Welcome to Huge Cat Nation’s employees roundtable! This week, we’re previewing Week 15’s matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets at EverBank Stadium.
The Jaguars are 3.5-point underdogs, in response to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Query 1: What’s your greatest concern in regards to the Jaguars this week?
Dillon Appleman: Legitimately involved about stumbling into one other win and being completely out of the Travis Hunter/Tetairoa McMillan/Mason Graham window of the draft. The sphere will get fairly skinny concerning affect gamers at want positions for this workforce after these guys are off the board.
Travis Holmes: Now we have formally entered the portion of the season the place I’ve to determine new ways in which the Jaguars can harm me. After successful simply two video games within the first 12 weeks, the Jaguars discovered a strategy to instantly win the week following elimination from playoff rivalry. My greatest concern is the Jaguars persevering with to win video games that they merely should not, transferring from the primary decide within the NFL Draft to ninth.
Gus Logue: Can the offense rating sufficient factors to win? Jacksonville has totaled 7, 6, and 10 factors within the three video games Mac Jones began this yr. New York’s protection fell off as quickly as Robert Saleh was fired, however I’d belief any unit over a Jones-led offense. Brian Thomas Jr. is the one purpose this workforce threatens to attain double-digit factors with out Trevor Lawrence.
Henry Zimmer: My greatest concern is how the Jags on offense will function in opposition to a stable Jets protection. Whereas the Jets might not have performed as much as their normal, it’s nonetheless a really harmful group and the Jags are a wounded unit on offense.
Query 2: When you may ‘steal’ a participant from the Jets and place them on the Jaguars’ roster, who would it not be?
Dillon: Quinnen Williams. The previous All-Professional DT has practically twice as many sacks this season by himself (6) than the Jags’ total inside defensive position group mixed (3.5).
Travis: As an admittedly biased “secondary man,” I’d be insane to not go together with Sauce Gardner right here. Sadly, I’m feeling somewhat loopy immediately, as Jacksonville’s inside defensive entrance can be in dire want of rehabilitation. Right here enters All-Professional DT Quinnen Williams. Including a dominant run stopper and move rusher to play subsequent to Arik Armstead and a rotating Maason Smith helps the secondary in a different way, by preserving opposing quarterbacks below strain.
Gus: Gardner or Williams would supply star energy at positions of want on protection, however I can’t get the picture of Garrett Wilson operating routes alongside Brian Thomas Jr. out of my head. He’d be a worthy luxurious decide to pair with BT and Trevor Lawrence long-term.
Henry: Stealing Sauce Gardner is a no brainer I believe. On the very least, Gardner brings an added perspective the Jags lack. It additionally wouldn’t harm our move protection which is permitting groups to finish 69.6% of their passes (third worst within the league).
Query 3: Who would be the greatest X-factor on Sunday?
Dillon: Aaron Rodgers hasn’t had the season Jets followers hoped he would in 2024, however one thing tells me he may very well be primed for a classic A-Rod efficiency on Sunday. The Jags’ protection ranks lifeless final in opponent passer score allowed this season so Rodgers may look to show he’s nonetheless acquired some left within the tank in opposition to this unit.
Travis: Sunday’s sport, from my perspective, will relaxation on how usually Rodgers feels the necessity to tinker with the play name earlier than the snap. This has been an ongoing subject for the Jets’ offense all through 2024, as Rodgers continuously makes his audibles, sight changes, or scorching routes from the road of scrimmage, abandoning the initially schemed play. The query for Sunday is: will Rodgers enable the performs referred to as from the sideline to undergo, or will he go for the much less environment friendly isolation, sideline routes we have come to know to like from him?
Gus: Josh Hines-Allen. He has an intriguing matchup this week in opposition to eleventh general decide Olu Fashanu, who’s performed very properly in latest weeks. However, Hines-Allen ought to be capable of win this matchup in opposition to a less-experienced participant, and he’ll have to for the Jaguars to carry the Jets to minimal scoring.
Henry: Regardless of me desirous to steal Gardner, I believe Aaron Rogers would be the sport’s X-factor. There may be merely no telling what model of Rogers seems on Sunday which is frightening even at his age.
Closing rating prediction?
Dillon: Jets 24, Jaguars 9
Travis: Jets 27, Jaguars 17
Gus: Jets 17, Jaguars 13
Henry: Jets 17, Jaguars 13
What are your Week 15 predictions, Jaguars followers? Tell us within the feedback!