The Jacksonville Jaguars have one of the more interesting young quarterbacks in the NFL in Gardner Minshew. They\u2019re fresh off a franchise-revitalizing win over the Tennessee Titans last Thursday night. With 10 days to prepare, can they keep their momentum going in Mile High against a Denver Broncos team that\u2019s yet to win a game this season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jaguars will cover the spread because Denver is simply a bad team. The Broncos have not scored more than 16 points in any of their games this season. While it\u2019s true that Joe Flacco hasn\u2019t looked terrible \u2013 he\u2019s completing 69.1% of his passes, which is the best mark of his career \u2013 he isn\u2019t exactly carrying this team to wins. The problem is he doesn\u2019t have a great cast of receivers around him and he\u2019s behind a bad offensive line Garret Bolles has played poorly and when a high-profile draft pick becomes a bust, that sets back an organization. It also doesn\u2019t help that free agent Ja\u2019Waun James, the high-prized tackle the team signed in the offseason, is hurt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jacksonville Jaguars sacked Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota nine times last week and should be licking their chops at an immobile Flacco this week. The Jaguars and Calais Campbell are playing extremely well on defense. Keep in mind that they limited the Houston Texans to 13 points in Week 2, so this unit is clicking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gardner Minshew is talented, but he is young, and it is unwise to expect him to be consistently good. He scored only 12 points for the Jaguars in Week 2 against Houston in his first career start and the Jaguars scored only six total points in the final three quarters of last week\u2019s win over Tennessee. The Jaguars\u2019 offense looks a lot better with Minshew than many people expected after Nick Foles got hurt, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Jacksonville offense is reliable in general. Receiver Dede Westbrook dropped some very catchable passes last week against Tennessee, including one in the end zone. Only D.J. Chark has been especially consistent among the Jaguars\u2019 receivers. On top of that, the Jags have a lousy ground game, so they have to go on the road here and probably win it with their rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other point to make here is that Denver\u2019s defense has been solid \u2013 not great, but hardly terrible. The Broncos haven\u2019t allowed more than 27 points in any of their three games. They have allowed an average of 22 points per game and keep in mind that\u2019s without any turnovers or sacks. That\u2019s bound to change given the players that they have like Von Miller and Bradley Chubb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a tough game to predict who\u2019ll win but it feels like we can have more confidence with the under. The Jaguars are going up against a decent defense and their running game just isn\u2019t great these days. As for the Broncos, their offensive line and offense is struggling, averaging just 15.3 points per game. This should be a low-scoring affair and an under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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