It all comes down to this: the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars will meet in Duval in Week 18, with the winner taking home the AFC South title.
For Tennessee, it would be their third in a row, but more importantly they’d be staving off what is one of the worst collapses in franchise history after dropping each of their last six games coming into this one.
Meanwhile, the upstart, red-hot Jaguars have won four games in a row and look like the vastly superior team, especially now that Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill is out for the season.
As a result of all that, and with the Jaguars being at home, Jacksonville opens the week as a 6.5-point favorite over Tennessee, according to Tipico Sportsbook, with the over/under set at 38.5.
The Jaguars’ offense has been on fire of late thanks to the play of second-year signal-caller, Trevor Lawrence, who is playing the best football of his young career.
On the other sideline, the Titans will be getting several key players back, but their offense continues to be a concern in multiple areas.
Joshua Dobbs will start in Tannehill’s place, he’s throwing to a bad wide receiver corps., and Tennessee is missing its two best starters along the offensive line.
The Titans are 8-7-1 against the spread and have hit the over just five times. The Jags are 8-8 both against the spread and at hitting the over, per Team Rankings.
