2022 · Week 13

Final

Jets

New York

QB Mike White

22·27

Vikings

Minnesota

QB Kirk Cousins

U.S. Bank Stadium · dome · sportturf

Closing spread

MIN -3

Total

44

Model margin

+2.4est.

MIN perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Jets

Vikings

Win probability

  • Vikings
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Vikings winsJets wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jetsedge mapVikings
  • -0.086EPA / play+0.004
  • 39.1%Success rate45.8%
  • -0.081EPA / dropback+0.070
  • -0.093EPA / rush-0.130
  • 8.2%Explosive rate8.0%
  • -4.97CPOE+1.66
  • 34.3%Third-down rate40.7%
  • 39.8%Red-zone TD rate65.2%
  • 1.41Points / drive2.04
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.0%

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

MIN lead 4–3 since 1999

MIN have won 4 straight. Meetings average 44.6 points. MIN are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W5NYJ @ MIN17–23MIN
2018 · W7MIN @ NYJ37–17MIN
2014 · W14NYJ @ MIN24–30MIN
2010 · W5MIN @ NYJ20–29NYJ
2006 · W15NYJ @ MIN26–13NYJ
2002 · W7MIN @ NYJ7–20NYJ

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYJ–MIN
NYJQ1 15:00418Turnover0–0
MINQ1 13:2531Field goal0–3
NYJQ1 12:331145Field goal3–3
MINQ1 8:30528Punt3–3
NYJQ1 7:09519Punt3–3
MINQ1 5:001659Touchdown3–10
NYJQ2 13:02517Punt3–10
MINQ2 9:501191Touchdown3–17
NYJQ2 3:35618Turnover on downs3–17
MINQ2 1:58620Field goal3–20
NYJQ2 0:40533Field goal6–20
MINQ2 0:0800End of half6–20
MINQ3 15:0036Punt6–20
NYJQ3 12:56743Field goal9–20
MINQ3 9:4366Punt9–20
NYJQ3 7:161272Field goal12–20
MINQ3 0:593-2Punt12–20
NYJQ4 14:46463Field goal15–20
MINQ4 12:30775Touchdown15–27
NYJQ4 8:33651Touchdown22–27
MINQ4 6:4534Punt22–27
NYJQ4 5:301483Turnover on downs22–27
MINQ4 1:4331Punt22–27
NYJQ4 1:19624Turnover22–27
MINQ4 0:1000End of half22–27

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike White31/5736902
Garrett Wilson0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bam Knight15906.00
James Robinson4102.50
Elijah Moore11010.00
Mike White372.31
Ty Johnson133.00

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kirk Cousins21/3517310

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dalvin Cook20864.31
Alexander Mattison3144.71
Justin Jefferson2115.50
Kirk Cousins393.00
Jalen Reagor188.00

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 +34.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Vikings; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

7.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.4%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.11
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.70
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+2.35