Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Betting Odds
Opening Betting Line: Titans -3 O/U 45
Time: 8:30 PM Monday October 18, 2010 on ESPN
On Monday night's game between a couple of 3-2 teams in the AFC South the Jacksonville Jaguars host the Tennessee Titans. There is a logjam in the AFC South, as every team in the division sits at 3-2. The Titans are coming off an impressive win at Dallas and RB Chris Johnson was stellar and the Tennessee defense came up big at the end of the game. The Jaguars have won 2 straight including beating the Colts a couple weeks back.
This season the Titans have yet to lose on the road (2-0) and the Jaguars are 2-1 at home.
Both teams are 3-2 ATS this season.
The Titans have covered the spread in 5 of the last 7 meetings with the Jaguars, but betting on them is a tough call since the home team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 games between these 2 teams and the underdog is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings between Jags and the Titans.
Also, wagering on the Titans is tough considering they have only covered the spread one time in their last 11 games when facing a team that has a winning record.
In their last games the Titans beat the Dallas Cowboys in the Big D 34-27 and the Jaguars beat the Buffalo Bills 36-26.
The Titans only have the league's 28th ranked passing offense led by Vince Young, who did not put up big numbers in the Dallas game (12/25 173 yards 2 TD), but he managed the game well and did not make many mistakes. Johnson and the defense carried them in the game and Johnson will be facing a Jags' rushing defense that has been decent giving up an average of 102.8 rushing yards per game.
Young may want to air it out more in this game, as Jacksonville's secondary has really struggled this season giving up an average of 282.2 passing yards per game.
Much like the Titans the Jaguars are led by their rushing offense, which ranks 4th in the league in rushing yards per game while their passing offense only ranks 26th. QB David Garrard has been up and down this season and the Jags' main weapon on offense is RB Maurice Jones-Drew. These teams are also similar on defense, as Tennessee has been solid defending the run, but their pass D ranks 27th in the league in opponents passing yards per game.
With each team very similar on offense and defense turnovers will be key in this game and the team that does not turn the ball over and can defend the run better has the big advantage this Monday night.
In other betting trends for this game:
Tennessee is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games as a favorite and has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 road games.
Jacksonville is 5-14 ATS in their last 19 home games, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against teams with a winning record, and has an Over record of 4-1 in their last 5 games when they are the underdog.
Our Selection : Sure the Titans are 2-0 on the road and they have what most would consider faced superior competition. However, Tennessee has given up HUGe chunks of offense in both victories (Giants 427 yards and Dallas 511 yards). They appeared to get every break with +4 turnover margin in each game. While the Jags and especially QB Garrard have been turnover prone at times this season, we feel that the Titans good foetune on the turnover margin will end in Jacksonville.
Take Jacksonville +3 at SportsInteraction.com.