The oddsmakers have put out betting lines on where Tom Brady will play in 2020.
The mysterious photo posted on social media has set everyone aflutter. Where will the New Patriots’ and NFL’s G.O.A.T. play in 2020? DraftKings put out odds on where Brady will land … of course they are subject to change when oddsmakers decide to read into his social media antics. The rules clarify that the bet will be graded based on Brady’s team in Week 1 of the 2020 NFL regular season.
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The odds would be considered Plus 25,000 meaning you would win $25,000 for every $100 you bet. Will simplifiy so people will know what the odds are to a dollar, but DraftKings numbers are based off an $100 bet. The reason why these team are so high is because it is deemed incredibly unlikely the Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs or Seattle Seahawks would need a quarterback. Those teams all seem to be set at QB.
Andy Reid and Kyle Shanahan will be the head coaches in 2020 Super Bowl. Who have been the coaches every year since the game started?
There have been many coaches to win multiple Super Bowls and others who have lost more than one. A look at the history of coaches who have made it to the big game. The year the game is actually played is what is being used as the foundation for the information, not the regular season.
Super Bowl I: 1967
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Vince Lombardi and Hank Stram were the respective coaches for the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs in the game played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Most Jags fans definitely won’t be taking the Titans in Sunday’s divisional playoffs, but team captain Calais Campbell has a different mindset.
Fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars will be tuning in to watch the divisional rounds of the playoffs and it’s safe to say it will be hard to find a fan who is taking the Tennessee Titans in the evening game for Saturday. The same can’t be said for the players on the Jags’ roster, however, as Jags team captain Calais Campbell took Tennessee on NFL Network’s “GameDay” show.
Campbell initially was going for the Baltimore Ravens but said he was very close to taking the Titans. However, NFL Network host Rich Eisen persuaded him to go with Tennessee for the sake of good television.
From the perspective of Jags fans, there probably isn’t enough good television in the world or AFC South bragging rights for most of them to take the Titans, who of course, are the Jags’ most despised rivals. The two have history that goes way back (before Campbell was in the league) including the 1999 season where the Titans stopped the Jags from going to the Super Bowl in the AFC Championship after beating them twice in the regular season, too.
At the moment, it appears Campbell could be the only one from the “GameDay” panel to get his prediction right as the Titans have gotten off to a 14-0 lead against Baltimore. However, it’s early in the second quarter and plenty of time is left in the game.
The Jags ended the season with a victory, but it feels like one that came much too late.
The Jacksonville Jaguars ended their season with a huge victory over the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 38-20 Sunday.
The Jaguars avenged an earlier loss from the Colts back in Week 12 where they were embarrassed by a score of 33-13. Sunday would provide a different story as the Jaguars would go on to set a season-high in points in their win against their division rivals.
Just as the season did, the Jags’ Week 17 game against the Colts had its share of ups and downs. Here’s a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Jaguars’ season finale against the Indianapolis Colts:
The good: Ending the season on a high note
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The Jaguars may not have had the season that everyone had hoped for, but at least they gave the fans something to be happy about Sunday — even if only for a week.
The Jags played nearly flawless football on both ends. On the offensive side, Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew II played well as he finished the game 27-of-39 with 295 passing yards and three touchdowns.
Although Jaguars wide receiver D.J. Chark Jr. had a modest game, he finished with his first 1,000 yard campaign of his career ending the season with 72 receptions and 1,008 receiving yards to go along with eight receiving touchdowns.
The Jaguars secondary played one of their better games of the season, limiting Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett to a 48% completion percentage (12-of-25) for 162 yards and a 6.0 (out of 100) QBR. It was a complete improvement from their Week 12 matchup where Brissett finished with 15-of-24 passing yards with 148 yards and a touchdown.
The Jaguars played almost perfect ball on the defensive side except:
There was a lot to unpack from the beatdown the Jags received from the Titans and a lot of the takeaways aren’t good.
The Jacksonville Jaguars once again left egg on the faces of their fans Sunday after another embarrassing loss within the division. This time, the Jags were handily defeated by the Tennessee Titans by a score of 42-20.
It goes without saying Sunday’s performance, in which the Jags were outmatched in every way, was hard to watch but somehow we’ve managed to gather some thoughts on the Jags’ abysmal performance.
Here are three next-day takeaways we came away with:
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It’s just a matter of time for Doug Marrone
Sunday’s performance by the Jags may have been the worse we’ve seen all year. The team’s embarrassing loss to the Titans marked their third consecutive divisional loss by 20 points or more, which is a telling sign that points to coaching.
Neither side has played well, so let’s get that out of the way first. On offense, the team has only scored 36 points in three games, most of which occurred when the game was out of hand. Those struggles were due to game planning on John DeFilippo’s part and struggles at quarterback (which I’ll save for later).
On defense, it’s been downright dreadful. Apparently, Marcell Dareus was a bigger piece to the unit than I initially thought because Todd Wash’s unit just doesn’t know what to do about the run especially. Derrick Henry once again made the unit look like an elementary school team, racking up 159 total rushing yards. In total, the unit gave up over 200 rushing yards and 471 total yards. To put it lightly, the Titans moved the ball at will after the first half and all Wash could do is take it.
The struggles of Wash and DeFilippo are ultimately a reflection of Doug Marrone. He ultimately is the overseer of the Jags’ game-planning in the end, and it appears that he and his lieutenants simply aren’t breaking through to the team. The veteran head coach has been asked about coaching changes two consecutive weeks and has seemed certain of himself when stating that no changes will be made. That said, it appears he’d like to stick with them to the end, which in all probability will result in his firing.
There wasn’t much good to talk about after the Jags loss to the Titans Week 12 aside from running back Leonard Fournette.
Another week, another absolute shellacking from a division rival to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Jaguars wrapped up another disappointing week with a loss to the Tennessee Titans by a score 42-20 in a game where they were flat-out dominated. With the loss, the Jaguars fall to 4-7 on the year and are dead last in the AFC South. This is the third straight loss to a AFC South division rival and also their third consecutive loss by 20 or more points.
There is not a lot — if anything — that went the Jaguars way on Sunday. Nevertheless, here are the good, the bad and the ugly moments from the Jaguars and TitansWeek 12 matchup:
The good: Leonard Fournette continuously showing that he is a franchise running back
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While the Jaguars offense left much to be desired, one player who showed up to play was Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette.
Fournette put the team on his back to the best of his ability as he finished with 97 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Fournette now has 951 total rushing yards on the season, which is good for sixth in the NFL. He even led the team in receptions with nine for 62 receiving yards.
Fournette’s continued growth has been completely lost in the Jaguars’ miserable season. He is currently fourth in the NFL in receiving among running backs with 391 yards. That would represent the highest total since his rookie season where he finished with 302 yards on 36 receptions.
Fournette is also on pace to rush for 1,366 yards which would shatter his rookie total of 1,040. In a season filled with disarray and disappointment, the Jaguars at least can be excited with knowing Fournette is truly panning out to be the productive No. 4 overall pick that they hoped for.
The bad AND the ugly: Every single thing on the Jaguars’ side of the ball not named Fournette
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This game was so bad for the Jaguars that it can not be separated between being bad and ugly.
On the offensive side of the ball, the Jaguars were almost helpless.
The Jaguars didn’t score their first touchdown until 2:23 in the third quarter when the game was already out of hand at a score of 35-11. Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles finished with 272 passing yards with a large majority of most of those yards coming in the fourth quarter when the Jaguars were down as much as 42-17.
On the defensive side, the main issue all season was the Jaguars’ sieve-like rush defense. This game was no different as the Jaguars’ defense was completely victimized by Titans running back Derrick Henry to the tune of 159 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Henry even broke out for a 74-yard run in the third quarter.
The real story was Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who started the season as the backup to Marcus Mariota. He absolutely eviscerated the Jaguars’ defense and showed some toughness overall leaping into the air for a 21-yard rushing touchdown. The Jags’ defense allowed Tannehill to not only pass for 259 yards with a 14.4 yards per pass average and two touchdowns, but he also ran for 40 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. In total, Tannehill finished with a 93.0 quarterback rating and a 155.8 passer rating and completely demoralized the Jags’ defense.
The Titans not only dominated the entire game, but also erased the hopes of a respectable season from Jaguars fans. The loss put them further down the standings in the AFC South and could possibly lead to them acquiring the last spot in the division.
A loss is one thing, but another extremely brutal loss to a division rival is flat out embarrassing at this point. Something needs to change and the bleeding has to stop eventually. Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone will have to take a deep look at the game film and the makeup of this team and figure out where their hearts are at this point in the season.
The Jaguars were embarrassed once again by a divisional opponent and their playoff hopes went out the door with the loss.
The Jacksonville Jaguars entered Week 12’s game against the Tennessee Titans with it being a do or die situation for their playoff hopes but fell flat on their faces as they did in their last two games. In fact, the game got downright ugly as they fell to their longtime rivals by a score of 42-20.
The game was close (7-3) heading into half-time but the wheels fell off in the third quarter. In the first series, the defense gave up a huge 36-yard reception to receiver A.J. Brown, which set the Titans up for an easy 1-yard touchdown reception to Denis Kelly. Afterward, the struggling rush defense allowed a 75-yard touchdown to Derrick Henry.
After a fumbled kickoff return by Michael Walker that put Tennessee on the Jags’ seven, they were able to punch in another touchdown with Henry, putting the score at 28-3. The bleeding didn’t stop there, however, as Brown added a 65-yard touchdown reception before the third quarter could end.
The Jags tried to respond with two touchdowns of their own by running back Leonard Fournette but the damage was done at that point. Not to mention, the Titans added a fourth quarter touchdown courtesy of quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
In a nutshell, the loss came down to another embarrassing performance from the defense, which allowed 471 total yards, 219 of which were rushing yards. Additionally, the Jags’ $80-plus million man Nick Foles struggled once again with hitting his receivers when it counted. With the Titans pouring it on, he had 48 passing attempts which led to a padded total of 272 passing yards on the night. Simply put, the loss is one that signals the team has hit rock bottom and changes could be on the horizon.
The Jags’ next game will be at home against the Tampa Bay Bucs, who are coming off a 35-22 win over the Atlanta Falcons. That game will take place on Dec. 1 with a 1 p.m. kickoff.
As expected, Delanie Walker won’t play in Week 12’s game against the Jags.
The Jacksonville Jaguars released their list of inactive players for Week 12’s game against the Titans and offensive lineman Will Richardson surprisingly surfaced as what looks to be a healthy scratch.
Throughout the year, Richardson has shared snaps with guard A.J. Cann and both really haven’t separated themselves from each other. Richardson has a grade of 45.9 (357 snaps), per Pro Football Focus, while Cann has a slightly better grade with a 47.3 (448 snaps). That said, coach Doug Marrone likely felt the difference between the two wasn’t that significant and decided to go with the veteran, who is much more experienced.
As for the Titans, there weren’t really any surprises. Coming off their bye week, only two players were on their final injury report in offensive lineman Kevin Pamphile (knee) and tight end Delanie Walker (ankle), both of whom were doubtful and eventually ruled inactive.
The Titans full list of inactives can be seen below:
TITANS INACTIVES TE Delanie Walker LB Sharif Finch CB Tye Smith OL Kevin Pamphile OL Hroniss Grasu WR Cody Hollister DL Matt Dickerson
Jags Wire managing editor Jame Johnson chopped it with Titans Wire managing editor Crissy Froyd about Thursday night’s Week 12 battle.
The Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans will be taking the field for yet another battle in which fans of both fan bases have likely had circled due to the history between both teams. To get a little insight on the current status of the team as they’re coming off their bye week, we did our weekly question exchange with Titans Wire editor Crissy Froyd and here are five burning questions she was kind enough to answer:
Jags Wire: Earlier in the week Doug Marrone praised Ryan Tannehill as an improved player. How has he played since becoming the starter in your eyes?
Crissy Froyd: Tannehill is very decisive and comfortable in the pocket — two things that Mariota never was. He’s been efficient, but needs to stay consistent.
JW: The Titans are coming off a bye week which could lead to a playoff push from this point. Who are some key players they got back in the process?
CF: The Titans overcame a lot of injuries, and tight end Delanie Walker is just one of a few players slowly getting back to full capacity. He was one of two players (alongside OL Kevin Pamphile) still listed as doubtful on this weekend’s injury report.
JW: Aside from a change at quarterback, how has this roster grown since Week 3?
CF: We’re seeing a lot of young receivers step up, and Derrick Henry being put to good use. Henry wasn’t used correctly in the beginning of the season, and that showed. The Jags face a much better put together team this time around.
JW: What would you say has been some of the Titans’ weaknesses throughout the season?
CF: Allowing one big play a game, like Dean Pees said. The Titans have a solid team, but there are things they let slip away from them that cost them the game. Tackling has also been inconsistent at times.
JW: What are your final score predictions for the game?
