2018 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Blaine Gabbert

9·6

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 89°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

JAX -10

Total

39

Model margin

+2.1est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

3.0%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • -0.029EPA / play-0.130
  • 42.6%Success rate40.4%
  • +0.023EPA / dropback-0.101
  • -0.094EPA / rush-0.184
  • 9.3%Explosive rate7.4%
  • +1.50CPOE-4.63
  • 40.0%Third-down rate40.5%
  • 53.8%Red-zone TD rate46.2%
  • 1.83Points / drive1.26
  • 1.7%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

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 Mariota12/1810000
Blaine Gabbert1/3800

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry18573.20
Marcus Mariota7517.30
Dion Lewis9262.90
Tajae Sharpe11616.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles21/3415500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
T.J. Yeldon7446.30
Blake Bortles5275.40
Corey Grant6111.80
Brandon Wilds155.00

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 +107.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.96%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.7%

Expected total

41.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.46
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.81
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.09