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NFL Week 16 · Matchup Intelligence

JAX at DAL

Sunday, December 27 at 8:20 PM EST

Projected score

JAX 25 · DAL 23

Win probability

DAL 40.7%

JAX 59.3%

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

DAL · Elo 1481

Offense EPA/play 0.105 · Defense EPA/play 0.159

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 52.2%

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 DAL; negative values lean toward JAX.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

JAX · -0.168

Pressure matchup

DAL · 0.034

Explosive-play matchup

JAX · -0.017

Third-down matchup

DAL · 0.093

Red-zone matchup

DAL · 0.553

QB intelligence

JAX · -0.081

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

DAL · D.Prescott

200 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.227 · CPOE 1.9

JAX · T.Lawrence

154 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.272 · CPOE 5.9

Prediction range

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

DAL: median 23, 10th–90th percentile 11–35

Recent form

PHI 17 · JAX 19

TB 24 · DAL 16

JAX 22 · CIN 17

DAL 34 · HOU 30

BAL 34 · DAL 31

NE 6 · JAX 35

JAX 13 · DEN 20

WAS 20 · DAL 37

DAL 20 · NYG 28

CLE 10 · JAX 34

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