Jaguars vs. Falcons: Who Will Prevail in Tough Matchup?

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - Another fishy one I would probably say is Falcons

00:05 and Jaguars in London, 9.30 a.m. coming up on Sunday.

00:09 This is the beginning of back-to-back games

00:12 where the Jaguars essentially are calling London home.

00:15 The total is 43 and a half.

00:18 And I gotta tell you, Jacob, I am a little surprised.

00:21 I thought Jacksonville would at least look like

00:25 one of the best teams in the National Football League.

00:28 They definitely have not through three weeks.

00:31 So is it now time for them to hit their spot?

00:35 Or are we just gonna look at them

00:37 as a disappointment this season?

00:38 'Cause this is a game very clearly they have to win

00:40 if they're gonna be considered in that upper echelon.

00:43 - Yeah, I think this is maybe not a must-win game for them,

00:47 but if they don't show at least something on offense

00:49 against good Atlanta defense,

00:50 I think people are gonna be way less confident

00:53 in the Jaguars.

00:54 And they can end up slipping behind in that division

00:56 because Indianapolis has been surprisingly strong

00:58 out of the chute.

01:00 So if Jacksonville struggles here against the Falcons

01:04 and drops to one and three,

01:05 that would not end up being a good situation for them.

01:08 I think that this could end up being a close game, though.

01:11 I'm higher on Atlanta than most.

01:12 I know a lot of people will say,

01:13 "Oh, why are you backing Desmond Ritter here?"

01:15 I'm not backing Desmond Ritter.

01:17 My thought process here is Atlanta,

01:19 when they're at their best, has a very good run game,

01:21 and their defense is much better this year

01:23 than it was last year.

01:25 We even saw that last week against the Lions.

01:27 The Lions only scored 20 points against them.

01:29 Lions have pretty good offense.

01:30 So I think the Falcons may be able to keep this one close.

01:34 The one thing I worry about, though,

01:35 is if the Jaguars do come out

01:37 and kind of punch the Falcons in the mouth, get up early,

01:40 the Falcons do not have the type of passing offense

01:42 to get back in this game.

01:43 So they're gonna be a team that if you fall behind early,

01:46 they're almost never gonna cover.

01:47 So I might not end up betting the Falcons in this game,

01:50 but I think they're a little frisky team

01:52 that could give the Jaguars more trouble

01:53 than people realize.

01:54 Atlanta's pretty underrated right now, in my opinion.

01:57 (upbeat music)

02:00 (bells chiming)

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