NFL Jaguars vs. Texans London Preview, Odds and Picks

We get to kick off on Sunday out in London once again, Craig, here with the Jaguars, who stayed out there, which they have done, I believe, three other times in their existence, where they go there, they play two games overseas. They did barely beat Philadelphia last week, but they have been pretty good in those second games. obviously hanging out there for a week getting assimilated seems to favor them a little bit and Houston I don't want to say beating Tennessee was nothing but it kind of was nothing right now they got to hop on a plane fly overseas division rival uh the Jags two and a half uh the total is at 42 and a half I think we see a better Jags team but call me crazy I still don't know what we're going to get from Houston, at least offensively anyway. Yeah, he'll get a little shot in the arm with Harrison, but I don't know what kind of impact he can have in the first week of the season, but maybe a back-end touchdown. Houston gave up a lot for him, and you don't make a trade like that if you're not trading for now and for the future, too. So I suspect Houston will be one of the better teams over the next few months. Jacksonville is probably a better team than Houston at the end of the season, but Jacksonville is playing a little charmed, it feels like, right now, like a little fortunate with some of the games that they've had. And then I guess you could play the flip side and say they should have beat Denver in Denver when they had that big lead and blew it too. Jacksonville is a tough team to read because the game against Philadelphia was a game against Philly was a loss and they somehow came back and won that game. Better offense. Maybe a little bit. I would say Jacksonville. Right. Maybe a little bit better, but not a lot. And defensively, yes, Jacksonville on paper right now, statistically, is far better than Houston. But Houston, I thought, was the best defense in the NFL. One of them. They haven't been able to stop anybody. So this is a tough one. I don't know. Maybe I'm going to just continue the trend of Houston not looking like Houston and go over the total. And maybe their defense is just not going to be good this season, and that's it. Because they just keep giving up points every week, Joe. When is that week when they win 19-3 like they did all last year? Hasn't happened. If they start, now again, a loss here would be 1-5. It's over, right? I mean, you beat Tennessee, okay, but you can't start 1-5 in that division, can you? Well, I'm trying to think. So, assuming Buffalo and assuming Denver, that's two. Assuming Kansas City, that's three. Assuming Baltimore is four. uh no they can joe look it just tells you right there that doesn't eliminate them no one in five they're still alive because the you know who are they fighting with cincinnati but that last spot one two three four five six so is it six teams that make it in each conference is that is that correct or is it more than that i think it's an extra one now isn't there and they're like an extra like playing game now or something no no i think it is seven is it I think only the best, the top seed gets to bye, right? Is that it? That's the only team that gets to bye? I think that's it, yeah. No, I think it's only the top seed now. Okay, so it's not it for Houston, but yes, it's big trouble, clearly. But again, throw that graphic up again, if you wouldn't mind, because we get to see who they're fighting against. So, is it formidable, Cincinnati? No. Does Denver look very good? No. Does New England look very good? No. Is Jacksonville that good? No. Those first three teams, yes, Buffalo, Baltimore, but I wouldn't say it's over, but it would be very unlikely if they were to start 1-5 in the playoffs. Yes, I would agree with that statement. Unlikely. Fourteen teams, seven per conference, four division winners, three wildcards. Seven. Yeah, seven. That's like they definitely would be right in the mix even with a 1-5 record and they somehow go 8-4 the rest of the way, they're in, 9-7. Or 9-8, I'm sorry, 9-8 Yeah, 9-8, give you a chance That's another one That I don't know I have to take a look