NYJ C-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
CORRECT
Model correctly picked NYJ. Projected margin: 2.9. Actual: 7. Off by 4.1 points but directionally right.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 5 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
COVERED
This pick covered the spread by 3.5 points.
Another data point for the model. C-tier picks continue to track.
BETTING LINE
SOURCE
NYJ
TEN
Closing line
-180
+150
Our fair price
-142
+142
Our fair price carries no vig, so it is what the bet is worth, not what anyone will offer you.
SPREAD NYJ -3.5 · nflverse market average, not one book's number
RESULT Won · +$0.61
OUR NUMBER
59%
MARKET, VIG REMOVED
62%
DIFFERENCE
-3%
Both figures are for NYJ. 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 York Jets at 59% win probability, a Tier C pick. The margin models project NYJ by 2.9. The market has NYJ at -3.5.
Week 2 of the 2024 season, SUN 1:00 PM.
New York Jets, TEN 24, NYJ 27 in Week 4 of 2021.
By net EPA per play over the 2024 season, New York Jets: NYJ -0.037 against TEN -0.146.
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.