Week 6 (2018) Game Scripts: The Cowboys Blow Out The Jaguars

by Chase Stuart on October 18, 2018

Previously:

Entering week 6, the Cowboys had Game Scripts of -6.0 against the Panthers, +10.1 against the Giants, -7.8 against the Seahawks, +1.6 against Detroit, and +0.2 against the Texans.

Entering week 6, the Jaguars had Game Scripts of +3.6 against the Giants, +12.2 against New England, -1.5 against Tennessee, +8.2 against the Jets, and -13.7 against the Chiefs.

So color me surprised to see Jacksonville get throttled on Sunday against the Cowboys in Dallas, losing 40-7 and finishing with a -17.3 Game Script. It wasn’t quite a Vikings against the Bills level upset, but Jacksonville was a 3-point favorite; it is pretty unusual for a 3-point dog to lead by 21+ points at halftime and win by 30+ points; in fact, the last time it happened, the Jaguars were on the other side of things.

The full week 6 Game Scripts are below:

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Team	H/R	Opp	Boxscore	PF	PA	Margin	Game Script	Pass	Run	P/R Ratio	Op_P	Op_R	Opp_P/R Ratio
DAL		JAX	Boxscore	40	7	33	17.3	30	42	41.7%	29	18	61.7%
SEA	@	OAK	Boxscore	27	3	24	15.4	24	37	39.3%	37	19	66.1%
PHI	@	NYG	Boxscore	34	13	21	14.5	37	31	54.4%	47	17	73.4%
LAC	@	CLE	Boxscore	38	14	24	14.3	22	36	37.9%	51	21	70.8%
BAL	@	TEN	Boxscore	21	0	21	12.5	37	25	59.7%	26	14	65%
WAS		CAR	Boxscore	23	17	6	9.2	39	28	58.2%	41	18	69.5%
LAR	@	DEN	Boxscore	23	20	3	8	33	39	45.8%	43	17	71.7%
MIN		ARI	Boxscore	27	17	10	7.7	37	32	53.6%	35	20	63.6%
NYJ		IND	Boxscore	42	34	8	5.9	32	36	47.1%	43	23	65.2%
ATL		TAM	Boxscore	34	29	5	5.9	42	22	65.6%	43	20	68.3%
NWE		KAN	Boxscore	43	40	3	5.4	37	38	49.3%	36	17	67.9%
HOU		BUF	Boxscore	20	13	7	4.3	33	24	57.9%	31	27	53.4%
PIT	@	CIN	Boxscore	28	21	7	0.8	45	21	68.2%	45	13	77.6%
MIA		CHI	Boxscore	31	28	3	0.5	44	31	58.7%	33	31	51.6%
GNB		SFO	Boxscore	33	30	3	-1.5	49	21	70%	25	30	45.5%

The most pass-heavy team of the week was Cincinnati, and that was despite a neutral Game Script of -0.8 and a running game that was effective. But the Bengals passed on over 75% of plays despite playing in a very competitive game.

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