Jaguars stave off Texans yet again
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The concept is simple: each week, players pick one NFL team to win. If that team loses, you’re eliminated. If it wins, you move on. However, the catch is that you can’t pick a team more than once for the entire season. The ultimate goal is to outlast everyone else in your pool.
After 15 weeks of play, the Houston Texans (9-5) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (10-4) are in the home stretch of their race for the AFC South. Each team has three games left before the postseason begins, and both teams have no intention of letting go the rope just yet.
Over at DraftKings, the Jaguars are -165 to win the division, while the Texans are +150 and the Colts are +2200. And as of this writing, our friends at Sportsline give the Jaguars a 47% chance to win the division, while the Texans have a 34% chance and the Colts are down at 17%.
The Jaguars are set to enter hostile territory in Week 16 when Lawrence and company travel to face the Denver Broncos and a hostile Mile High Stadium crowd. On Wednesday, Lawrence discussed the challenge the Jaguars' offense will face in terms of their operation.
If the season ended today, the Houston Texans would be in the playoffs. Here's where they stand now, and where they could possibly end up.
The full AFC playoff picture has the Broncos at No. 1, Patriots at No. 2, Jaguars at No. 3, Steelers at No. 4, Chargers at No. 5, Bills at No. 6 and the Texans are the No. 7 seed. The Colts and Ravens are still on the bubble.
The Houston Texans bolstered their roster with Cody Schrader, whose ties to the coaching staff could make him a seamless fit.
On the flip side, the Jaguars' impressive first-year head coach, Liam Coen, is aware of the huge threat the likes of Nik Bonitto will present on Sunday. "They've got personnel that can go," Coen said via Garry Smits of Jacksonville's Florida Times-Union.