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Jags listed as 4.5-point underdogs to Titans

Surprisingly, the Jags are underdogs by only +4.5 to the Titans at the moment.

Just as they were last week, the Jacksonville Jaguars have once again found themselves listed as underdogs by Tipico Sportsbook. This time, with their divisional opponents in the Tennessee Titans up next, it’s by a +4.5 figure, which is the lowest they’ve had this season as underdogs.

The Titans will come into Sunday’s game after losing to the New York Jets Week 4 and it was a game where they were without receivers A.J. Brown and Julio Jones, who are dealing with hamstring injuries. With there being a possibility of both being out again (we’ll have to monitor the injury report, ultimately), it appears the Jags could make this one close like they did Thursday against Cincinnati. That is, if they can eliminate some distractions on their end.

With a +4.5-point (-105) underdog figure for the Jags, a $105 bet would pocket a bettor $100 if the Jags get a victory or lose by no more than three. Meanwhile, the Titans have a -3.5-point (-115) figure and a $115 bet on them would earn a bettor $100.

The over/under is set at 48.5 this week with a -110 figure for either side. That means that a $110 bet would earn a bettor $100 regardless of their decision to take the over or the under.

Lastly, when it comes to the money line, the Jags have a +165 figure. That means if the Jags get the win, which would be their first, a bettor would earn $165 if they wager $100 on them. Meanwhile, the Titans will enter the game with a -205 money line figure, so a $205 wager would earn a bettor $100 if they bet on the Titans through the money line.

Week 1 spread update: Jags now 3.5-point favorites vs. Texans

With less than 24 hours left before the game, the Jags remain the favorites for Sunday’s AFC South battle against the Texans, but this time by 3.5 points.

The Jacksonville Jaguars remain in unfamiliar territory as they are still the favorites to win Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. This time by 3.5-points, per Tipico Sportsbook, which marks an increase of one point since our last update a few days ago.

The Jaguars finished 1-15 last season and were the underdogs in just about every game. The Jaguars are also a -180 favorite on the money line meaning that a $180 wager on the Jags will net a $100 winning if Jacksonville is victorious. The Texans are a -120 favorite to cover as a +3.5 underdog. This generally means that there is some faith that the Texans could keep the game close within three points.

One of the most notable revelations that may have influenced the line is the fact that Houston Texans All-Pro quarterback Deshaun Watson won’t start against the Jags. As many are aware, he is involved with a dispute with the team and also a lengthy legal situation that has brought his playing status for the season into uncertainty.

Watson has a 6-1 overall record against Jacksonville in his career and is undefeated in all of his starts against them. Veteran signal-caller Tyrod Taylor will get the start in Watson’s place and last faced the Jaguars as a member of the Buffalo Bills in the 2017 AFC Wild Card game. The Bills would lose that game by the score of 10-3.

As for the over/under, it’s now set at 46.5. That marks a rise of two points since our last update (44.5). When looking at the Jags’ and Texans’ last meeting, it was a 27-25 loss for Jacksonville and reached a total (52) that would qualify for the over based on the current figure.

Urban Meyer given 35/1 odds to win Coach of the Year

While Urban Meyer has proven to be a winner since his days at Bowling Green, his odds win Head Coach of the Year are at 35/1 currently.

Dating back to his time with Bowling Green, Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer has had success at every stop he’s made as a head coach, which is a big reason Shad Khan wanted him leading his organization. However, despite that success, he’s tied (with four other coaches) for the seventh-best odds to win coach of the year, according to BetMGM.

Meyer’s +3500 (35/1) figure only slots him ahead of five coaches in the league with those being Jon Gruden, Dan Campbell, Nick Sirianni, David Culley, and Zach Taylor. However, that figure also puts him at the same number as Mike McCarthy, Matt Rhule, Mike Tomlin, and Cliff Kingsbury.

Talk about some interesting company.

Overall, 22 other head coaches came in with better odds than the Jags, which is not surprising. After all, Meyer is inheriting a 1-15 roster when looking at last year’s record.

While he hasn’t coached on the NFL level, Meyer will come into 2021 with an absurd .854 win percentage on the college level (187–32 record) and three national championship victories. And despite the NFL not being too kind to coaches who’ve made a similar leap like Nick Saban, Meyer has said he’s expecting to win immediately and isn’t of the mindset that the Jags will take several years to rebuild.

One thing he’ll have in his corner is first overall pick Trevor Lawrence, who has +275 odds to win the Offensive Rookie of the Year award, good for the best in the league. If that happens and Lawrence could get the Jags to the playoffs, that would mark significant progress from last season and definitely should get the attention of the league. However, most pundits have come out to say that feels unlikely and expect the Jags to win sigma’s or less. which still would be a huge leap from 1-15.

If Meyer were to achieve the feat, he’d be the second consecutive rookie head coach to do so as Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski did it in 2020. The rookie head coach was able to get the Browns into the postseason for the first time since 2002 after they previously had won just six games. However, if Meyer made the postseason, it would prove to be a more impressive achievement when considering Jacksonville’s 2020 record.

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Jags open as 1.5-point favorites in Week 1 game vs. Texans

The betting info for the Jags’ season opener is out via BetMGM.

The Jacksonville Jaguars weren’t favorites often last season, but will open the 2021 regular season as favorites against the Houston Texans. This comes after all of the league’s Week 1 games were revealed Wednesday morning.

At the moment, BetMGM has the Cardiac Cats down as 1.5-point favorites on the road against their divisional rivals, who the Jags haven’t defeated since Dec. 7 of 2017. However, for the time being, first-round pick Trevor Lawrence, who has never lost a regular season game in high school or college, will start his NFL career on a team that’s favored unless changes are made.

Not only will the game mark Lawrence’s first regular season game, but it will also be the first for Urban Meyer as he’s never been an NFL head coach. However, under previous head coach Doug Marrone, the Jags were 3-1 in their season openers.

In their first game, Meyer and Lawrence will be up against a team many feel could have a worst 2021 record than the Jags. Starting for the Texans could be either Tyrod Taylor or Davis Mills, who won’t have a lot of notable names to help them under the new regime of coach David Culley.

Like Meyer, Culley will be the head coach of an NFL team for the first time in his career. However, he has been an NFL assistant since 1994.

BetMGM also has the over/under set at 46 points for Week 1’s game. As for the money line, the Jags have a -125 figure, which means a $100 bet on them would net a bettor $125.

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Jags currently listed with third-best odds to win AFC South

When looking at their 1-15 record last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars were the worst team in the AFC South by far (and the league), but Vegas isn’t predicting that to be the case in 2021. As it stands, BetOnline.Ag has them down with odds of +750. And while that’s far from the best odds in the division, that figure was good enough to rank them ahead of one team, and of course, that was the Houston Texans (+1,400).

As most fans are aware, the Texans are a mess at the moment as Deshaun Watson doesn’t plan to suit up for them, and if he ever plays football again, he’ll have some legal issues to settle. The former first-round pick is at the center of multiple civil lawsuits where multiple female massage therapists have accused him of sexual assault and other inappropriate occurrences.

When looking at the AFC overall, BetOnline placed the Tennessee Titans way ahead of the Jags with a figure of +135 and the Indianapolis Colts (+100) in front of all of the division.

In terms of the AFC conference as a whole, the Texans (+6,600) are the only team with a worst figure than the Jags (+4,000), who are also tied with the Cincinati Bengals. The Colts came in with the fourth best figure in the conference (+1,100), while the Titans were tied for seventh with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins (+1,600). as expected, the Kansas City Chiefs were ahead of all AFC teams with a +275 figure.

In just a few weeks, the Jags will be landing a player in Trevor Lawrence who could help them fare a little better than oddsmakers are projecting. However, they will need to hit on other additions with him in the draft as their defense ranked 30th against the rush and 31st overall.

Jags currently 15 point underdogs for season finale vs. Colts

The Jags will be underdogs by their largest deficit of the year Week 17 against Indy.

The Jacksonville Jaguars will end their season just as they entered it: as underdogs to the Indianapolis Colts. This time, however, it will be by 15 points, per BetMGM — their largest spread deficit of the year.

Taking the Jags on the money line this week would pay well if the Jags were to upset Indy as the Cardiac Cats are a +725 point underdog there. Meanwhile, the over/under is currently set at a 49.5 figure.

There could be playoff implications on the line if the Colts receive help in the form of a Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, or Cleveland Browns loss this Sunday. At that point, it would be on the Colts to defeat the Jags for a wildcard playoff spot.

While the Jags have had the roughest year in team history to this point, the one win they have been able to accumulate was Week 1 against Indy. In that game, they beat the Colts at TIAA Bank Field by a score of 27-20.

Overall, the Colts have been the most successful team in their rivalry with the Jags, owning a 24-15 record against them. They will also have recent history by their sides as they are 7-1 against the Jags at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Update on the spread, money line, and over/ under for Jags vs. Ravens

The Jacksonville Jaguars were 13.5-point underdogs when we previewed the spread earlier this week, but with about 16 hours remaining before kickoff, the spread is now a full point lower (12.5). The change comes as the Ravens had a pretty big injury report with starting cornerback Jimmy Smith being ruled out alongside five other defensive backs, all of whom are questionable.

The money line also changed from +575 to +550, which means a $100 wager on the Jags would win a bettor $550, which is still a nice chunk of change. As for the over/under, it also shifted going from 52.5 to 47.5.

Sunday’s game will be the Jags and Ravens’ 22nd meeting. The Jags currently lead the series with a 12-9 record. However, the Ravens own the better record at M&T Bank Stadium as they are 6-5 against the Jags there. Unfortunately for Baltimore, that success doesn’t include their last home game against the Jags, which took place in 2015 and resulted in a 22-20 win for Jacksonville.

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Jags currently underdogs by 13.5 points heading into battle with Ravens

Per BetMGM, the Jacksonville Jaguars are currently 13.5-point underdogs for their Week 15 trip to the Baltimore Ravens. That’s a figure that matches their highest deficit of the season, which the Jags received last month as they traveled to the …

The Jags are also a +575 underdog on the money line, meaning that a $100 wager on the Jags would earn a bettor $575. Meanwhile, the over/under is set at 52.5 points.

Sunday’s game will mark the Jags and Ravens’ 22nd meeting. The last time both teams met was in 2017 when the Jags handily beat them by a score of 44-7 in London. However, even when including that game, three of the team’s last five meetings have been decided by five points or less, which is something bettors may want to consider. They also may want to consider the fact that Baltimore will be coming off a short week, and while a win is probable for them, the Jags have the potential to make it closer than it should be.

Spread update: Jags now 7.5 underdogs to Titans

In our first look at the spread earlier in the week, the Jacksonville Jaguars were underdogs by seven points, however, the spread has now slightly moved to a 7.5 figure, per BetMGM. There was also a shift in the money line as it moved from a +290 …

In our first look at the spread earlier in the week, the Jacksonville Jaguars were underdogs by seven points, however, the spread has now slightly moved to a 7.5 figure, per BetMGM.

There was also a shift in the money line as it moved from a +290 figure to +300, which means a $100 wager on the Jags would net a bettor $300. As for the over/under, it moved from 52.5 to 51.5.

The Jags will be battling against a bit of bad history against the Titans, who have a 6-1 record against the Jags in their last seven games. They also have an all-time record of 31-21 against the Jags, though the Jags’ success at home against the Titans is a little better (12-14).

One important tidbit worth noting is that the Jags have lost four of their last five by four points or less and that could be the case Sunday. They will be coming off a 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings that went into overtime, while the Titans will be trying to get over a rough 41-35 loss to the Cleveland Browns that wasn’t as close as the final indicates.

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Jags currently underdogs to the Titans by a touchdown

The Jacksonville Jaguars have finally made it to the last quarter of their season, and with that has come another week as the underdogs in the eyes of Vegas oddsmakers. Per BetMGM, they are currently listed as underdogs by a full touchdown for Week 14’s AFC South battle with the Tennessee Titans, who the Jags already met during the second week of the 2020 season.

In terms of the money line, the Jags are currently at a +290 figure which means a $100 wager on the Jags would net a bettor $290. Meanwhile, the over/under is set at 52.5 points.

In their Week 2 meeting, the Titans and Jags kept it close and entertaining, but it ultimately ended with the Titans getting the win by a score of 33-30. That put the Titans at an all-time record of 31-21 against the Jags and gave them a 6-1 record when looking at the last seven meetings between the two.

While the Titans have dominated this series, the Jags’ home record against the Titans is a little more easier on the eyes as they are 12-14 against them at TIAA Bank Field. Of course, their last win against Tennessee came last year in September as the Jags beat Tennessee during Thursday Night Football by a score of 20-7.

This week the Jags will be starting Mike Glennon against the Titans, which could be a big factor in the current spread figure. He’ll be coming off a rough showing which resulted in a 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings that went into overtime. Still, it’s worth noting that the Jags have been super competitive this season and four of their last five have been losses of four points or less.

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