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New York (2-5) hosts Minnesota (6-0) at MetLife Stadium on Jan 3, 2027, 1:00 PM ET.
Lines post about a week before the game.
The model's winner call: locked before the start, graded in public, built on the market's price.
MIN end zone ← 100 yards → NYJ end zone
A longer bar = a better setup for the offense: half from how high the offense ranks, half from how low the defense across from it ranks (of 32). A full bar is the best offense against the worst defense; the dashed tick is an even matchup. Biggest advantage first.
MIN has the clear advantage in turnovers; NYJ's defense has it in third-down conversion, red-zone touchdown rate, rushing and sacks.
MIN's defense has it in turnovers, passing, rushing, third-down conversion, red-zone touchdown rate and sacks.
MIN offensevs
NYJ defenseMIN offense ranks better in 1 of 6 matchups (1 by a clear margin) · NYJ defense in 5 (4 by a clear margin)
NYJ offensevsMIN defenseNYJ offense ranks better in 0 of 6 matchups · MIN defense in 6 (6 by a clear margin)
Each measure, offense vs opposing defense, ranked of 32 (1 = best). Favors: big rank gap. ▲▼: recent trend.
223 a game, league 227 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
NYJ pressures on 23% of dropbacks (#31 of 32); he completes 31% under pressure (league 34%).
113 a game, league 96.0 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
Mixed: lots of yards allowed, but stingy per play this season
132 a game, league 141 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
His routes (Deep out 16%, Hitch / curl 15%, In / dig 15%): NYJ allowed 8.0 yds a target, league 8.1.
Same NYJ readings against WRs as above.
His routes (Deep out 23%, Hitch / curl 15%, Go 13%): NYJ allowed 8.1 yds a target, league 8.2.
58.5 a game, league 54.0 · last 17 games (7 in 2026, 10 in 2025)
His routes (Hitch / curl 29%, Quick out 21%, Post 9%): NYJ allowed 7.5 yds a target, league 7.6.
171 a game, league 227 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
Both readings tough
MIN pressures on 33% of dropbacks (#6 of 32); he completes 28% under pressure (league 34%).
98.6 a game, league 96.0 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
113 a game, league 141 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
Both readings tough
His routes (Quick out 15%, Hitch / curl 14%, Go 14%): MIN allowed 7.7 yds a target, league 7.7.
Same MIN readings against WRs as above.
His routes (Go 23%, Hitch / curl 21%, Deep out 20%): MIN allowed 8.0 yds a target, league 8.0.
40.6 a game, league 54.0 · last 17 games (6 in 2026, 11 in 2025)
Both readings tough
Players: this season's attempts, carries and targets (last season before a team's first game); anyone ruled out on the injury report is left off. Routes are where his targets came from over 2024–25, each route's yards shrunk toward the league's. Books already price these matchups.
Rank 1 allows the most. Each defense's last 17 games from box scores (early in a season that reaches back into last season; each row shows how many of its games are from each season), against the average defense. Books already price matchups: this is where to look, not a bet.
Where a player's own strength meets something tonight's opponent gives up more than most, measured against the league. Matchups like these were tested as inputs for player props and added nothing the books' lines do not already reflect: research, not a pick.
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Minnesota Vikings2 listedNew York Jets7 listedTimes are when the report changed on our end, last 30 days.
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Not division rivals — the schedule brings them together every few seasons (4 of the 15 seasons in our history). MIN have won the last 4.
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The 6 measures where these two sit furthest apart among the league's 32 ranked teams, over each team's last 17 regular-season games (Oct 2025 – Oct 2026; 6–7 in 2026, 10–11 in 2025). A longer bar = higher in the league (rank 1 = highest, even for points allowed). A rank says where a number sits, not which side it points to.