Jaguars Vs. Titans: Odds, Analysis, Picks For ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game
Editor’s note: NESN.com’s Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian deliver their NFL picks every Thursday of the season, and here’s who they like in the Jacksonville Jaguars-Tennessee Titans Week 8 game, with the line from OddsShark.
Jacksonville Jaguars at (-2.5) Tennessee Titans, Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
Mike: Titans. Marcus Mariota, at some point, must get his act together. That said, I’m still taking the Titans, because there’s no way you can convince me to take Blake Bortles and the Jaguars on the road on a Thursday night. Nope.
Ricky: Jaguars. Blake Bortles stinks. I’ve come to that realization. But the Titans are 3-21-2 against the spread in their last 26 home games. It’s been over a year since Tennessee has covered a spread in its own barn.
Andre: Jaguars. Last season, the top “yards per play against” teams were Denver, Seattle, Carolina, the Jets, Houston, Kansas City and New England. All seven of those teams won nine or more games. Where am I going with this? The Jaguars allow 4.8 yards per play this season (fourth-best). They?re a strong defensive team but they need to stop turning the ball over (minus-7 turnover differential, 30th).
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