2019 · Week 7

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Gardner Minshew

27·17

Bengals

Cincinnati

QB Andy Dalton

Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · grass · 70°F · wind 2mph

Closing spread

JAX -4

Total

44.5

Model margin

+1.8est.

CIN perspective

Push chance

2.3%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

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

Jaguars

Bengals

Win probability

  • Bengals
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Bengals winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapBengals
  • -0.053EPA / play-0.097
  • 39.3%Success rate40.3%
  • -0.010EPA / dropback-0.076
  • -0.145EPA / rush-0.137
  • 8.4%Explosive rate8.1%
  • -3.03CPOE-5.27
  • 35.4%Third-down rate36.0%
  • 47.6%Red-zone TD rate51.4%
  • 1.61Points / drive1.31
  • 1.7%Turnover rate2.6%

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 10–9 since 1999

Meetings average 42.2 points. CIN are 7-9-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4JAX @ CIN22–17JAX
2025 · W2JAX @ CIN27–31CIN
2023 · W13CIN @ JAX34–31CIN
2021 · W4JAX @ CIN21–24CIN
2020 · W4JAX @ CIN25–33CIN
2017 · W9CIN @ JAX7–23JAX
2014 · W9JAX @ CIN23–33CIN
2012 · W4CIN @ JAX27–10CIN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultJAX–CIN
JAXQ1 15:00979Turnover on downs0–0
CINQ1 10:3936Punt0–0
JAXQ1 8:404-3Punt0–0
CINQ1 6:34412Punt0–0
JAXQ1 5:463-2Punt0–0
CINQ1 3:303-7Punt0–0
JAXQ1 1:58759Punt0–0
CINQ2 13:2832Punt0–0
JAXQ2 11:491069Field goal3–0
CINQ2 6:3067Punt3–0
JAXQ2 5:02638Punt3–0
CINQ2 2:14790Touchdown3–7
JAXQ2 1:25769Field goal6–7
CINQ2 0:0410End of half6–7
CINQ3 15:00643Turnover6–7
JAXQ3 13:201138Field goal9–7
CINQ3 6:523-11Punt9–7
JAXQ3 5:1631Punt9–7
CINQ3 3:38962Field goal9–10
JAXQ3 0:31575Touchdown17–10
CINQ4 12:411045Turnover17–10
JAXQ4 8:25614Punt17–10
CINQ4 5:1140Opp touchdown24–10
CINQ4 4:1810Turnover24–10
JAXQ4 3:59624Field goal27–10
CINQ4 1:561042Touchdown27–17
JAXQ4 0:2300End of half27–17

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Gardner Minshew15/3225510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leonard Fournette291314.50
Gardner Minshew9485.30
DJ Chark12020.00
Dede Westbrook2147.00
Ryquell Armstead331.00

Bengals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andy Dalton22/4327613

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Andy Dalton4338.31
Joe Mixon1020.20
Giovani Bernard400.00
Alex Erickson2-2-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Alex Erickson8141370
Auden Tate36650
Tyler Boyd514550
Tyler Eifert22100
Giovani Bernard2340
Drew Sample1130
Joe Mixon1221

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 -44.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bengals; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.35%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.9%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.05
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.79