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2025 · Week 16

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

34·20

Broncos

Denver

QB Bo Nix

Empower Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass · 62°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

DEN -3.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

-0.1est.

DEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Broncos
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Broncos 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 mapBroncos
  • +0.039EPA / play+0.036
  • 44.5%Success rate43.7%
  • +0.110EPA / dropback+0.097
  • -0.073EPA / rush-0.069
  • 8.3%Explosive rate8.1%
  • -1.56CPOE-1.38
  • 40.9%Third-down rate42.4%
  • 66.3%Red-zone TD rate62.1%
  • 2.30Points / drive2.10
  • 1.6%Turnover rate1.3%

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

JAX lead 7–5 since 1999

Meetings average 39.3 points. DEN are 5-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W8DEN @ JAX2117DEN
2021 · W2DEN @ JAX2313DEN
2019 · W4JAX @ DEN2624JAX
2016 · W13DEN @ JAX2010DEN
2013 · W6JAX @ DEN1935DEN
2010 · W1DEN @ JAX1724JAX
2008 · W6JAX @ DEN2417JAX
2007 · W3JAX @ DEN2314JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence23/3627930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Travis Etienne16503.10
Trevor Lawrence6203.31
LeQuint Allen Jr.4102.50
Jakobi Meyers111.00

Broncos

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Bo Nix28/4735211

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
RJ Harvey7507.11
Jaleel McLaughlin5377.40
Bo Nix4112.80
Marvin Mims Jr.133.00

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 +3.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Broncos; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.45%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.8%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.80
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.09