2018 · Week 2

Final

Patriots

New England

QB Tom Brady

20·31

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 97°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

NE -2

Total

44.5

Model margin

-2.2est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Patriots

Jaguars

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Patriots

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsPatriots wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Patriotsedge mapJaguars
  • +0.090EPA / play-0.130
  • 47.3%Success rate40.4%
  • +0.181EPA / dropback-0.101
  • -0.031EPA / rush-0.184
  • 10.7%Explosive rate7.4%
  • +1.03CPOE-4.63
  • 41.8%Third-down rate40.5%
  • 66.1%Red-zone TD rate46.2%
  • 2.32Points / drive1.26
  • 1.5%Turnover rate2.7%

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

NE lead 9–3 since 1999

JAX have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.7 points. JAX are 6-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W3NE @ JAX6–35JAX
2024 · W7NE @ JAX16–32JAX
2021 · W17JAX @ NE10–50NE
2017 · playoffsJAX @ NE20–24NE
2015 · W3JAX @ NE17–51NE
2012 · W16NE @ JAX23–16NE
2009 · W16JAX @ NE7–35NE
2007 · playoffsJAX @ NE20–31NE

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNE–JAX
NEQ1 15:00739Missed field goal0–0
JAXQ1 11:38949Touchdown0–7
NEQ1 7:4638Punt0–7
JAXQ1 6:02789Touchdown0–14
NEQ1 2:10623Punt0–14
JAXQ2 14:52650Punt0–14
NEQ2 11:051572Field goal3–14
JAXQ2 2:451375Touchdown3–21
NEQ2 0:0900End of half3–21
JAXQ3 15:001471Field goal3–24
NEQ3 7:5035Punt3–24
JAXQ3 6:43219Turnover3–24
NEQ3 5:48848Touchdown10–24
JAXQ3 1:4231Punt10–24
NEQ3 0:37431Field goal13–24
JAXQ4 14:1021Turnover13–24
NEQ4 13:233-7Turnover13–24
JAXQ4 12:26425Punt13–24
NEQ4 9:3739Punt13–30
JAXQ4 7:48161Touchdown13–31
NEQ4 7:35875Touchdown20–31
JAXQ4 3:40840End of half20–31

Box score

Individual performances

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady24/3523420

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Sony Michel10343.40
Rex Burkhead6223.70
James White4112.80
Tom Brady3103.30
Cordarrelle Patterson155.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles29/4537641

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
T.J. Yeldon10585.80
Blake Bortles6355.80
Corey Grant4133.30
Brandon Wilds341.30
Dede Westbrook1-6-6.00

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 -23.0%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.0%2.7%4.0%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Patriots.

Half-point at risk

2.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

43.2%

Expected total

41.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.93
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.19