Ravens vs Jaguars Best Bets: 3 Picks & Props for Sunday Night Football
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The Sunday NFL Week 15 slate concludes with an AFC showdown at EverBank Stadium and we have Ravens vs Jaguars best bets, props, picks for Sunday Night Football.
The odds for Ravens vs Jaguars list the Ravens as 4-point favorites on the spread with an over/under of 41.5 or 42 total points, depending on the sportsbook. We have one betting analyst who makes the case for Baltimore covering the spread, plus player props for Trevor Lawrence and Zay Jones.
Our staff of NFL analysts are all over this game with this SNF betting preview. Here are our Ravens vs Jaguars best bets.
Ravens vs Jaguars Best Bets: 3 Picks & Props for Sunday Night Football
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Ravens vs Jaguars Odds
| Ravens Odds | ||
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| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-4 -105 | 41.5 -110o / -110u | -210 |
| Jaguars Odds | ||
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| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+4 -115 | 41.5 -110o / -110u | +175 |
Ravens vs. Jaguars
Jacksonville has struggled to prove itself against top teams this season. The Jaguars have played four games against teams in the top six in either conference and lost three of them, the lone win coming with an unprecedented travel advantage in London. That includes a blowout loss against the 49ers, a team the Ravens profile somewhat similarly too.
Baltimore is the better team on both sides of the ball. The rushing attack has been excellent, and though Jacksonville's defense is built to stop that, Lamar Jackson and the passing game should find plenty of answers against a faltering pass defense missing its two best players in the secondary. Baltimore's defense will also have the upper hand against a Jaguars' offense that hasn't been great against top competition, especially with Mike MacDonald's pressure against a bad offensive line that might be missing guys.
Take advantage of the key number while it's there and grab the Ravens. They're just the better team.
Editor's Note: The Ravens spread has moved to -4 at most sportsbooks as of 6:51 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Pick: Ravens -3 (-115)
Ravens vs. Jaguars
By Billy Ward
Trevor Lawrence is just two weeks removed from a high ankle sprain that he suffered in the Jaguars' Week 13 loss to the Browns. He managed to make an improbable return last week, but he was clearly still hampered by the injury and is unlikely to have made significant improvements over the past seven days.
In that game, Lawrence ran just three times for 11 yards. Both marks were well below his season long averages of 4.5 attempts for 20 yards, and that yardage average is dragged down by a handful of kneel downs in games the Jaguars won.
The other important consideration here is that Baltimore has one of the NFL's best defenses. The Ravens have limited opposing quarterbacks to just 3.38 rushing attempts per game, which is a bottom-five mark in the NFL.
While our projections have Lawrence finishing just above this mark with a mean of 16, that number is based more on his typical stats this season without the injury factored in. It's also a mean projection, which tends to be significantly higher than the median. Since we only care how often we win or lose this bet — not by how much — the median is the more relevant number.
I'm fine with paying the juice at other books down to -125, but wouldn't budge from the 13.5 line.
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Ravens vs. Jaguars
By Matt Trebby
This is a buy-low spot on Jones, whose role is going to increase in Christian Kirk’s absence.
The Jaguars’ loss in Cleveland last week is one they’ll want to forget about, but there was something to take away from it: Trevor Lawrence trusts Jones.
This was the Jags’ first game of the season without Kirk, who was a very reliable target in the passing game for Lawrence. While Lawrence was inefficient, gaining 257 passing yards on 50 attempts, it’s clear that this passing game will go through its top-three targets: Calvin Ridley, Evan Engram and Jones, who led the team with 14 targets.
Jones only caught five of those 14 targets, which tells me there’s serious regression coming for him. Over his last three games, Jones has caught just 11 of his 23 targets. That rate will increase, as will his production.
Baltimore’s pass defense is one of the NFL’s best, no doubt about that, but Jacksonville is going to throw the ball enough for Jones to get a few catches that’ll get him over 41.5 yards.
Sean Koerner projects Jones for 3.9 receptions and 45.2 receiving yards. I’ll bet the yards since that’s at -115 while there’s a lot of juice on over 3.5 receptions.
Pick: Zay Jones Over 41.5 Receiving Yards (-110)
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