Jets vs. Jaguars: Preview, prediction, what to watch for

An inside look at the Jets-Jaguars Week 15 matchup in Jacksonville, Fla.: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 few 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 pressures on 43 pass-blocking snaps against the Dolphins last week. Moses has been one of the Jets’ team leaders and is playing through a left wrist injury that is going to 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 are, if not the best edge tandem, they are up there, they are both just so similar in that way,” interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said.“They are both long and fast physical and relentless and yeah, it is going to be a great challenge.

We are going to have to account for those guys every single snap and the second you don’t, that is when they can absolutely reck a game, so it is going to be a great challenge for our tackles.” The Jets have made an art out of blowing games, but I think they pull this one out.The Jaguars stink.

You can argue that the Jets do, too, but I think they snap their losing streak and win one in the fourth quarter.Anders Carlson boots a game-winning field goal in the final seconds. Jets 24, Jaguars 23 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 streak of 34 games without a 300-yard passing game when he thre...