Jags at Niners will be an intriguing matchup
At first glance the NFL football odds aficionado might be confused when he or she takes a look at the NFL odds for the Jacksonville Jaguars at the San Francisco Forty-Niners in week 12. The Jags (6-4) are 3 underdogs to the host Niners who at 4-6 have struggled all year.
But wins and losses in the NFL football odds don’t always tell the whole story and the jags are the softest 6-4 team in football odds history. Perhaps that’s a bit of hyperbole but when you take a look at the teams that the Jags have played and a decent team would probably 8-2 against the pushover opponents.
The Jags have beaten the Texans, Seahawks, Rams, Titans and Chiefs, hardly Murderer’s Row. The Jags have yet to be play a decent team since mid-September and it will interesting to see how the team fairs in against a better caliber of team. Granted the Niners are not going to win a Super Bowl anytime soon, but nor are they as bad as their 4-6 record would indicate.
The Jags success in the football odds this year has come from running the ball down opponents throats and Maurice Jones-Drew is a terrific back. He’ll give the Niners problems but San Fran’s bread and butter all year has been its D. Led by middle linebacker/beast Patrick Willis this unit ranks sixth in the NFL football odds rush defense giving up just 94.7 per game.
The Jags haven’t had great NFL football odds success passing the ball this year and QB David Garrard will be forced to pass his team to victory. The chances of that are slim and the Niners should be able to win an ugly one in front of the home crowd.