Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2020 · Week 11

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Jared Goff

27·24

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Tom Brady

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

TB -4

Total

47.5

Model margin

+3.6est.

TB perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ramsedge mapBuccaneers
  • -0.013EPA / play+0.149
  • 44.6%Success rate46.9%
  • +0.032EPA / dropback+0.239
  • -0.081EPA / rush-0.032
  • 9.2%Explosive rate9.6%
  • +0.37CPOE+3.10
  • 44.2%Third-down rate44.2%
  • 59.0%Red-zone TD rate67.2%
  • 1.76Points / drive2.68
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.5%

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

LA lead 11–7 since 1999

Meetings average 47.2 points. TB are 6-11-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12TB @ LA734RAMS
2022 · W9LA @ TB1316TB
2021 · playoffsLA @ TB3027RAMS
2021 · W3TB @ LA2434RAMS
2019 · W4TB @ LA5540TB
2016 · W3LA @ TB3732RAMS
2015 · W15TB @ STL2331RAMS
2014 · W2STL @ TB1917RAMS

Box score

Individual performances

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jared Goff39/5137632

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Malcolm Brown3206.70
Cam Akers5153.00
Darrell Henderson850.60
Tyler Higbee111.00
Jared Goff100.00
Robert Woods2-4-2.00

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady26/4821622

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ronald Jones10242.40
Leonard Fournette7172.41
Antonio Brown111.00

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 +43.8%6.8%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.6%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.86
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.56