2024 · Week 1

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

17·20

Dolphins

Miami

QB Tua Tagovailoa

Hard Rock Stadium · outdoors · grass · 91°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

MIA -3.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+3.7est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapDolphins
  • -0.023EPA / play-0.040
  • 41.5%Success rate44.3%
  • +0.004EPA / dropback+0.089
  • -0.067EPA / rush-0.246
  • 9.6%Explosive rate7.3%
  • -0.88CPOE+3.08
  • 36.6%Third-down rate35.4%
  • 61.8%Red-zone TD rate55.9%
  • 1.74Points / drive1.92
  • 2.3%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

MIA lead 6–5 since 1999

Meetings average 38.1 points. MIA are 5-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W6MIA @ JAX2023JAX
2020 · W3MIA @ JAX3113MIA
2018 · W16JAX @ MIA177JAX
2015 · W2MIA @ JAX2023JAX
2014 · W8MIA @ JAX2713MIA
2012 · W15JAX @ MIA324MIA
2009 · W14MIA @ JAX1410MIA
2006 · W13JAX @ MIA2410JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence12/2116210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tank Bigsby12736.10
Travis Etienne12443.71
Trevor Lawrence188.00
Devin Duvernay133.00

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tua Tagovailoa23/3733810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jeff Wilson5265.20
De'Von Achane10242.41
Tua Tagovailoa11111.00
Raheem Mostert691.50
Jaylen Waddle133.00

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 +3.53.8%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.9%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.98
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.68