Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2024 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Joe Flacco

34·37

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

TIAA Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 74°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

JAX -3.5

Total

45

Model margin

-1.9est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsColts wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Coltsedge mapJaguars
  • -0.045EPA / play-0.023
  • 40.6%Success rate41.5%
  • -0.025EPA / dropback+0.004
  • -0.071EPA / rush-0.067
  • 10.3%Explosive rate9.6%
  • -5.38CPOE-0.88
  • 37.8%Third-down rate36.6%
  • 53.0%Red-zone TD rate61.8%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.74
  • 2.7%Turnover rate2.3%

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

IND lead 27–22 since 1999

JAX have won 2 straight. Meetings average 44.3 points. JAX are 31-17-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17JAX @ IND2317JAX
2025 · W14IND @ JAX1936JAX
2024 · W18JAX @ IND2326IND
2023 · W6IND @ JAX2037JAX
2023 · W1JAX @ IND3121JAX
2022 · W6JAX @ IND2734IND
2022 · W2IND @ JAX024JAX
2021 · W18IND @ JAX1126JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco33/4435930
Adonai Mitchell1/12400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Trey Sermon10383.81
Tyler Goodson5265.20
Joe Flacco3227.30
Ashton Dulin199.00
Adonai Mitchell144.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence28/3437121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tank Bigsby131017.82
Travis Etienne6172.80
Trevor Lawrence242.00
Devin Duvernay133.00
D'Ernest Johnson111.00

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 +3.52.9%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.7%4.1%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

2.34%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.1%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.75
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-2.81
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.85