Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2022 · Week 1

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

24·9

Jets

New York

QB Joe Flacco

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

BAL -6.5

Total

44

Model margin

+1.2est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Jets winsRavens wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ravensedge mapJets
  • +0.004EPA / play-0.086
  • 45.3%Success rate39.1%
  • -0.020EPA / dropback-0.081
  • +0.034EPA / rush-0.093
  • 10.1%Explosive rate8.2%
  • -1.40CPOE-4.97
  • 42.2%Third-down rate34.3%
  • 46.9%Red-zone TD rate39.8%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.41
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.1%

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

BAL lead 10–1 since 1999

BAL have won 3 straight. Meetings average 36.5 points. NYJ are 3-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12NYJ @ BAL1023BAL
2019 · W15NYJ @ BAL2142BAL
2016 · W7BAL @ NYJ1624NYJ
2013 · W12NYJ @ BAL319BAL
2011 · W4NYJ @ BAL1734BAL
2010 · W1BAL @ NYJ109BAL
2007 · W2NYJ @ BAL1320BAL
2005 · W4NYJ @ BAL313BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson17/3021331

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kenyan Drake11312.80
Lamar Jackson6172.80
Mike Davis2115.50
Justice Hill242.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco37/5930911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Michael Carter10606.00
Breece Hall6233.80
Joe Flacco100.00

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 -6.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.81%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.3%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.60
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.12
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.22