2020 · Week 12

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

27·25

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Mike Glennon

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 70°F · wind 1mph

Closing spread

CLE -7.5

Total

48.5

Model margin

-4.9est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars 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 mapJaguars
  • +0.091EPA / play-0.050
  • 46.9%Success rate42.0%
  • +0.193EPA / dropback-0.034
  • -0.034EPA / rush-0.086
  • 11.2%Explosive rate8.3%
  • +2.55CPOE-0.40
  • 45.5%Third-down rate40.6%
  • 71.8%Red-zone TD rate64.8%
  • 2.32Points / drive1.74
  • 1.5%Turnover rate2.3%

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 11–8 since 1999

Meetings average 38.8 points. JAX are 10-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1CLE @ JAX1034JAX
2024 · W2CLE @ JAX1813CLE
2023 · W14JAX @ CLE2731CLE
2017 · W11JAX @ CLE197JAX
2014 · W7CLE @ JAX624JAX
2013 · W13JAX @ CLE3228JAX
2011 · W11JAX @ CLE1014CLE
2010 · W11CLE @ JAX2024JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield19/2925820

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Nick Chubb191447.61
Kareem Hunt10626.20
Baker Mayfield410.30

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike Glennon20/3523520

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Robinson221285.81
Mike Glennon263.00
Laviska Shenault Jr.166.00

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 -7.53.0%3.2%4.9%3.2%7.5%6.4%3.5%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

4.93%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

36.1%

Expected total

45.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.21
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-2.43
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-4.93