2018 · Week 4

Final

Jets

New York

QB Sam Darnold

12·31

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 86°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

JAX -7.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+3.5est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars 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 mapJaguars
  • -0.130EPA / play-0.130
  • 37.1%Success rate40.4%
  • -0.087EPA / dropback-0.101
  • -0.196EPA / rush-0.184
  • 8.2%Explosive rate7.4%
  • -5.42CPOE-4.63
  • 32.2%Third-down rate40.5%
  • 49.6%Red-zone TD rate46.2%
  • 1.47Points / drive1.26
  • 2.8%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

JAX lead 9–7 since 1999

Meetings average 40.4 points. JAX are 11-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W15NYJ @ JAX2048JAX
2024 · W15NYJ @ JAX3225NYJ
2022 · W16JAX @ NYJ193JAX
2021 · W16JAX @ NYJ2126NYJ
2019 · W8NYJ @ JAX1529JAX
2017 · W4JAX @ NYJ2023NYJ
2015 · W9JAX @ NYJ2328NYJ
2012 · W14NYJ @ JAX1710NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Darnold17/3416710

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bilal Powell8263.30
Sam Darnold284.00
Isaiah Crowell400.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles29/3838821

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
T.J. Yeldon18522.91
Leonard Fournette11302.70
Blake Bortles3289.30
Dede Westbrook11111.00
Corey Grant155.00

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 +7.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.4%

Expected total

41.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.97
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+3.47