2023 · Week 8

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Desmond Ridder

23·28

Titans

Tennessee

QB Will Levis

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 77°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

ATL -2.5

Total

35

Model margin

+2.2est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Falcons

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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 mapTitans
  • -0.089EPA / play-0.023
  • 41.5%Success rate40.9%
  • -0.026EPA / dropback+0.014
  • -0.171EPA / rush-0.078
  • 8.7%Explosive rate9.0%
  • -3.52CPOE+0.48
  • 40.2%Third-down rate34.1%
  • 53.3%Red-zone TD rate49.4%
  • 1.58Points / drive1.57
  • 2.5%Turnover rate1.7%

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

TEN lead 5–2 since 1999

TEN have won 2 straight. Meetings average 41.6 points. TEN are 5-1-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2019 · W4TEN @ ATL2410TEN
2015 · W7ATL @ TEN107ATL
2011 · W11TEN @ ATL1723ATL
2007 · W5ATL @ TEN1320TEN
2003 · W12TEN @ ATL3831TEN
1999 · W15ATL @ TEN1730TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Taylor Heinicke12/2117510
Desmond Ridder8/127100
Jonnu Smith0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bijan Robinson11625.61
Tyler Allgeier8313.90
Desmond Ridder3268.70
Taylor Heinicke2147.00
Cordarrelle Patterson273.50

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Will Levis19/2923840

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry221014.60
Tyjae Spears3279.00
Will Levis7111.60
Chig Okonkwo144.00
Malik Willis242.00

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 -2.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

2.04%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.0%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.06
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+2.21