New York Jets vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game inactive

The Jets, on their second Florida road trip in a week, host the Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville this afternoon.

The big question for the Jets is whether they can demonstrate that they are the better team in this matchup of 3-10 outfits, both of which have lost close games all season. The Jets have lost nine of their last 10 games and have lost seven of their last eight by eight points or fewer. The Jaguars, who ended a five-game losing streak with a 10-6 win at Tennessee last week, are 2-7 this season in one-score losses.

Offensively, it will be interesting for Jets fans to see if Aaron Rodgers and the Jets can build on their decent outing last week in Miami. Although they lost to the Dolphins, 32-26 in overtime, Rodgers threw for his first 300-yard game since 2021 and the Jets cleared 400 yards for just the second time this season.

Rodgers will again get to distribute the ball to WRs Garrett Wilson, Davante Adams and Allen Lazard while the offense will try to pick up steam on the ground. RB Breece Hall returns to action, perhaps on a limited basis due to his knee injury, to work with rookie backs Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis, who were productive early in last week’s game. And the Jets could get a jump start against the Jaguars’ defense, ranked last in the NFL in total yards/game, total yards/game and passing yards/game.

And with just 123 receiving yards this season and possibly even Sunday, Wilson, already one of seven WRs in NFL history with over 80 receptions in his first three seasons, will become one of five pro wideouts to reaching 80 catches and 1,000 yards in his first three seasons. He will also become the first Jets WR to reach three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in 56 seasons or since George Sauer turned in that trifecta in 1966-68.