The Jacksonville Jaguars entered last week as home favorites Week 13, but that won’t be the case Week 14. Per BetMGM, the Jags are currently down as 2.5-point underdogs to the Los Angles Chargers, who traditionally have been an issue for them with an all-time record of 7-3 against the Cardiac Cats.
The Jags’ and Chargers’ 2019 campaigns have been largely disappointing and both will come into Week 14 with identical records of 4-8. Mathematically, they haven’t been eliminated from the AFC playoff picture, however, they both will be coming into Sunday’s game simply looking to end their three-game (in the Chargers’ case) and four-game (in the Jags’ case) losing streaks.
The Jags will be coming off a 28-11 loss to the Tampa Bay Bucs Week 13 in which they benched veteran quarterback Nick Foles midway through. After seeing the offense and team become a little more lively under rookie sensation Garner Minshew II, Jags coach Doug Marrone named him the starter for Week 13’s game.
The Chargers, on the other hand, are coming off a much more competitive loss to the Denver Broncos, who defeated them by a score of 23-20. The driving force behind their team is their passing game (ranked No. 6 in the league) and defense (ranked No. 10 in the league), which is led by two fierce pass rushers in Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram and coached by former Jags head man Gus Bradley.
The total for Sunday’s game is currently set at 43.5 points. The money line is set at +145 for the Jags, which means a wager of $100 on them would pay out $145.
Like their league record, the Jags haven’t been so hot with a 5-7 record against the spread and a 2-4 record at home against it. The Chargers have been even worse against the spread with a record of 3-8-1 in the category. Their record against the spread while serving as the away team is an unimpressive figure of 2-4.
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