Jaguars Set to End Dubious Streak Against Titans on Thursday Night

Jacksonville Opened as a 3-point Home Favorite Against Tennessee.

Two of the worst teams in the NFL will meet in the final Thursday Night Football matchup of the 2014 season when the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-12) host the Tennessee Titans (2-12). Bettors can pick their poison between these two AFC South squads, but Jacksonville is expected to end a streak of 42 straight games as an underdog, with the Jaguars opening as 3-point favorites against the Titans at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook (click here to check latest NFL odds).

Tennessee is riding a league-worst eight-game losing streak, and the team's last victory actually came at home versus Jacksonville back in Week 6, 16-14. The Titans started Charlie Whitehurst at quarterback in that game, and he will be under center again here due to injuries to rookie Zach Mettenberger (shoulder) and Jake Locker (arm). Whitehurst's only win in five games this year came against the Jaguars, as he completed 17-of-28 passes for a season-high 233 yards and kicker Ryan Succop connected on three field goals.

Jacksonville is playing in primetime for the first and last time in 2014 and will try to snap a two-game skid after losing to the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans over the past two weeks. The Jaguars led the Ravens 12-10 at halftime thanks to four field goals from kicker Josh Scobee, but they could not get on the scoreboard again the rest of the game. Jacksonville still managed to cover the spread as 14-point road underdogs to improve to 4-11-2 vs. the line in its last 17 games. Jaguars QB Blake Bortles is listed as probable on the NFL injury report despite a sore ankle.

This could be a low-scoring game based on past meetings between the teams, with the "under" going 7-3 in the previous 10. The "under" is also 7-2 in Jacksonville's last nine games as a favorite and 7-3 in the team's past 10 overall. The Jaguars obviously have not been favored in a long time, but they are 5-2 straight-up and against the spread in their last seven games under that scenario.  

Tennessee has won three of the past four meetings with Jacksonville but has gone 1-6-1 ATS in the last eight games between the teams. The Titans are just 4-16-2 vs. the line in their previous 22 games overall, winning only five of them.

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