The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 17 Jacksonville Jaguars at New England Patriots Sunday afternoon game.
| Jacksonville | Rank | @ | New England | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.5 | Spread | -15.5 | ||
| 13 | Implied Total | 28.5 | ||
| 14.5 | 32 | Points/Gm | 25.9 | 11 |
| 26.4 | 27 | Points All./Gm | 17.3 | 1 |
| 61.2 | 28 | Plays/Gm | 61.5 | 25 |
| 63 | 15 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 61.7 | 10 |
| 5 | 25 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.6 | 16 |
| 5.6 | 21 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.1 | 4 |
| 37.47% | 28 | Rush% | 46.15% | 6 |
| 62.53% | 5 | Pass% | 53.85% | 27 |
| 46.46% | 28 | Opp. Rush % | 43.63% | 22 |
| 53.54% | 5 | Opp. Pass % | 56.37% | 11 |
- The Jaguars are a league-worst 4-11 against the spread this season.
- The Jaguars have the worst point differential in the league (-179 points) while the next closest team is at -127.
- The Jaguars are averaging a league-low 1.32 points per possession.
- The Patriots are allowing a league-low 1.56 points per possession.
- The Jaguars are averaging 2.2 sacks plus turnovers per game, the fewest in the league.
- Jacksonville is the only team in the league to trail by double-digits for over half of their offensive snaps (50.7%).
- Sunday was the first time that a team did not punt against New England in a game since Bill Belichick joined the team in 2000.
Quarterback
Mac Jones: Jones is coming off the worst start of his rookie season, completing 43.8% of his passes for 4.5 yards per pass attempt with zero touchdowns and two interceptions against the Bills. Jones has now given us four QB1 scoring weeks as a rookie to go along with another 11 starts in the back half of weekly scoring at his position.
As a positive, Jones gets a Jacksonville defense that has forced the fewest turnovers (seven) in the league, is 28th in the league in sacks (26), and is 20th in passing points allowed per attempt (0.44) to offer appeal for Jones as a 2QB option.