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New York Jets @ Tennessee Titans

BOOK TEN 58% MODEL TEN 58%
Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · 13:00 · Nissan Stadium (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: NYJ 20 TEN
TEN -3.0
Vegas line (context)
38.5
Game total O/U
Final (away–home)
MODEL is the power-ratings spine — preseason, prior-only until 2026 snaps exist. Calibrated most-likely, no proven edge vs the close; the book number is shown beside it on purpose. Not a pick.

On the Field 2025 unit strength

NYJ OFFENSE vs TEN DEFENSE
TEN DEFENSE NYJ OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 45% run Ball-control
TEN OFFENSE vs NYJ DEFENSE
NYJ DEFENSE TEN OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 37% run Ball-control
Unit strength weaker · avg · stronger
Position groups are shaded by team-unit strength (2025 pass/rush EPA, offense and defense) — not individual players. The defensive front you see is the wall this offense has to run into.

Unit Matchups 2025 · rank of 32

NYJ OFFENSE vs TEN DEFENSE
-0.18 #28 Pass attack even #29 +0.17
-0.06 #29 Run game even #23 +0.01
164 #32 Pass yards even #26 248
123 #10 Rush yards even #15 115
3.5 #29 Pass pro vs rush DEF +15 #14 2.5
35% #27 3rd down even #21 42%
53% #29 Red zone even #30 71%
TEN OFFENSE vs NYJ DEFENSE
-0.22 #31 Pass attack even #32 +0.25
-0.06 #27 Run game even #26 +0.03
191 #29 Pass yards DEF +13 #16 226
93 #30 Rush yards even #29 139
3.3 #27 Pass pro vs rush even #31 1.5
32% #32 3rd down DEF +20 #12 39%
61% #20 Red zone OFF +9 #29 70%
Rank gaps are where games tilt — a bottom-8 defense meeting a top-8 offense is the mismatch worth knowing about. 2025 regular-season data; EPA from play-by-play. Context, not a pick.

Pressure Matchup sacks · 2025

NYJ PASS RUSH vs TEN PASS PRO
Will McDonald IV DE 8.0 sacks '25
Joseph Ossai DE 5.0 sacks '25
Jowon Briggs DE 4.0 sacks '25
3.3 #27 sacks allowed /g #14 1.5
TEN PASS RUSH vs NYJ PASS PRO
Jeffery Simmons DT 11.0 sacks '25
John Franklin-Myers DE 7.5 sacks '25
Jacob Martin DE 5.5 sacks '25
3.5 #29 sacks allowed /g #31 2.5
A top pass rush against a line that already leaks sacks is where pressure rate breaks a game open — the left rank is the blocking side, the right is the rush.

Position Matchups 2025 per-game · last-10 form

NYJ

Geno Smith QB 2025: LV vs #29 PASS D 201.7 pass y/g 3/10
Breece Hall RB vs #23 RUN D 66.6 rush y/g 4/10
Garrett Wilson WR1 vs #29 PASS D 56.4 rec y/g 4/7
Adonai Mitchell WR2 vs #29 PASS D 28.3 rec y/g 4/10
Omar Cooper Jr. WR3 vs #29 PASS D rec y/g
Kenyon Sadiq TE vs #29 PASS D rec y/g

TEN

Cam Ward QB vs #32 PASS D 186.4 pass y/g 5/10
Tony Pollard RB vs #26 RUN D 63.6 rush y/g 4/10
Carnell Tate WR1 vs #32 PASS D rec y/g
Wan'Dale Robinson WR2 2025: NYG vs #32 PASS D 63.4 rec y/g 3/10
Calvin Ridley WR3 vs #32 PASS D 43.3 rec y/g 2/7
Gunnar Helm TE vs #32 PASS D 22.3 rec y/g 6/10
Dot strips are each player's last 10 games against his own 2025 average — form, not a prop grade; we hold no lines yet. Grey team tags mark stats earned elsewhere. No pick.