2015 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 27, 2015 · Gillette Stadium

Jacksonville Jaguars

New England PatriotsWinner

NE -14.5 ✓O 48.5 ✓Patriots closed -14.5 and covered, winning by 34.

New England Patriots 51–17 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NE

Tom BradyQB

33/42, 358 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

22.6 expected points added · +10.1% completion over expected

Passing · JAX

Blake BortlesQB

17/33, 242 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

7.5 expected points added · -5.3% completion over expected

Rushing · NE

LeGarrette BlountRB

18 att, 78 yds, 3 TD

5.4 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NE

Dion LewisRB

8 att, 37 yds, 1 TD

1.7 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NE

Rob GronkowskiTE

4/7 for 101 yds, 0 TD

17% of team targets · 4.4 expected points added

Receiving · NE

Julian EdelmanWR

8/11 for 85 yds, 0 TD

27% of team targets · 4.5 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Jacksonville Jaguars

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Blake Bortles	17/33	242	2	1	2	7.5

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
T.J. Yeldon	11	33	3.0	-3.2
Toby Gerhart	3	10	3.3	-0.5
Blake Bortles	3	7	2.3	-1.4
Corey Grant	2	6	3.0	-2.3
Bernard Pierce	1	1	1.0	-0.5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Allen Hurns	2	4	70	1	12%	7.4
Allen Robinson	4	9	68	0	27%	0.2
Clay Harbor	3	5	43	1	15%	4.2
Bryan Walters	2	3	28	0	9%	1.1
Marqise Lee	1	2	13	0	6%	0.1
T.J. Yeldon	2	3	9	0	9%	0.0
Corey Grant	1	2	8	0	6%	0.2
Bernard Pierce	2	3	3	0	9%	-0.2
Marcedes Lewis	0	2	0	0	6%	-5.1

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Paul Posluszny	14	4	0.0	0
Telvin Smith	7	4	0.0	0
Josh Evans	5	1	0.0	0
Davon House	4	0	0.0	1
James Sample	2	2	0.0	1
Demetrius McCray	3	0	0.0	0
Sergio Brown	3	0	0.0	1
Roy Miller	1	2	0.5	0
Peyton Thompson	2	0	0.0	0
Aaron Colvin	2	0	0.0	0

New England Patriots

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Tom Brady	33/42	358	2	0	2	22.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
LeGarrette Blount	18	78	4.3	3	5.4
Dion Lewis	8	37	4.6	1	1.7
James White	2	8	4.0	0	0.0
Tom Brady	2	4	2.0	0	0.6
Jimmy Garoppolo	2	-2	-1.0	0	0.0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Rob Gronkowski	4	7	101	0	17%	4.4
Julian Edelman	8	11	85	0	27%	4.5
Danny Amendola	5	5	39	1	12%	6.0
Keshawn Martin	3	3	33	1	7%	4.0
Dion Lewis	5	5	30	0	12%	1.1
James White	4	4	26	0	10%	1.1
Scott Chandler	2	2	25	0	5%	4.9
LeGarrette Blount	1	1	14	0	2%	0.8
Aaron Dobson	1	3	5	0	7%	-1.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Jamie Collins	4	1	1.0	0
Logan Ryan	4	0	0.0	0
Malcolm Butler	4	0	0.0	3
Sealver Siliga	1	2	0.0	0
Justin Coleman	2	1	0.0	0
Jabaal Sheard	2	0	1.0	0
Jonathan Freeny	1	1	0.0	0
Chandler Jones	2	0	0.0	0
Patrick Chung	2	0	0.0	0
Dominique Easley	1	1	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NE -14.5
Closing total: 48.5
JAX moneyline: +944
NE moneyline: -1300

Patriots closed -14.5 and covered, winning by 34.

Total closed 48.5; the game landed 68 — over by 19.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Gillette Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · fieldturf
Kickoff weather: 68°F, wind 6 mph
Referee: Walt Coleman
Rest: JAX 7 days · NE 7 days
Coaches: Gus Bradley vs Bill Belichick