Model picked NE but MIA won. Projected margin was 2.5, the model overestimated by 15.5 points.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 2 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
ATS MISS
Missed the spread by 10.0 points.
Every model misses. The edge comes from the aggregate, not any single game.
BETTING LINE
SOURCE
NE
MIA
Closing line
+140
-155
Our fair price
-134
+134
Our fair price carries no vig, so it is what the bet is worth, not what anyone will offer you.
SPREAD NE +3.0 · nflverse market average, not one book's number
RESULT Lost · -$1.00
OUR NUMBER
57%
MARKET, VIG REMOVED
41%
DIFFERENCE
+17%
Both figures are for NE. The market number strips the margin out first, so the two sides are measured the same way.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
Our model takes New England Patriots at 57% win probability, a Tier C pick. The margin models project NE by 2.5. The market has NE at +3.0.
Week 1 of the 2022 season, SUN 1:00 PM.
New England Patriots, MIA 10, NE 38 in Week 18 of 2025.
By net EPA per play over the 2022 season, Miami Dolphins: NE +0.035 against MIA +0.039.
WHAT PRO ADDS
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.