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An inside look at the Jets-Jaguars Week 15 matchup in Jacksonville, Fla.:

Marquee matchup

Jaguars edge rushers Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen vs. Jets tackles Olu Fashanu and Morgan Moses

The Jets’ offensive line protected Aaron Rodgers pretty well last week until they gave up a couple of sacks late in the game. The challenge will be greater this week.

Walker, who was the No. 1 overall pick in 2022, has 8.5 sacks entering this game, and Hines-Allen has seven sacks.

Fashanu, the team’s first-round pick this year, has played well since stepping in for an injured Tyron Smith.

He allowed four touchdowns on 43 pass-blocking snaps against the Dolphins last week.

Moses has been one of the Jets’ team leaders and is dealing with a left wrist injury that will require him to wear a cast.

Rodgers played his best game of the season last week and has shown what he can do if given some time to operate.

The mission this week will be to slow down Walker and Hines-Allen.

“They’re, if not the best wing tandem they’re up there, they’re both just so similar in that way,” interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said. “They’re both long and fast, physical and relentless, and yeah, it’s going to be a big challenge. We’re going to have to account for those guys every single snap, and the second you don’t, that’s when they absolutely can rain a game, so it will be a big challenge for our tackles.”

Costello’s call

The Jets have made an art out of blowing plays, but I think they’ll pull this one off.

The Jaguars stink.

You could argue that the Jets do too, but I think they’ll snap their losing streak and win one in the fourth quarter.

Anders Carlson makes a game-winning field goal in the final seconds.

Jets 24, Jaguars 23

4 downs

Offensive encore: The Jets’ offense finally showed some life last week against the Dolphins. Can they get a repeat against the Jaguars?

They had a season-high 402 total yards and quarterback Aaron Rodgers snapped a 34-game streak without a 300-yard passing game as he threw for 339 yards.

The Jaguars are dead last in yards allowed this season and 31st in yards allowed.

The Jets haven’t scored more than 27 points in a game this year. Could this be the week?

“Situational football hasn’t been great for us and that’s why we haven’t reached 30 (points),” Rodgers said. “Situational football is very much about details, and that has sort of been our Achilles’ heel. I think a lot have been little details in the details of the pieces.”

Mac Attack: The Jaguars lost quarterback Trevor Lawrence for the season, which means the Jets will see Mac Jones this week.

The Jets are familiar with Jones from his time with the Patriots. In fact, Jones is 5-0 against the Jets in his career.

Jones helped the Jaguars to a 10-6 victory over the Titans last week, but he is 1-4 in his past five starts with no touchdowns and eight interceptions.

“Throughout my career so far, they’re the best defense I’ve gone against every year,” Jones said. “Obviously they know me and I’ve got some former teammates over there and guys I’ve played against five, six times.

“I’m definitely looking forward to it. I know their record is the same, but their defense is really outstanding.”

Feeling the pressure: The Jets had no sacks or quarterback hits on Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa last week despite throwing 47 passes.

The Jets brushed it off this week, pointing to how quickly Tagovailoa got rid of the ball.

The question this week is whether they can affect the quarterback more than they did against the Dolphins.

Will McDonald has been the only consistent pass rusher for the Jets this season with 10 sacks. Quinnen Williams has six sacks and then it falls off from there.

The team has really missed Jermaine Johnson, who suffered a season-ending injury in Week 2. Haason Reddick has had little impact since joining the team in October with just half a sack.

Breece is back: The Jets expect to have running back Breece Hall back this week after he missed the Dolphins game with a knee injury.

Hall has 692 rushing yards, so he has a chance to get to 1,000 yards with a big finish to the season. Hall has 46 receptions, which is second on the team behind Garrett Wilson, so he will also help the passing game.

The Jets could get a nice three-headed rushing attack with Hall, Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis coming in over the last two games.