Big Cat Country
The Jacksonville Jaguars host the Indianapolis Colts in a huge Week 14 matchup for AFC South supremacy. The game won’t decide the division title, but it will give one of the two teams an important leg up heading into the final four weeks of the regular season.
The Colts enter the game as a 1.5-point favorite. Jacksonville has won three straight and four of their last five, while Indy have lost two straight and three of their past four.
Both teams are 8-4 and tied for first place heading into the first of their two regular season matchups. They are both 2-1 in the division and since they haven’t played each other yet, the tiebreaker is currently record in common games. Their common opponents include the Titans, Texans, Rams, Raiders, Cardinals, Chargers, and Chiefs. The Jaguars are 6-2 against those teams while the Colts are 5-3.
The winner of Sunday’s game will take a one-game lead in the division and also have the leg up in the head-to-head tiebreaker. The two squads face off again in Week 17. Before then, the Jaguars face the Jets at home and the Broncos on the road. In that same stretch, the Colts travel to face the Seahawks and then host the 49ers.
All that is to say, this game is important but a whole lot can happen over the next two weeks before these two teams meet again.
The Jaguars are currently the No. 3 seed in the AFC. If they win they’ll remain the three seed because they are currently two games back of the Broncos and 2.5 games back of the Patriots for the top two seeds. If they lose they could drop to anywhere from fifth through eight place. The Texans split with the Jaguars and hold the division record tiebreaker for the time-being with a 4-1 record (the Jaguars are 2-1 and would be 2-2 if they lose to the Colts). If the Jaguars lose and end up tied with the Texans and at least one other team, losing the tiebreaker to the Texans would drop them down to the back of the tiebreaker group.
