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NFL Week 6 · Matchup Intelligence

NYJ at NE

Sunday, October 18 at 1:00 PM EDT

Projected score

NYJ 17 · NE 25

Win probability

NE 82.8%

NYJ 17.2%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

No current-week report-status adjustments are available yet.

Weather Prediction

Sunny

48°F · wind 5 mph · precipitation 0%

Team strength snapshot

NE · Elo 1544

Offense EPA/play 0.009 · Defense EPA/play -0.096

Offense success 46.6% · Defense success 44.3%

NYJ · Elo 1337

Offense EPA/play -0.047 · Defense EPA/play 0.030

Offense success 44.9% · Defense success 47.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward NE; negative values lean toward NYJ.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

NE · 0.200

Pressure matchup

NE · 0.016

Explosive-play matchup

NE · 0.028

Third-down matchup

NE · 0.072

Red-zone matchup

NYJ · -0.367

QB intelligence

NE · 0.206

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

NE · D.Maye

163 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.125 · CPOE 6.7

NYJ · G.Smith

165 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.053 · CPOE 4.4

Prediction range

NYJ: median 17, 10th–90th percentile 5–29

NE: median 25, 10th–90th percentile 13–38

Recent form

LV 17 · NE 45

CLE 12 · NYJ 17

NE 29 · BUF 26

NYJ 12 · CHI 23

NYJ 24 · DET 31

NE 6 · JAX 35

GB 20 · NYJ 17

PIT 3 · NE 20

NYJ 23 · TEN 10

NE 10 · SEA 13

Model context

BN NFL V4 preserves the chronologically validated V3.4 win-probability model — opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate, pressure, explosive plays, third downs, red zone, QB intelligence, Elo and player-aware injury availability — and adds a probability-consistent score layer so the projected score and favored team no longer contradict the win probability. Prediction ranges use chronological out-of-sample empirical score residuals. Weather remains part of Matchup Intelligence but is not used in the current prediction calculation. New prediction snapshots are timestamped rather than overwriting earlier forecasts.

Generated Oct 16, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT