Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2023 · Week 17

Final

Jets

New York

QB Trevor Siemian

20·37

Browns

Cleveland

QB Joe Flacco

FirstEnergy Stadium · outdoors · grass · 47°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

CLE -6.5

Total

33.5

Model margin

+1.6est.

CLE perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Browns
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Browns 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 mapBrowns
  • -0.230EPA / play-0.127
  • 35.6%Success rate39.3%
  • -0.250EPA / dropback-0.131
  • -0.191EPA / rush-0.121
  • 6.2%Explosive rate8.2%
  • -5.18CPOE-5.66
  • 25.5%Third-down rate32.3%
  • 39.2%Red-zone TD rate61.2%
  • 1.01Points / drive1.56
  • 2.7%Turnover rate3.0%

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

NYJ lead 9–6 since 1999

Meetings average 41.3 points. CLE are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10CLE @ NYJ2027NYJ
2022 · W2NYJ @ CLE3130NYJ
2020 · W16CLE @ NYJ1623NYJ
2019 · W2CLE @ NYJ233CLE
2018 · W3NYJ @ CLE1721CLE
2017 · W5NYJ @ CLE1714NYJ
2016 · W8NYJ @ CLE3128NYJ
2015 · W1CLE @ NYJ1031NYJ

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Siemian32/4526111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Breece Hall13846.50
Trevor Siemian4133.30
Xavier Gipson188.00
Israel Abanikanda231.50
Garrett Wilson1-1-1.00

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco19/2930931

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jerome Ford12645.30
Kareem Hunt10313.11
Pierre Strong4297.30
Joe Flacco231.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
David Njoku681340
Elijah Moore56611
Jerome Ford23572
Jordan Akins11280
Harrison Bryant23140
Cedric Tillman1480
David Bell2370
Kareem Hunt0100

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 +6.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Browns; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

4.64%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.5%

Expected total

40.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.72
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.78
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.65