2019 · Week 2

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

23·3

Jets

New York

QB Trevor Siemian

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 72°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

CLE -6.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+1.4est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Jets winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapJets
  • -0.027EPA / play-0.155
  • 41.3%Success rate37.3%
  • +0.025EPA / dropback-0.119
  • -0.116EPA / rush-0.216
  • 10.1%Explosive rate6.9%
  • -3.23CPOE+0.20
  • 36.3%Third-down rate30.8%
  • 61.1%Red-zone TD rate48.5%
  • 1.80Points / drive1.20
  • 2.6%Turnover rate2.2%

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 9–6 since 1999

Meetings average 41.3 points. NYJ are 9-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10CLE @ NYJ2027NYJ
2023 · W17NYJ @ CLE2037CLE
2022 · W2NYJ @ CLE3130NYJ
2020 · W16CLE @ NYJ1623NYJ
2018 · W3NYJ @ CLE1721CLE
2017 · W5NYJ @ CLE1714NYJ
2016 · W8NYJ @ CLE3128NYJ
2015 · W1CLE @ NYJ1031NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield19/3532511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Nick Chubb18623.41
D'Ernest Johnson382.70

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Luke Falk20/2519800
Trevor Siemian3/6300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Le'Veon Bell21683.20
Ty Montgomery3258.30

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 -6.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

2.79%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.9%

Expected total

43.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.31
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.43