Volpe’s NFL Showdown Plays – 12/17/23: Ravens at Jaguars
🏈 Thursday Night Showdown – 12/17/23 🏈
Ravens @ Jaguars | 8:20 PM EST
Ravens -3.5 | Over/Under 39.5
Projections are tailored to DraftKings’ Showdown Captain contests. If you have any lineup questions, for FanDuel or DraftKings, ask me @mvolp in Discord before lock!
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⭐ Notable Info ⭐
- The AFC North-leading Ravens are electric offensively as well as defensively, with 27.8 points per game (4th) and 5.8 yards per play (3rd). They have the most rushing yards in the league, 2,042, on the second-most yards per carry.
- Through the air, only three teams pick up more yards per pass attempt. Baltimore is also in a three-way tie for the eighth-fewest giveaways in the NFL this season.
- Jacksonville is averaging 29.0 points per game in their past four and 24.0 per game (9th) for the entire season.
- The Jaguars rushing attack is inefficient, only collecting 3.6 yards per carry. That’s 31st out 32 teams. However, Trevor Lawrence is leading the 11th-best passing game in the league.
🩹 Key Injuries 🩹
- Ravens: OUT: Devin Duvernay (WR) | QUES: Kyle Hamilton (S)
- Jaguars: OUT: Andre Cisco (S), Tyson Campbell (CB) | QUES: Tre Herndon (CB), Brenton Strange (TE), Ross Matiscik (LS)
🌦️ Weather 🌦️
- EverBank Stadium – OUTDOORS – 57 Degrees – 16 MPH Wind – 1% Chance of Rain
🏈 QB Matchups 🏈
- Ravens: Ranked 2nd | 16.6 FP/G allowed to QBs
- Jaguars: Ranked 30th | 24.3 FP/G allowed to QBs
🏃 RB Matchups 🏃
- Ravens: Ranked 7th | 18.2 FP/G allowed to RBs
- Jaguars: Ranked 17th | 21.1 FP/G allowed to RBs
🧤 WR Matchups 🧤
- Ravens: Ranked 11th | 31.2 FP/G allowed to WRs
- Jaguars: Ranked 26th | 38.5 FP/G allowed to WRs
🏈 TE Matchups 🏈
- Ravens: Ranked 9th | 10.2 FP/G allowed to TEs
- Jaguars: Ranked 26th | 13.7 FP/G allowed to TEs
🧩 Core Players 🧩
- Tonight’s Build: TBD
- Must-Have: Flowers, Jackson
- Captains: TBD
🔝 More of 🔝
- Engram, Lawrence
🔑 Best Values 🔑
- Mitchell, Washington, Agholor, Bateman
🚫 Less of 🚫
- Zay Jones
🎲 Deeper GPP Plays In Order 🎲
- Parker Washington
- Rashod Bateman
- Nelson Agholor
- Jamal Agnew
🔮 Prediction 🔮
- Ravens 22-20
🎰 Bets 🎰 (+7.7 units)
- Zay Flowers 4+ Receptions
- Travis Etienne 3+ Receptions
- Lamar Jackson 40+ Rush Yards
- Parker Washington OVER 19.5 receiving yards – 1 unit
📈 Rankings 📈 See Detailed Player Projections ⬇️
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