Week 4: Philadelphia Eagles vs Jacksonville Jaguars 10/2/22 NFL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars square off Sunday in a week 4 NFL contest from Lincoln Financial Field.

The Jacksonville Jaguars will look to build on their 38-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers last time out to improve to 2-1 on the year. Trevor Lawrence has thrown for 772 yards, 6 touchdowns and an interception on 69.4% passing while James Robinson leads Jacksonville in rushing with 230 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns this season. Christian Kirk has a team-high 267 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns with 18 receptions while Zay Jones and Marvin Jones Jr. each have 100+ receiving yards as well this season. Devin Lloyd leads Jacksonville’s defense with 24 total tackles including 16 solo tackles while Josh Allen has a pair of sacks this season.

The Philadelphia Eagles will look to build on their 24-8 win over the Commanders last time out to climb to 3-0 on the year. Jalen Hurts has thrown for 916 yards, 4 touchdowns and an interception on 67.3% passing while also rushing for 167 yards and 3 TDs. Miles Sanders has a team-high 222 rushing yards while A.J. Green has a team-high 309 receiving yards and 20 receptions this season. DeVonta Smith has 249 receiving yards while Dallas Goedert has 168 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, T.J. Edwards has a team-high 27 total tackles including 21 solo tackles while Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox each have a team-high 3 sacks and Josh Sweat has 2.5 sacks as well. Darius Slay also has a pair of interceptions this season.

Jacksonville is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games while the under is 20-7 in their last 27 games against a team with a winning record. Philadelphia is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 3-9-1 ATS in their last 13 week 4 matchups while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 home games.  

I get the case to be made for the Jaguars here as these two sides haven’t been all that different offensively up to this point in the season as both have had a game where they get into the high-30s as well as a pair of games scoring into the 20s. That being said, the Eagles have been better on the defensive side of the football, and I want to see how the Jaguars fare against a team without a banged up QB like the chargers had last week and against a team not named the Colts who the Jaguars have seemingly had the number of in recent years. All in all, I think the Eagles have to be the play until we see or hear otherwise so I’ll lay it and play it with the Eagles here.