Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2026 · Week 1

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Deshaun Watson

10·34

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Trevor Lawrence

EverBank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 89°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

JAX -8.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+25.5est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapJaguars
  • -0.206EPA / play+0.310
  • 43.1%Success rate59.3%
  • -0.257EPA / dropback+0.731
  • -0.119EPA / rush-0.053
  • 7.8%Explosive rate16.7%
  • +10.32CPOE+22.32
  • 12.5%Third-down rate55.6%
  • 33.3%Red-zone TD rate100.0%
  • 1.11Points / drive3.76
  • 3.9%Turnover rate0.0%

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 11–8 since 1999

Meetings average 38.8 points. JAX are 10-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W2CLE @ JAX1813CLE
2023 · W14JAX @ CLE2731CLE
2020 · W12CLE @ JAX2725CLE
2017 · W11JAX @ CLE197JAX
2014 · W7CLE @ JAX624JAX
2013 · W13JAX @ CLE3228JAX
2011 · W11JAX @ CLE1014CLE
2010 · W11CLE @ JAX2024JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Deshaun Watson16/2220511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Deshaun Watson6386.30
Quinshon Judkins12332.80
KC Concepcion3155.00
Raheim Sanders111.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Lawrence18/2324540

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bhayshul Tuten15664.40
Ameer Abdullah4328.00
Chris Rodriguez Jr.6233.80
Trevor Lawrence231.50
Jakobi Meyers122.00
Nick Mullens3-3-1.00

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 +8.52.1%2.1%1.9%2.6%2.7%3.3%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

0.67%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

96.0%

Expected total

45.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+23.32
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+25.54