2021 · Week 11 · Division

Final

Dolphins

Miami

QB Tua Tagovailoa

24·17

Jets

New York

QB Joe Flacco

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 52°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

MIA -3.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

+2.4est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Dolphins

How each play moved the game.

Jets 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 mapJets
  • -0.046EPA / play-0.072
  • 41.8%Success rate42.1%
  • +0.028EPA / dropback-0.066
  • -0.180EPA / rush-0.084
  • 6.7%Explosive rate8.7%
  • -0.02CPOE-7.25
  • 41.1%Third-down rate37.8%
  • 61.3%Red-zone TD rate60.1%
  • 1.58Points / drive1.70
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.5%

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

MIA lead 28–26 since 1999

MIA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 40.6 points. NYJ are 28-23-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14MIA @ NYJ3410MIA
2025 · W4NYJ @ MIA2127MIA
2024 · W18MIA @ NYJ2032NYJ
2024 · W14NYJ @ MIA2632MIA
2023 · W15NYJ @ MIA030MIA
2023 · W12MIA @ NYJ3413MIA
2022 · W18NYJ @ MIA611MIA
2022 · W5MIA @ NYJ1740NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tua Tagovailoa27/3327321
Albert Wilson0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Myles Gaskin23893.90
Duke Johnson4184.50
Tua Tagovailoa362.00
Patrick Laird144.00
Jaylen Waddle111.01
Albert Wilson1-3-3.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco24/3929120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Michael Carter9637.00
Tevin Coleman5163.20
Elijah Moore11515.00
Ty Johnson155.00
Joe Flacco231.50

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 -3.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Dolphins.

Half-point at risk

6.99%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.6%

Expected total

42.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.59
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+5.54
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+2.42