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Jaguars 10th biggest underdog in NFL history in Week 3 matchup with Seahawks

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 10:54 p.m. ET

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By Tully Corcoran, FOXSports.com It’s still early, but the Jacksonville Jaguars appear to have all the ingredients necessary to be considered one of the worst NFL teams of all time. Two weeks in, they have played the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders, who combined to go 6-26 last season. After those two games, which they lost 28-2 and 19-9, the Jags are last in the NFL in total offense, 24th in the NFL in total defense. They have scored one touchdown. Their starting quarterback has a lacerated hand and their best player, running back Maurice Jones-Drew, might be out this week too. The Jaguars are 19.5-point underdogs to the Seattle Seahawks this week, making them the 10th biggest underdog in NFL history. Credit to The Big Lead for looking the following breakdown: Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay (+27) – 12/4/1976: Pittsburgh 42, Tampa 0 Philadelphia at New England (-24) – 11/25/2007: New England 31, Philadelphia 28 Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco (-24) – 12/5/1993: San Francisco 21, Cincinnati 8 San Francisco at Atlanta (+23.5) – 10/11/1987: San Francisco 25, Atlanta 17 Tampa Bay at Dallas (-23) – 10/3/1977: Dallas 23, Tampa Bay 7 Miami at New England (-22) – 12/23/2007: New England 28, Miami 7 New England at Tampa Bay (+21) – 12/12/1976: New England 31, Tampa Bay 14 N.Y. Jets at New England (-20.5) – 12/16/2007: New England 20, N.Y. Jets 10 Indianapolis at New England (-20.5) – 12/4/2011: New England 31, Indianapolis 24 Carolina at St. Louis (-19.5) – 11/11/2001: St. Louis 48, Carolina 14 Houston at Philadelphia (-19) – 9/29/2002: Philadelphia 35, Houston 17 New England at Baltimore (+19) – 12/3/2007: New England 27, Baltimore 24 NFL point spreads approaching 20 are quite rare, and this data shows why. The favorite only covered in two of the above games because in a professional league of about 20 teams, blowouts tend to be the result of fluky turnovers or roster catastrophes rather than pure and predictable physical superiority. Because of the way heavy NFL favorites have tended to perform against the spread over the years, it wouldn’t be surprising to see this line move down into less historic territory before kickoff, particularly since Gabbert’s backup is veteran Chad Henne, who is better than Gabbert anyway. But if nothing else, we have a window into just how bad people think the Jags are, and if you’re going to go down as one of the worst teams in league history, you’re going to need public opinion on your side.

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