2020 · Week 1

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Ryan Tannehill

16·14

Broncos

Denver

QB Drew Lock

Empower Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass · 79°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

TEN -3

Total

41

Model margin

-0.4est.

DEN perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Broncos
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Broncos 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 mapBroncos
  • +0.189EPA / play-0.071
  • 50.8%Success rate40.3%
  • +0.297EPA / dropback-0.051
  • +0.070EPA / rush-0.103
  • 10.3%Explosive rate9.1%
  • +2.16CPOE-5.11
  • 47.4%Third-down rate39.5%
  • 76.8%Red-zone TD rate60.5%
  • 2.85Points / drive1.59
  • 1.1%Turnover rate3.0%

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

DEN lead 6–4 since 1999

Meetings average 39.1 points. DEN are 7-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W1TEN @ DEN1220DEN
2022 · W10DEN @ TEN1017TEN
2019 · W6TEN @ DEN016DEN
2016 · W14DEN @ TEN1013TEN
2013 · W14TEN @ DEN2851DEN
2011 · W3DEN @ TEN1417TEN
2010 · W4DEN @ TEN2620DEN
2007 · W11TEN @ DEN2034DEN

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill29/4324920

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry311163.70
Ryan Tannehill3144.70

Broncos

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drew Lock22/3321610

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Melvin Gordon15785.21
Phillip Lindsay7243.40
Drew Lock351.70
Royce Freeman100.00

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 -32.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Broncos; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

7.40%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.9%

Expected total

47.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.14
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.43