Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 13

Final

Jets

New York

QB Josh McCown

22·26

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 70°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

TEN -10.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+6.2est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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 mapTitans
  • -0.130EPA / play-0.029
  • 37.1%Success rate42.6%
  • -0.087EPA / dropback+0.023
  • -0.196EPA / rush-0.094
  • 8.2%Explosive rate9.3%
  • -5.42CPOE+1.50
  • 32.2%Third-down rate40.0%
  • 49.6%Red-zone TD rate53.8%
  • 1.47Points / drive1.83
  • 2.8%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

NYJ lead 9–4 since 1999

NYJ have won 3 straight. Meetings average 38.2 points. TEN are 2-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1NYJ @ TEN2310NYJ
2024 · W2NYJ @ TEN2417NYJ
2021 · W4TEN @ NYJ2427NYJ
2015 · W14TEN @ NYJ830NYJ
2014 · W15NYJ @ TEN1611NYJ
2013 · W4NYJ @ TEN1338TEN
2012 · W15NYJ @ TEN1014TEN
2009 · W3TEN @ NYJ1724NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh McCown17/3012801

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Isaiah Crowell21984.70
Elijah McGuire6193.20
Andre Roberts11818.00
Trenton Cannon4184.50
Josh McCown133.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota20/3528221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marcus Mariota44310.80
Derrick Henry10404.01
Dion Lewis6366.00
Corey Davis11212.00
Blaine Gabbert1-1-1.00

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 +10.56.1%7.3%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.2%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

1.61%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

65.4%

Expected total

42.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.43
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.10
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+6.19