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Jags currently 2.5-point favorites for season opener vs. Texans

The Jags have been the favorites in their Week 1 matchup vs. Houston for a while now and it remains that way as we are four days away from their battle at NRG Stadium.

As of now, many Jacksonville Jaguars fans are well informed that their team won’t be favored in many games in 2021, but their first one that counts isn’t among them. Per Tipico Sports, they are currently 2.5-point favorites against the Houston Texans, who are widely regarded as one of the worst two rosters in the NFL by many.

For their first game of the season, the Jags will be a -150 favorite on the money line. That means a $150 bet for the Jags to outright win the game would win a bettor $100 if the Jags can start their season off 1-0.
As for the over/under for the game, it’s currently set at 44.5. That’s a figure that would tie them for the third-lowest this week as the Broncos vs. Giants (41.5) and Dolphins vs. Patriots (43.5) games have lower totals.

Based on the total the Jags and Texans have for their game currently, it appears oddsmakers believe the game score will be around 24-21. In their last game, the Jags and Texans combined for 52 points as the Jags lost that game by a score of 27-25.

Kickoff for Sunday’s game will be at 1:00 p.m. EST on CBS.

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 maintain third-best odds to win AFC South

The latest odds from BetMGM have the Jags +1200 to win the division, behind the Colts and Titans but ahead of the Texans.

Even after an NFL draft that saw Jacksonville land its franchise quarterback in Trevor Lawrence, Vegas isn’t sold that the team will compete for a playoff spot out of the AFC South in 2021.

In the latest betting odds to win the division from BetMGM, the Jaguars have the third-best odds to win the division at +1200, ahead of just the Houston Texans, who are at +2000. The Texans are projected to be the worst team in football this year with roster holes and a dodgy situation surrounding star quarterback Deshaun Watson.

The Indianapolis Colts and the Tennessee Titans, who are both expected to be playoff squads, have the highest odds to win the division at +100 and +110, respectively. There’s barely any gap between the two, and it seems like Vegas thinks the division will be a tossup between the two, with the second-place team possibly in a position to snag one of the three wildcard spots.

Coming off a 1-15 season, the Jaguars should be able to avoid being one of the league’s worst teams again. But for now, it seems they aren’t expected to make a major leap forward.

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Jaguars’ Super Bowl odds following 2021 NFL Draft

The Jaguars have +12500 odds to win Super Bowl LVI, the third-worst in the league ahead of the Detroit Lions and the Houston Texans.

The 2021 NFL draft is behind us, and that means that, more or less, offseason roster turnover has come to an end. Fan and analysts have a much better idea of where each team’s strengths and weaknesses will be, and based on that, BetMGM has updated its odds to win Super Bowl LVI.

Unsurprisingly, the two teams that played in the Super Bowl last year are considered the most likely to win it this time around. The Kansas City Chiefs have the best odds at +450, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are just behind them at +700.

Despite having the worst record in 2020 and drafting first overall, Jacksonville doesn’t have the worst odds to win the Super Bowl next year. Those honors go to its division rival, the Houston Texans, who are +25000 to win. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the situation with quarterback Deshaun Watson, and the team used its first pick in the draft to select a passer in Davis Mills.

Just as they did in our last update, the Jaguars currently have the third-worst odds at +12500, ahead of Houston and the Detroit Lions (+20000). The Jags’ other AFC South rivals, the Indianapolis Colts, and Tennessee Titans, have +2000 and +4000 odds, respectively.

Despite Jacksonville’s improvements this offseason (such as adding a franchise quarterback in first-overall pick Trevor Lawrence), oddsmakers think their chances of going from worst to first in one year are slim to none.

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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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