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NFL Week 15 · Matchup Intelligence

JAX at HOU

Sunday, December 20 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

JAX 24 · HOU 22

Win probability

HOU 39.3%

JAX 60.7%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

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

Weather Prediction

No outdoor NWS forecast is available yet. Forecasts are added when the game enters the NWS forecast horizon; indoor games do not require an outdoor forecast.

Team strength snapshot

HOU · Elo 1533

Offense EPA/play -0.042 · Defense EPA/play -0.046

Offense success 44.1% · Defense success 40.6%

JAX · Elo 1481

Offense EPA/play 0.085 · Defense EPA/play -0.036

Offense success 51.4% · Defense success 45.5%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward HOU; negative values lean toward JAX.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

JAX · -0.129

Pressure matchup

HOU · 0.016

Explosive-play matchup

JAX · -0.020

Third-down matchup

JAX · -0.041

Red-zone matchup

HOU · 0.371

QB intelligence

JAX · -0.167

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

HOU · C.Stroud

263 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.119 · CPOE 2.3

JAX · T.Lawrence

212 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.280 · CPOE 3.9

Prediction range

JAX: median 24, 10th–90th percentile 12–36

HOU: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–34

Recent form

IND 7 · JAX 42

NYG 27 · HOU 21

HOU 34 · JAX 31

HOU 26 · TEN 3

PHI 17 · JAX 19

JAX 22 · CIN 17

DAL 34 · HOU 30

HOU 17 · IND 19

NE 6 · JAX 35

CIN 20 · HOU 6

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 Nov 5, 2026, 6:46 PM EST