Seattle Seahawks @

Jacksonville Jaguars

Sun, Dec 10
10:00 AM Pacific
Rotation: 111
Odds: Jacksonville Jaguars -2.5, Total: 40

Game Analysis

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Lean – JACKSONVILLE (-2.5) over Seattle

The Jaguars have the league’s best sack rate at 10.2% and on the surface it would seem like a great matchup for their defense against a Seahawks offensive line allowing the fourth-most pressures in the NFL. However, Seattle’s offensive line is much improved since the addition of left tackle Duane Brown. Since Brown was acquired, Russell Wilson has been under pressure on 23.1% of passing plays compared to 39.4% before Brown’s arrival.

Seattle’s rush defense got off to a poor start ranking 30th in my metrics through the first 8 weeks, however, they turned it around and haven’t allowed an opponent to average more than 3.8 yards per rush in the second half of the season. The Jaguars have the highest rushing rate in the league but I expect them to have trouble on the ground and I’m not sure Blake Bortles will be able to exploit this vulnerable Seahawks secondary without Kam Chancellor and Richard Sherman.

While the match-up may not be ideal for Jacksonville my ratings suggest that the line is fair and Seattle applies to a 44-100-2 ATS road letdown situation based on last week’s ‘upset’ of Philadelphia. I’ll lean slightly with Jacksonville at -2.5 or less.

  • Team Stats
  • Game Log
  • Seahawks
  • Jaguars
SEA
Offense
Defense



Pass



  • Pass Plays 39.0 38.8
  • Succ Pass Plays 47.3% 40.4%
  • Sack Rate 6.3% 6.9%
  • Int Rate 2.1% 2.4%
  • Deep Pass Rate 23.6% 23.8%
  • Big Pass Yards 42.7% 37.6%
  • NYPP 6.6 5.8



Rush


  • Rush Plays 27.4 26.1
  • RB YPR 2.9 3.5
  • Stuff Rate 27.8% 25.5%
  • Succ Rush Plays 37.3% 42.6%
  • Big Rush Yards 47.7% 35.9%
  • Yards Per Rush 3.8 3.8




Game

  • All Snaps 66.4 64.8
  • Early Down Succ 45.1% 42.3%
  • Succ Rate 43.0% 40.9%
  • Big Yards Rate 44.9% 40.4%
  • Yards Per Play 5.4 4.9
  • Fumble Lost Rate 0.4% 1.2%
  • Time Per Play (sec) 27.5 27.5
  • Run Ratio 41.2% 40.3%
  • Starting Field Pos 28.2 26.8
  • Game Control 0.9 -0.9
 
  • Points 24.2 18.5
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