Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 1

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

20·15

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 59°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

JAX -2.5

Total

43

Model margin

+2.4est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapGiants
  • -0.130EPA / play+0.016
  • 40.4%Success rate39.9%
  • -0.101EPA / dropback+0.054
  • -0.184EPA / rush-0.054
  • 7.4%Explosive rate9.5%
  • -4.63CPOE+0.30
  • 40.5%Third-down rate36.5%
  • 46.2%Red-zone TD rate51.8%
  • 1.26Points / drive1.89
  • 2.7%Turnover rate1.7%

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

NYG lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 42.6 points. NYG are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W7NYG @ JAX2317NYG
2014 · W13NYG @ JAX2425JAX
2010 · W12JAX @ NYG2024NYG
2006 · W11NYG @ JAX1026JAX
2002 · W9JAX @ NYG1724NYG
2000 · W17JAX @ NYG2528NYG

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles18/3317611

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
T.J. Yeldon14513.60
Blake Bortles44210.50
Leonard Fournette9414.60
Corey Grant133.00

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning23/3722401

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Saquon Barkley181065.91
Jonathan Stewart284.00
Eli Manning122.00
Odell Beckham Jr.1-1-1.00
Wayne Gallman1-1-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Odell Beckham Jr.11151110
Sterling Shepard57480
Saquon Barkley26220
Evan Engram25180
Rhett Ellison11160
Wayne Gallman2290

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 -2.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.04%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.4%

Expected total

42.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.62
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.36