2025 · Week 5

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Cam Ward

22·21

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Kyler Murray

State Farm Stadium · closed · grass

Closing spread

ARI -7.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+4.2est.

ARI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Cardinals
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Cardinals winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapCardinals
  • -0.148EPA / play-0.014
  • 37.9%Success rate43.0%
  • -0.165EPA / dropback+0.042
  • -0.117EPA / rush-0.142
  • 7.3%Explosive rate6.8%
  • -3.50CPOE+1.10
  • 32.0%Third-down rate41.6%
  • 58.5%Red-zone TD rate56.5%
  • 1.36Points / drive1.88
  • 1.7%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

ARI lead 4–2 since 1999

Meetings average 41.8 points. ARI are 4-1-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W1ARI @ TEN3813ARI
2017 · W14TEN @ ARI712ARI
2013 · W15ARI @ TEN3734ARI
2009 · W12ARI @ TEN1720TEN
2005 · W7TEN @ ARI1020ARI

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Cam Ward21/3926501

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Pollard14674.81
Tyjae Spears4143.50
Julius Chestnut133.00
Cam Ward5-6-1.20

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyler Murray23/3122000
Jacoby Brissett0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Emari Demercado38127.00
Michael Carter18512.81
Kyler Murray4256.31
Bam Knight4112.81

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 +7.53.7%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Cardinals; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.17%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.3%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.47
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.78
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+4.20