{"id":31919,"date":"2013-12-20T18:27:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31919"},"modified":"2013-12-20T18:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:27:40","slug":"afc-south-betting-picks-week-16-tennessee-titans-at-jacksonville-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/afc-south-betting-picks-week-16-tennessee-titans-at-jacksonville-jaguars-31919\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC South Betting Picks Week 16: Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars
\nEverBank Field – Jacksonville, Florida<\/strong>
\nSunday, December 22, 2013, 1:00 pm Eastern, TV: CBS, NFL Sunday Ticket<\/strong>
\nOpening Line: Tennessee -5 1\/2<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line: Tennessee -5<\/strong>
\nOpening Total: 44<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total: 44<\/strong>
\nOpening Money Line: Titans -245 \/ Jaguars +205<\/strong>
\nCurrent Money Line: Titans -225 \/ Jaguars +185<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 5-9 Titans travel to the 4-10 Jaguars in an AFC South battle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 5-9 Tennessee Titans travel to the 4-10 Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday. Although both teams are eliminated from playoff contention, they will not finish last in their division as the 2-12 Houston Texans have the league’s worst record. The 9-5 Indianapolis Colts have already clinched the AFC South title.<\/p>\n

Since 2001, Tennessee leads the series 14-11 against Jacksonville. The Jaguars won 28-27 in Nashville November 10. It was the first win for Jacksonville after an 0-8 start. The Jaguars have gone 4-2 since then. Jacksonville had a safety and a defensive touchdown in the fourth quarter to secure the upset.<\/p>\n

Tennessee is coached by Mike Munchak, who is in jeopardy of losing his job. The Titans started off the season 3-1, but have gone 2-8 since then. Tennessee has home wins over the San Diego Chargers 20-17 and New York Jets 38-13, along with road wins at the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-9, St. Louis Rams 28-21, and Oakland Raiders 23-19. The Titans have road losses at the Texans 30-24, Seattle Seahawks 20-13, Colts 22-14, and Denver Broncos 51-28, along with home losses to the Kansas City Chiefs 26-17, San Francisco 49ers 31-17, Jaguars, Colts 30-27, and last week against the Arizona Cardinals 37-34 in overtime. The Titans have lost 3 straight games. Tennessee is 6-7-1 ATS and the total is 9-4-1 this season. The Titans were 2.5 point underdogs against the Cardinals and the total was 43.<\/p>\n

Tennessee is outscoring teams 25-23. The Titans are #18 in scoring and #19 in points allowed. Tennessee is averaging 338.1 yards per game including 226.6 passing and 111.5 rushing yards. The Titans are #21 in total and passing offense and #20 in rushing. On defense, Tennessee is allowing 345 yards per game including 225.9 passing and 119.1 rushing yards. The Titans are #14 in total defense, #10 in passing defense, and #23 in rush defense. Tennessee is -3 in turnovers. The Titans are 95\/213 on third and fourth downs conversions and opponents are 68\/188. Tennessee has forced and allowed 33 sacks this season. The Titans have 4 defensive\/special teams touchdowns, and opponents have six. Tennessee averages 59 penalty yards per game and opponents average 51.<\/p>\n

Tennessee quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick took over for Jake Locker who is out for the season with a broken foot. Fitzpatrick has completed 61.7% of his passes for 2,107 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, along with 38 carries, 226 yards and 3 touchdowns. He has been sacked 17 times this season. Locker completed 60.7% of his passes for 1,256 yards with 8 touchdowns and 4 interceptions, along with 24 carries for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was sacked 16 times.<\/p>\n

Running back Chris Johnson has 230 carries for 860 yards and 5 touchdowns, along with 38 catches, 328 yards and 4 touchdowns. He is probable with a knee injury. Shonn Greene has 52 catches for 194 yards and 3 touchdowns, along with 5 catches. Jackie Battle has 35 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown, along with 2 catches for 30 yards.<\/p>\n

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Receiver Kendall Wright has 85 catches for 1,007 yards and 2 touchdowns. Nate Washington has 50 catches for 763 yards and 2 touchdowns. Delanie Walker has 53 catches for 507 yards and 6 touchdowns. Justin Hunter has 18 catches for 354 yards and 4 touchdowns. Damian Williams has 14 catches for 146 yards but is questionable with a quad injury. Kenny Britt has 11 catches for 96 yards. Michael Preston has only 5 catches, but 2 of them went for touchdowns. Receiver Kevin Walter is out for the season with a back injury. Four defensive players and two offensive linemen are listed as questionable or out.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars are coached by Gus Bradley in his first year. Jacksonville has road wins over the Tennessee Titans 29-27, Houston Texans 13-6, and at the Cleveland Browns 32-28, along with a home win over the Texans 27-10. The Jaguars have home losses to the Kansas City Chiefs 28-2, the Indianapolis Colts 37-3, the San Francisco 49ers 42-10 in London \u00a0 \u00a0(technically a \u00a0Jags’ home game), the San Diego Chargers 24-6, Arizona Cardinals 27-14 and last week against the Buffalo Bills 27-20, along with road losses at the Oakland Raiders 19-9, the Seattle Seahawks 45-17, the St. Louis Rams 34-20 \u00a0and the Denver Broncos 35-19. The Jaguars are 5-9 ATS and the total is 9-5 this season. Jacksonville was an 4 point underdog against Buffalo last week and the total was 43.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars are being outscored 29-16 this season. Jacksonville is last in scoring and #30 in points allowed. The Jaguars are averaging \u00a0291.1 yards per game \u00a0(#31) including the #26 passing game at 207.6 yards and are #30 in rushing at 82.5 yards per game. The defense isn’t much better. Jacksonville is allowing 381.8 yards per game including 249.9 passing and 131.9 rushing yards. The Jaguars are #28 in total defense and #30 in rush defense. Jacksonville is -4 in turnovers. The Jaguars are 73\/222 on third and fourth down conversions and opponents are 90\/204. Jacksonville has allowed 45 quarterback sacks this season and forced 27. The Jags have allowed 4 defensive touchdowns this season and has 2 of their own. Jacksonville is averaging 50 penalty yards per game and opponents are averaging 50.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville QB Chad Henne \u00a0has completed 60% of his passes for 2673 yards with 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He has been sacked 33 times this season and has 76 rushing yards. Blaine Gabbert started a few games earlier in the season. Gabbert has completed 48.8% of his passes for 481 yards with a touchdown and 7 picks, along with 9 carries for 32 yards. He has been sacked 12 times.<\/p>\n

Running back Maurice Jones-Drew has 208 carries, 719 yards and 5 touchdown, along with \u00a034 catches for 239 yards. He is doubtful with a hamstring injury after missing last week. Jordan Todman has 68 carries for 247 yards with 2 touchdowns along with 12 catches for 99 yards and a touchdown. He is probable with a shoulder injury. Denard Robinson has 19 carries for 55 yards. \u00a0Little used running back Justin Forsett is out with a broken foot.<\/p>\n

Receiver Cecil Shorts has 66 catches, 777 yards and 3 touchdowns. He is out for the season with a groin injury. Justin Blackmon returned from a 4 game suspension for violating the NFL”s substance abuse policy, and played in a few games. However, he failed another drug test and is suspended at least until next season. He had 29 catches for 415 yards and a touchdown. Ace Sanders has 41 catches for 414 yards and a touchdown. Mike Brown has 24 catches for 332 yards and a touchdown. Tight end Clay Harbor has 21 catches, 281 yards and 2 touchdown. Marcedes Lewis has 18 catches for 239 yards and 3 touchdowns. He is questionable with a thigh injury. Receivers Stephen Williams (Achilles) and Stephen Burton (concussion) are both out. Eight defensive players and four offensive linemen are listed on the injury report.<\/p>\n

Tennessee is 4-1 ATS against teams with losing records, 5-2 in road games, 4-9-1 after allowing 350 total yards or more, 8-25-1 after passing for 250 yards or more, 1-4 against teams with losing home records, 3-12-1 against AFC South teams, 2-9 in December, 1-5 overall, and against AFC teams, 1-6 on grass, 1-7 after scoring 30 points or m0re, and 0-4 in week 16. The under is 5-2-1 in this series recently and 5-1 in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville is 4-1 ATS against AFC teams, 5-2 against AFC South teams, 6-13 overall, 3-7 after a straight up loss, and against teams with losing records, 4-11 in week 16, 10-29-1 after allowing more than 350 total yards, 1-4 against teams with losing road records, and after allowing more than 150 rushing yards, and 1-6 at home. The Jaguars have covered 5 of the last 6 against the Titans.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville has been playing a lot better than Tennessee recently, but the jaguars are very banged up right now. I think Tennessee wins a high scoring game on the road.<\/p>\n

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