{"id":18675,"date":"2011-10-16T08:45:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T13:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18675"},"modified":"2011-10-16T08:45:51","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T13:45:51","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-6-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-afc-handicapping-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-6-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-afc-handicapping-preview-18675\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 6: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, AFC Handicapping Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacksonville Jaguars at Pittsburgh Steelers
\nSunday, 10\/16\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -13
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jaguars<\/a>
Jacksonville RB Maurice Jones-Drew will need to have a big game Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jacksonville is certainly up against it today due to losing four consecutive games and now traveling to face the defending AFC champions.\u00a0 \u201cThe biggest thing is they have a veteran defense,\u201d commented Jaguars first-year quarterback Blaine Gabbert.\u00a0 \u201cThey have guys that have been in that scheme for 10 years.\u201d\u00a0 The rookie out of Missouri has already faced the league\u2019s No. 1 defense this year, dropping a 30-20 contest as one-point home underdogs last week.\u00a0 Jacksonville is 12-16 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 15-13 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars are beat up with injuries on the defensive end, but are expected to welcome back defensive end Aaron Kampman.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t been in the lineup the past 13 games, but is likely to get after the quarterback for about 20 snaps this afternoon.\u00a0 Offensively, running back Maurice Jones-Drew will need to get after it on the ground, going against a stop unit that is allowing opponents to gain 4.7 yards per rush.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is sent out as a double-digit favorite for the third time this season and coming off a 38-17 win over the Tennessee Titans as three-point favorites.\u00a0 The Steelers have out-gained three of five opponents this year, with the three games by double digits.\u00a0 Injuries have also been a factor on this franchise\u2019s performance, but players stepped up without the services of linebacker James Harrison and running back Rashard Mendenhall.\u00a0 \u201cPeople were saying the Pittsburgh Steelers was banged up, and they didn\u2019t have the guys to fill the roles,\u201d stated Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley after last week\u2019s game.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 19-20 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018over\u2019 is 22-17 in those games.<\/p>\n

The Steelers will be meeting with the Jaguars for the 21st time, trailing 9-11 in the series, including a 5-5 mark in the Steel City.\u00a0 Pittsburgh came away with a 26-21 win in the last meeting on Oct. 5, 2008, covering as five-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Since 2002, the Steelers and Jaguars have played seven times, including the postseason, with each game being decided by 10 points or less, with four of those games being decided by five points or less.\u00a0 Head coach Mike Tomlin will be aiming to improve his record to 7-4 against AFC South opponents.\u00a0 Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is searching for his sixth consecutive game with at least 200 yards passing.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Jaguars due to the underdog being 7-0 ATS in this series, while the Steelers are 0-4 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

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Jacksonville Jaguars at Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, 10\/16\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -13 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 38.5 Current Total:\u00a0 40 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Jacksonville is certainly up against it today due to losing four consecutive games and now traveling to face the defending AFC champions.\u00a0 \u201cThe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[349,5194,297,1064,346],"class_list":["post-18675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-blaine-gabbert","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-maurice-jones-drew","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18676,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675\/revisions\/18676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}