Touchdown Theory

Week 2

Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sun Sep 20, 1:00 PM ET (Sun Sep 20, 1:00 PM local)

The market

Line
TB -8.5
Total
40.5
Moneyline
CLE +320 TB -410

These are the market's numbers, recorded as the feed saw them. They are shown so the model can be compared against something, not as a recommendation.

How the line moved

RecordedLineTotalCLETB
Mon Aug 31, 4:46 PM ETTB -5.542.5+200-245
Wed Sep 9, 5:19 PM ETTB -6.542.5+230-285
Sun Sep 13, 11:25 PM ETTB -8.540.5+295-375
Mon Sep 14, 11:25 AM ETTB -8.540.5+295-375
Tue Sep 15, 10:00 AM ETTB -8.540.5+320-410current

Each row is a snapshot the feed recorded, oldest first. Superseded rows are kept, because a line that moves and moves back is only visible if both are shown.

Environment

Venue
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Roof
open
Elevation
10 ft
Surface
grass
Temperature
86F
Wind
7 mph SSE
Chance of precipitation
26%
Humidity
70%
Forecast
Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms

Issued 130 hours before kickoff. A forecast issued further out has had less time to settle.

Capacity 69218 (2022+ per WP). Stadium WP did not list elevation; using Tampa city elevation (10 ft).

The projection

Not published yet. When it is, this section carries the projected score, spread, total and win probability for this game, the fair odds the probability translates to, and the projected play counts and per-team box lines behind them.

How the number is built

The model projects each side, then adjusts for the conditions the game is played in. Both steps are shown so the adjustment can be seen rather than taken on trust. These add up exactly as printed; if they ever did not, this section would not appear.

TB21.8
21.8Before environment+(+0.0)Environment=21.8
CLE16.9
16.9Before environment+(+0.0)Environment=16.9
Total38.7
38.7Before environment+(+0.0)Environment, TB+(+0.0)Environment, CLE=38.7
Wind
not applied
Cold
not applied
Indoors
not applied
Elevation
not applied

Wind and cold are recorded as an effect on passing efficiency, not as points, and the conversion between the two is not published, so they are shown in their own units rather than added into the chain above. Indoors and elevation are recorded in points.

Two earlier links, per-play efficiency and the matchup adjustment, are computed and discarded rather than stored, so they cannot be shown yet.

live-20260915T030122Z, generated Mon Sep 14, 11:01 PM ET

Where the player numbers come from

The model projects each team's line first, then divides it among players. Both are shown, with the team figure beside the sum of its parts, so the division can be checked rather than trusted. A row appears only when the parts add up to the whole.

Tampa Bay Buccaneersprojected 37.1 pass plays, 25.3 run plays
Team lineProjectedSum of players
Pass attempts32.932.9
Pass yards187.5187.5
Receiving yards187.5187.5
Pass touchdowns1.531.53
Receiving touchdowns1.531.53
Carries26.526.5
Rush yards109.6109.6
Rush touchdowns0.640.64
PlayerPosPassRushRecTgtShare
Baker MayfieldQB187.517.5100%
Bucky IrvingRB48.419.72.810%
Emeka EgbukaWR1.056.28.530%
Kenny GainwellRB27.215.43.18%
Cade OttonTE0.028.14.515%
Chris Godwin Jr.WR0.326.14.214%
Jalen McMillanWR0.217.21.69%
Ted Hurst IIIWR0.611.71.76%
Sean TuckerRB8.91.10.41%
Tez JohnsonWR0.98.81.35%
Josh WilliamsRB4.71.00.21%
Payne DurhamTE0.01.50.61%
Ko KieftTE0.70.10%
Cleveland Brownsprojected 37.7 pass plays, 23.2 run plays
Team lineProjectedSum of players
Pass attempts34.034.0
Pass yards197.2197.2
Receiving yards197.2197.2
Pass touchdowns1.111.11
Receiving touchdowns1.111.11
Carries25.225.2
Rush yards97.097.0
Rush touchdowns0.770.77
PlayerPosPassRushRecTgtShare
Deshaun WatsonQB197.28.3100%
Quinshon JudkinsRB56.317.43.49%
Harold Fannin Jr.TE0.653.27.427%
Jerry JeudyWR1.143.07.122%
Dylan SampsonRB15.520.82.911%
KC ConcepcionWR1.723.22.912%
Raheim SandersRB10.45.10.93%
Denzel BostonWR0.912.81.66%
Isaiah BondWR2.19.21.25%
Carsen RyanTE0.09.01.35%
Tylan WallaceWR2.90.51%
Blake WhiteheartTE0.00.71.00%

Share is a player's portion of the team's projected passing yards, counting a quarterback by what he throws and everyone else by what he catches. Targets are shown but not totalled: a throwaway, a batted ball or a sack is a pass attempt with no target, which is about four a game per team, so targets legitimately do not sum to attempts.

live-20260915T030122Z

Injury report

This is the week 1 report. This game is in week 2, and the league has not filed a report for it yet.

Cleveland Browns4 listed
Carson SchwesingerLBShoulderFull Participation in Practice
Maliek CollinsDTQuadricepLimited Participation in Practice
Parker BrailsfordCQuestionableThumbLimited Participation in Practice
Teven JenkinsGOutBackDid Not Participate In Practice
Tampa Bay Buccaneers7 listed
Billy SchrauthGKneeFull Participation in Practice
Christian RozeboomLBQuestionableFootLimited Participation in Practice
Emeka EgbukaWRToeFull Participation in Practice
Jalen McMillanWRDoubtfulKneeLimited Participation in Practice
Justin SkuleTDoubtfulObliqueLimited Participation in Practice
Rueben Bain Jr.LBShoulderFull Participation in Practice
Sean TuckerRBDoubtfulHamstringLimited Participation in Practice