After a much-needed bye week for the Jacksonville Jaguars, their position among the sportsbooks remains the same as they’ve found themselves listed as underdogs yet again for Week 9. With their divisional foes in the Houston Texans up next, the crew over at BetMGM have them specifically down as 6.5-point underdogs, which is a full point higher than their Week 5 meeting.
The Texans and the Jaguars both hold similar records at 1-6, however, the Texans hold the advantage as they defeated the Jags by the score of 30-14 last month. Sunday’s game will be at TIAA Bank Field this time around and the Jags will be coming off a bye week (so will Houston), which could help them health-wise.
Houston will come into Sunday’s game with the lead in the all-time series as they have an impressive 24-13 record against the Jags. They will also be riding a five-game win streak against the Cardiac Cats, with the last Jags victory coming Week 1 of the 2017 season.
When searching for the Jags’ last home win against the Texans, fans will have to go back a year further to Dec. 5 of 2013. On that day the Jags were able to be victorious by a touchdown as the final ended up settling at a 27-20 figure.
When looking at the money line, the Jags are a +235 underdog, which means a $100 wager on the Jags would win a bettor $235. As for the over/under, it’s set at 51.5 points for the time being.
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