

Sunday, October 18 at 9:30 AM EDT
HOU
+2.5
+124
Total
42.5
JAX
-2.5
-148
Bet it or track it
Tap a price to send it to your DraftKings betslip. Tail it and it grades into My Record once the game is final โ pushes settle as pushes, which matters when 3 decides one NFL game in seven.
How games at these numbers have gone
- The key number. 2.5 sits half a point short of 3, one of the margins games actually land on. That hook is most of what you are paying for or getting here.
- Spread 2.5 โ the 0-3 point band. In 1,487 games since 1999 the favorite covered 49.8% of the time โ a coin flip once the 95% range (47.3โ52.4%) is taken into account.
- Total 42.5 โ spread in the 0-3 point band. Games with a spread this size went over 48.7% of the time across 1,480 of them.
Last three seasons
HOU
20-22-1 ATS ยท 25-18 SU ยท 16-26 O/U
went under in 26 of 42
JAX
25-15 ATS ยท 21-19 SU ยท 20-20 O/U
14-7 ATS home
Measured on 7,276 games with a closing line and a final score. Records cover three seasons and describe the team โ they are not a signal, and every situational split we measured lands at a coin flip. Context, not a pick โ see every band.
Jacksonville Jaguars open a 2.5-point favorite over Houston Texans โ about 60% implied to win outright. The 42.5 total prices it near 23โ20.
Houston Texans went 12โ5 in 2025 โ #5 of 32 by point differential (+6.4/g).
Jacksonville Jaguars went 13โ4 in 2025 โ #4 of 32 by point differential (+8.1/g).
2025 team profiles
Houston Texans
Jacksonville Jaguars