2021 · Week 9

Final

Bills

Buffalo

QB Josh Allen

6·9

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 59°F · wind 16mph

Closing spread

BUF -14.5

Total

48

Model margin

-3.4est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Bills

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsBills wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Billsedge mapJaguars
  • +0.091EPA / play-0.079
  • 47.4%Success rate44.0%
  • +0.164EPA / dropback-0.061
  • -0.048EPA / rush-0.113
  • 8.5%Explosive rate7.1%
  • +1.95CPOE-4.53
  • 47.6%Third-down rate35.6%
  • 62.4%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 2.52Points / drive1.33
  • 1.8%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

BUF lead 10–8 since 1999

BUF have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.9 points. JAX are 7-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsBUF @ JAX2724BUF
2024 · W3JAX @ BUF1047BUF
2023 · W5JAX @ BUF2520JAX
2018 · W12JAX @ BUF2124BUF
2017 · playoffsBUF @ JAX310JAX
2016 · W12JAX @ BUF2128BUF
2015 · W7BUF @ JAX3134JAX
2013 · W15BUF @ JAX2720BUF

Box score

Individual performances

Bills

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh Allen31/4726402

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Allen55010.00
Devin Singletary6162.70
Zack Moss362.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence15/2611800
C.J. Beathard2/23300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Carlos Hyde21673.20
Jamal Agnew11111.00
Trevor Lawrence341.30
Dare Ogunbowale111.00
Laviska Shenault Jr.1-4-4.00

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 -14.52.8%3.1%4.8%3.1%7.5%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Bills.

Half-point at risk

2.78%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

39.9%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-5.14
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-3.43