2021 · Week 12

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Matt Ryan

21·14

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 61°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

ATL -1.5

Total

46

Model margin

+1.6est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Falcons

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsFalcons wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Falconsedge mapJaguars
  • -0.076EPA / play-0.079
  • 41.2%Success rate44.0%
  • -0.028EPA / dropback-0.061
  • -0.162EPA / rush-0.113
  • 8.2%Explosive rate7.1%
  • +0.85CPOE-4.53
  • 38.5%Third-down rate35.6%
  • 52.7%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 1.58Points / drive1.33
  • 2.5%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

ATL lead 5–3 since 1999

Meetings average 36 points. JAX are 2-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W4ATL @ JAX723JAX
2019 · W16JAX @ ATL1224ATL
2015 · W15ATL @ JAX2317ATL
2011 · W15JAX @ ATL1441ATL
2007 · W2ATL @ JAX713JAX
2003 · W17JAX @ ATL1421ATL
1999 · W9JAX @ ATL307JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Ryan19/2919011

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Cordarrelle Patterson161086.82
Wayne Gallman4194.80
Mike Davis5163.20
Matt Ryan461.50

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence23/4222811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Robinson17865.10
Trevor Lawrence5397.80
Carlos Hyde6162.70

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 -1.54.2%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.3%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.12
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.58