Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2025 · Week 10

Final

Patriots

New England

QB Drake Maye

28·23

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Baker Mayfield

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass · 82°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

TB -2.5

Total

48.5

Model margin

-1.7est.

TB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • Patriots

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers winsPatriots wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Patriotsedge mapBuccaneers
  • +0.154EPA / play+0.006
  • 48.2%Success rate43.3%
  • +0.308EPA / dropback+0.064
  • -0.089EPA / rush-0.087
  • 10.5%Explosive rate8.4%
  • +10.94CPOE-2.55
  • 43.3%Third-down rate41.0%
  • 63.4%Red-zone TD rate61.0%
  • 2.47Points / drive1.89
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.4%

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

NE lead 5–2 since 1999

Meetings average 36.1 points. TB are 1-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W4TB @ NE1917TB
2017 · W5NE @ TB1914NE
2013 · W3TB @ NE323NE
2009 · W7NE @ TB357NE
2005 · W15TB @ NE028NE
2000 · W1TB @ NE2116TB

Box score

Individual performances

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drake Maye16/3127021

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
TreVeyon Henderson1414710.52
Drake Maye7131.90
Terrell Jennings451.30
D'Ernest Johnson111.00
DeMario Douglas100.00

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield28/4327330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Sean Tucker9535.90
Rachaad White10383.80
Sterling Shepard11111.00
Kameron Johnson11111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Emeka Egbuka6131151
Cade Otton912820
Tez Johnson45422
Sterling Shepard34200
Rachaad White55160
Payne Durham0100
Kameron Johnson0100
Sean Tucker12-20

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 +2.52.9%4.6%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.8%4.1%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Patriots.

Half-point at risk

7.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.6%

Expected total

45.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.93
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin-1.67