2021 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Ryan Tannehill

37·19

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 78°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

TEN -4

Total

49

Model margin

-1.5est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

2.5%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.

Titans

Jaguars

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars 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 mapJaguars
  • +0.025EPA / play-0.079
  • 44.7%Success rate44.0%
  • +0.092EPA / dropback-0.061
  • -0.054EPA / rush-0.113
  • 7.8%Explosive rate7.1%
  • +2.33CPOE-4.53
  • 43.8%Third-down rate35.6%
  • 66.6%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 2.15Points / drive1.33
  • 2.1%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

TEN lead 32–23 since 1999

JAX have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.4 points. JAX are 25-28-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18TEN @ JAX7–41JAX
2025 · W13JAX @ TEN25–3JAX
2024 · W17TEN @ JAX13–20JAX
2024 · W14JAX @ TEN10–6JAX
2023 · W18JAX @ TEN20–28TEN
2023 · W11TEN @ JAX14–34JAX
2022 · W18TEN @ JAX16–20JAX
2022 · W14JAX @ TEN36–22JAX

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultTEN–JAX
JAXQ1 15:0035Opp touchdown7–0
JAXQ1 14:00575Touchdown7–6
TENQ1 11:21628Punt7–6
JAXQ1 8:05524Punt7–6
TENQ1 4:461271Touchdown14–6
JAXQ2 14:56970Touchdown14–13
TENQ2 9:55875Touchdown21–13
JAXQ2 5:49742Missed field goal21–13
TENQ2 2:22641Field goal24–13
JAXQ2 0:31425End of half24–13
TENQ3 15:001175Touchdown31–13
JAXQ3 9:483-4Punt31–13
TENQ3 7:5677Punt31–13
JAXQ3 3:361165Touchdown31–19
TENQ4 13:5031Punt31–19
JAXQ4 12:21862Turnover on downs31–19
TENQ4 10:20631Punt31–19
JAXQ4 5:56521Turnover on downs31–19
TENQ4 3:56539Touchdown37–19
JAXQ4 1:541069Turnover37–19

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill14/2219710

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry291304.53
Ryan Tannehill3217.00
Cameron Batson2157.50
Chester Rogers199.00
Jeremy McNichols199.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence23/3327311

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Robinson181498.31
Trevor Lawrence7284.01
Carlos Hyde5132.60
Jamal Agnew188.00

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 -42.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.1%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.42
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin-1.47