The Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Chargers meet in an NFL playoff game on Saturday at Tia Bank Field. The Los Angeles Chargers are looking for their first playoff win since the 2018 season. The Jacksonville Jaguars are looking for their first playoff win since the 2017 season.
The Los Angeles Chargers have won 5 of their last 8 road games. Justin Herbert completed 68.2% of his passes for 4,739 yards, 25 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. Mike Williams and Joshua Palmer combined for 1,664 yards and 7 touchdowns, while Keenan Allen has 66 receptions. The Los Angeles Chargers average 89.6 yards per game rushing, and Austin Eckler leads with 915 yards and 13 touchdowns. Defensively, Los Angeles gives up 22.6 points and 346.1 yards per game. Drue Tranquill leads the Los Angeles Chargers with 146 tackles, and Khalil Mack has 8 sacks and 3 interceptions on Bryce Callahan.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have won four straight home games. Trevor Lawrence completed 66.3% of his passes for 4,113 yards, 25 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions. Christian Kirk and Zee Jones combined for 1,931 yards and 13 touchdowns, while Evan Ingram has 73 receptions. The Jacksonville Jaguars average 124.5 yards per game rushing, and Travis Etienne Jr. leads the way. Way with 1,125 yards and 5 touchdowns. Defensively, Jacksonville averages 20.6 points and 353.3 yards per game. Foyesade Oluokun leads the Jacksonville Jaguars with 184 tackles, Josh Allen has 6 sacks and Andre Cisco has 3 interceptions.
The Chargers are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 road games and 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Jaguars have been 5-2 ATS in the last 7 games in January and 4-1 ATS in the last 5 games overall. The Chargers are less than 5-1 in the last 6 games overall. Under 11-3 in their last 14 games at Jaguars Stadium. The Chargers are 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Jacksonville and 9-1 ATS in the last 10 meetings. The favorite is 8-3 on points difference over the last 11 meetings.
The Los Angeles Chargers are perhaps the best, deepest, and most experienced team in the big games, and they’re healthier, which makes them even more intimidating. However, the Jacksonville Jaguars have been one of the hottest teams over the past month and a half, and that offense has been on. And the Jaguars can’t be ignored, beating the Chargers by 28 points in September. It’s fair to say the Jags are a better team now. Trevor Lawrence plays the best football of his career. We also know that chargers have a weird thing about finding weird ways to lose. Main game, hot team, give me the Jags and I might be on the ML side here come game day.
Randy Chambers Free Pick:
Jacksonville Jaguars +1.5.5
