Jets at Jaguars Week 15 predictions: Jacksonville can't drop this one

Who will it be? Justin Fields? Tyrod Taylor? Brady Cook?

Regardless of who starts at quarterback for the New York Jets at the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Dec. 14, it looks like a favorable matchup for the home team.

Fields missed last week's game with a knee injury, and he hasn't been good this season anyhow.

Taylor is a career backup who suffered a groin injury early in the Jets' loss to the Dolphins last week.

And Cook is an undrafted rookie who wasn't ready for NFL action, and it showed in his performance.

Fields and Taylor will be assessed prior to Sunday's game because the Jets would prefer not start their unfinished rookie project.

When you pair all that up against a Jaguars defense that is among the best in the league, this game should be easy for Jacksonville, right?

One would hope so, but the Jaguars have struggled this season at times against backups in situations that should have been easy.

Do any of our experts think the Jets have a shot? Or will this be a clean sweep of picks in favor of the Jags? Let's find out.

DEMETRIUS HARVEY

Jaguars beat writer

Jaguars 31, Jets 13

This is the type of game you could sleepwalk into, but the Jaguars haven't shown they're wont to do that this year. It ought to be an easy one with the caveat that no game in the NFL is actually "easy."

Season: 10-3 (Won last week)

MIKE DiROCCO

ESPN

Jaguars 24, Jets 13

A couple early scores should allow the Jaguars to get a lead and then turn to Travis Etienne Jr., Bhayshul Tuten and LeQuint Allen to control the rest of the game against the Jets, who have given up 406 yards rushing in their last two games.

Season: 7-6 (Won last week)

RYAN O'HALLORAN

Times-Union Sports columnist

Jaguars 31, Jets 13

Pro Football Reference’s game-by-game database for takeaways dates back to 1940. The New York Jets’ two takeaways entering their Dec. 14 game against the Jaguars ranks last.  Last. No team has been worse creating takeaways this late in a season in 85 years. The next-closest is San Francisco (five) in 2018.

The Jets also have no interceptions, also the worst during that span. That 2018 49ers team is next with two interceptions.

It really is simple for the Jaguars as a double-digit favorite for the first time since December 2007: If they don’t turn it over, they will win and win handily.

The only concerning part for Jaguars coach Liam Coen should be the Jets are due for an interception.

“They’ve definitely had their hands on (the football),” Coen said. “You can definitely see their ability to attack the football when it’s in the air. Just haven’t gotten one yet.”

To Coen’s point, the NFL has credited the Jets with 58 defensed passes. They have to catch one eventually.

The Jaguars run it 40 times against the league’s 30th-ranked run defense and play turnover-free to stay in the AFC South lead and clinch their first 10-win season since 2017.

Season: 9-4 (Won last week)

GARRY SMITS

Times-Union Sports reporter

Jaguars 26, Jets 10

I sort of see this as another version of the Titans game. The Jaguars might not dominate but neither will the issue be in doubt. After the overtime victory over Arizona and the routs of Tennessee and Indianapolis, there could easily be a tendency to let the mind drift to a week later in the Rocky Mountains for a showdown with the Broncos, but Liam Coen has a knack for forcing the team's attention back to the issue at hand. I think this is a TCB kind of game. Not flashy but not a problem.

Season: 7-6 (Lost last week)

JUSTON LEWIS

Times-Union Sports reporter

Jaguars 27, Jets 13

If this game was in three years it might play out differently. Ya know, after the Jets draft eight combined times in the first two rounds over the next two years. But it's not. Jaguars should roll.

Season: 7-6 (Won last week)

CLAYTON FREEMAN

Times-Union Sports reporter

Jaguars 26, Jets 17

The Jags have an uncomfortable habit of leaving things too close for comfort against thoroughly beatable teams (see Arizona and Las Vegas). But the J-E-T-S are B-A-D. Jacksonville should — emphasis on should — roll through this one.

Season: 7-6 (Won last week)

TIM WALTERS

Times-Union Sports Editor

Jaguars 27, Jets 6

I wonder if Aaron Glenn is having second thoughts about taking the Jets job? I feel bad for him. It's hard for me to see a scenario where the Jets win this game. The Jaguars are good at stopping the run and they've been a menace to opposing quarterbacks, especially over the past four games. The Jets may stick around early, but the Jaguars should have no problem in putting this game away by early in the second half.

Season: 8-5 (Won last week)

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