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Passing touchdowns
Jared Goff

Jared Goff

QB Detroit Lions · Wk 3 vs NYJ NYJ

Chance of 2+ passing TDs
73%
Rank
#3
of 34

Why Goff ranks #3

  • Jared Goff has reached 2+ passing TDs in 2 of 2 games this season.
  • Goff has 6 passing TDs in 2 games (3.00 per game) on 38.5 pass attempts per game. With a small sample, that is blended with what a typical QB at this workload produces (1.92 per game), giving 2.35 per game.
  • The Jets have allowed 1.50 passing TDs per game to QBs over 2 games, versus a league average of 1.56 (-4%). Only 33% of that gap is applied because the sample is small, a x0.99 adjustment.
  • Game environment (passing TDs x1.11): Vegas total 48.5, implied 27.5 points for DET (league avg 22.5); Favored by 6.5: leaning run-heavy late; Indoors: no weather effect, a small boost for passing and kicking.
  • Expected passing TDs this week: 2.58. That makes the chance of 2+ passing TDs 73%.
  • Small sample: only 2 games so far, so treat this as directional.
How the math works

Rate: (actual total + 3 games of the typical rate) divided by (games played + 3). This keeps one or two games from swinging the estimate.

Matchup: the opponent's allowed rate to QBs divided by the league average, with only n/(n+4) of the gap applied and limited to x0.7 to x1.4.

Chance: expected 2.58, converted with a Poisson count model to the chance of 2+.

It does not know about injuries, snap counts, game script or weather.

Jared Goff's games

WkOppAttPaYdPaTD
1NO392062
2BUF383274
Average38.5266.53.0

What the Jets allow to QBs

WkOffensePaTD
1TENTEN1
2GBGB2
Jets avg / game1.50
League avg1.56

Totals are for every QB the Jets faced in each game, not just one player.