Jacksonville
Jaguars vs. New England Patriots point spread and odds
The point spread and betting
odds preview of the NFL playoff game Jacksonville Jaguars vs.
New England Patriots.
We continue the betting odds and point spread preview of
the upcoming NFL divisional playoff games with the Saturday
match-up between the Jacksonville Jaguars (11-5) and the
unbeaten New England Patriots (16-0). Having the
offensive player of the year, quarterback Tom Brady, it comes as
no surprise that the Patriots are once again the ultimate
favorite in the NFL divisional playoffs line-up this weekend. At
the online sportsbook
Bodog Sports, the point
spread on the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New England Patriots
game is currently sitting at -13 points chalk the Pats with the
total at 49.5 points. Very healthy payout is promised to the
money line bettors at the bookmaker if the Jaguars manage to do
the one thing no team has done this season - beat the Patriots.
The odds on the Jacksonville Jaguars to beat the Pats and
continue forward in the NFL playoffs are posted at +550 and the
odds on the Patriots to win are -700. But even with tempting
odds and spread like those, there are little takers and the
Jaguars - Patriots game is now the least bet on match-up out of
the four playoff games this weekend.
There is little to work for the Jaguars
against a powerhouse such as the Patriots. Jacksonville managed
to beat its wild-card opponent Pittsburgh 31-29 in the last
minutes of the game, almost blowing the 18-point lead they had
in the fourth quarter. Shaky performance like that may squeeze
by the Steelers, but the Patriots have their sight on the Super
Bowl and this game doesn't seem to go against the bookies,
although the point spread may be a little too high for a playoff
game.
The Patriots remain the leader in offense
with 411.3 yards for 36.8 points per game on average, compared
to the Jags with 357.4 yards for 25.7 points per game. Allowing
288.3 yards and 17.1 points per game ranks the Patriots 4th in
the NFL defensively, but these number are far better than
Jacksonville, who allows 313.8 yards and 19 points on average.
Tom Brady and Randy Moss set records with 50 and 23 touchdowns
respectively this season and are both healthy and ready to go
for the Saturday playoff game. With 2509 yards this season
Jaguars quarterback David Garrard has almost half the yards of
Brady, but Jacksonville will mainly rely once again on
rush-machine Fred Taylor, who put in 1202 yards and 5 TDs this
season for an average of 5.4 yards per carry. The Jaguars
chances to beat the Patriots in the playoffs remain pretty slim,
but miracles have known to happen and the Jags have been looking
forward to a shot at the Super Bowl. Just keep in mind that
Jacksonville is 7-2 against the spread in its last 9 games and
New England is 15-7 against the spread in its last 22 games. But
New England is 5-1 against the spread in its last 6 games when
playing Jacksonville and the total has gone OVER in 5 of
Jacksonville's last 5 games on the road.
Published on
01/09/2008
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