The Jacksonville Jaguars were responsible for a lot of survivor pools ending last week when they lost 37-17 to the Houston Texans. Among the many who didn’t the result coming were pundits who overwhelmingly picked the Jaguars to get to 2-1 in Week 3.
Can they get back to .500 with a bounce-back performance against the Atlanta Falcons? Experts think so.
Buy Jaguars TicketsThe Falcons opened their season with back-to-back wins, but were dominated by the Detroit Lions in a 20-6 loss last week. Through three weeks, Atlanta is bottom 10 in the NFL in both points scored and total offense.
In a game between two teams looking to get their season back on track, here’s a roundup of who pundits are picking in the Week 4 matchup:
USA Today
Chris Bumbaca: Jaguars 21-20
Jarrett Bell: Jaguars 24-20
Lorenzo Reyes: Jaguars 25-13
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz: Jaguars 34-24
Nate Davis: Falcons 23-20
Safid Deen: Jaguars 24-20
Tyler Dragon: Jaguars 27-17
Victoria Hernandez: Jaguars 17-10
NFL.com
Ali Bhanpuri: Jaguars 23-21
Brooke Cersosimo: Jaguars 26-24
Dan Parr: Jaguars 24-20
Gennaro Filice: Falcons 23-21
Tom Blair: Jaguars 24-20
ESPN
Matt Bowen: Jaguars
Mike Clay: Jaguars
Jeremy Fowler: Jaguars
Dan Graziano: Jaguars
Kimberley Martin: Falcons
Eric Moody: Jaguars
Jason Reid: Falcons
Lindsey Thiry: Jaguars
Sam Wickersham: Jaguars
CBS Sports
Pete Prisco: Jaguars
Will Brinson: Falcons
Jared Dubin: Jaguars
Ryan Wilson: Falcons
John Breech: Jaguars
Tyler Sullivan: Jaguars
Dave Richard: Falcons
Jamey Eisenberg: Jaguars
Sporting News
This is an interesting matchup by two teams that stumbled in Week 3. Jacksonville is 6-4 S/U at home under Doug Pederson the last two seasons. Trevor Lawrence has a balanced passing attack, and Calvin Ridley scores a TD against his former team. The Jags also rank eighth against the run (84.0 ypg.). Stick with the home team here.
Pick: Jaguars 31, Falcons 21
Athlon Sports
Alek Arend: Jaguars 31-21
Matt Audilet: Jaguars 27-24
Cameron Flynn: Falcons 24-23
Bleacher Report
Bleacher Report’s Week 4 picks
Gary Davenport: Jaguars
Brad Gagnon: Jaguars
Ian Hanford: Jaguars
Kris Knox: Jaguars
Maurice Moton: Jaguars
Wes O’Donnell: Jaguars
Brent Sobleski: Jaguars
Bottom Line
It’s not quite as overwhelming as the landslide of experts who picked the Jaguars to win in Weeks 1 and 3, but most still believe in the team’s potential. Here’s the final tally of picks:
Jaguars: 33
Falcons: 8
