2021 · Week 6

Final

Dolphins

Miami

QB Tua Tagovailoa

20·23

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

Tottenham Stadium · outdoors · grass · 63°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

MIA -2.5

Total

47.5

Model margin

-1.8est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Dolphins

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsDolphins wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Dolphinsedge mapJaguars
  • -0.046EPA / play-0.079
  • 41.8%Success rate44.0%
  • +0.028EPA / dropback-0.061
  • -0.180EPA / rush-0.113
  • 6.7%Explosive rate7.1%
  • -0.02CPOE-4.53
  • 41.1%Third-down rate35.6%
  • 61.3%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 1.58Points / drive1.33
  • 2.0%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

MIA lead 6–5 since 1999

Meetings average 38.1 points. JAX are 6-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W1JAX @ MIA1720MIA
2020 · W3MIA @ JAX3113MIA
2018 · W16JAX @ MIA177JAX
2015 · W2MIA @ JAX2023JAX
2014 · W8MIA @ JAX2713MIA
2012 · W15JAX @ MIA324MIA
2009 · W14MIA @ JAX1410MIA
2006 · W13JAX @ MIA2410JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tua Tagovailoa33/4732921
Jacoby Brissett1/12500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Malcolm Brown5244.80
Salvon Ahmed7223.10
Tua Tagovailoa3227.30
Myles Gaskin591.80

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence25/4131910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Robinson17734.31
Trevor Lawrence2115.50

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 -2.52.9%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.8%4.1%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Dolphins.

Half-point at risk

2.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.3%

Expected total

42.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.49
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.79