1427NE
2024 · W8NYJ @ NE2225NE
2024 · W3NE @ NYJ324NYJ
2023 · W18NYJ @ NE173NYJ
2023 · W3NE @ NYJ1510NE
2022 · W11NYJ @ NE310NE
2022 · W8NE @ NYJ2217NE

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Bryce Petty19/3623200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bilal Powell13463.50
Robbie Chosen111.00
Bryce Petty1-1-1.00
Elijah McGuire4-6-1.50

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady18/3719020
Brian Hoyer1/3500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dion Lewis26933.61
Brandon Bolden9465.10
Brandin Cooks382.70

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 +176.7%3.1%4.9%3.5%3.5%2.9%2.6%

Positive margins favour Patriots; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.92%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

74.2%

Expected total

46.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+4.82
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+3.31
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+9.88