The Jacksonville Jaguars will face the Tennessee Titans in Week 14. Here’s fantasy football start-sit advice for every Jaguars skill player who has the potential to make a fantasy impact during the game.
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Mac Jones, QB
If you’re considering playing Mac Jones, it’s just a bet against a Titans defense that was taking on water last week against the Commanders.
- Washington Drive No. 1: Three players, 59 yards, TD
- Washington Drive No. 2: 11 plays, 80 yards, TD
- Washington Drive No. 3: Three plays, 24 yards, TD
- Washington Drive No. 4: Nine plays, 34 yards, TD
Jones had a 22-yard touchdown to Parker Washington last week as part of an impressive performance, all things considered (20-of-32 for 235 yards, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions). He was essentially executing a game plan made for Trevor Lawrence, something that won’t be the case this week
The Titans rank 28th in pressure rate this season, and that should mean Jones is comfortable for the majority of the day. If that’s the case, maybe he connects on one of the bombs to Brian Thomas Jr. he narrowly missed on over the weekend. There’s a path to Jones flirting with top-15 value, but I’m not betting on it unless I’m out of options (give me Will Levis as the streamer delight of Week 14).
Trevor Lawrence, QB
Trevor Lawrence (concussion) seems to have passed the basic physical tests following a cheap shot that resulted in him being peeled off the field last week, a hit that potentially ended his season.
It’s been a brutal year for Lawrence (he returned last week from a shoulder injury that previously cost him time), though fantasy managers have long since moved on from relying on Jacksonville’s high-pedigree QB.
Will there be any post-hype sleeper appeal in August? I’m not ruling it out given the talent on this roster, but you can safely move on from Lawrence in all formats with his status updated and the Jacksonville season a lost one.
Tank Bigsby, RB
Tank Bigsby trailed Travis Etienne Jr. in snap share last week, but it was pretty clearly a split situation that has the potential to flip on a dime.
Jaguars RBs production rates, Week 13:
- Etienne: 19.4% under expectation and 1.7 yards per carry after contact
- Bigsby: 5.9% under expectation and 3.6 yards per carry after contact
Bigsby has been the more efficient player for the majority of this season, and that gives me hope that he will be the one who gets his name called in scoring position against the fourth-worst red-zone defense in the league.
Like Etienne, Bigsby is a viable Flex play that carries less risk than normal given the projected game script.
Travis Etienne Jr., RB
There are some split backfields, and then there is what the Jaguars are rolling out there. Travis Etienne Jr. got the first carry for this offense last week against the Texans, and that’s good to see, but his role was far from elite.
Jaguars RBs opportunity and production, Week 13:
- Etienne: 52.2% snap share; 5+ yards on 46.2% of rushes
- Tank Bigsby: 46.3% snap share; 5+ yards on 28.6% of rushes
He showed some juice that has been lacking, but don’t let my number voodoo fool you — the rate of five-yard gains is nice to see though not a single one of his carries gained more than nine yards. The Titans struggled last week against Washington, but this is still the third-best defense at limiting RB yardage after contact this season.
Based on how last week started, I think the Jags have Etienne just over Bigsby in their internal depth chart; that’s how I have it ranked, though both share a tier in the middle of my Flex rankings.
Brian Thomas Jr., WR
Brian Thomas Jr.’s 4-76-1 stat line last week against the Texans got the job done, but if you were watching the game, it was frustrating. There were a few big misses, the most glaring being a Mac Jones mistake that cost his rookie receiver a 69-yard touchdown.
I wish I could tell you that consistency under center is something that BTJ will get moving forward, but I can’t. It’s highly unlikely that Jones will develop consistency any time soon, and that is going to require patience on your end.
That said, I’m OK with taking my chances in this matchup against a Titans defense that has allowed a 20-point WR performance in consecutive weeks (Nico Collins and Terry McLaurin) after not allowing a single such game previously.
You should be watching this game and the corresponding metrics with an eagle eye — these two teams do battle again at the end of the month with your fantasy Super Bowl on the line.
Parker Washington, WR
If you watched four minutes of the Jaguars game on Sunday, you saw Parker Washington. He saw at least three targets in three of four quarters of the loss to the Texans on his way to leading the team in receiving yards (103) and the game in targets.
Included in the nice effort were a 30-yard grab from Trevor Lawrence and a 22-yarder from Mac Jones, proof that his involvement was the function of how this team game-planned. That’s great to see, but what is to say that the specific designs weren’t matchup-driven as opposed to the unlocking of the second-year receiver out of Penn State?
In Week 13, 75% of his targets traveled at least 10 yards in the air, bringing on risk on a few levels. First of all, that means you’re trusting Mac Jones down the field, and we have proof that is dangerous. More worrisome for me, however, is the skill duplication with Brian Thomas Jr., a player who is simply better at stretching the field.
Washington is a popular add, and I don’t have a problem with that, but I’m not ranking him as a top-40 option against the third-best pass defense in terms of yards per pass.
In eight games before last week’s breakout, Washington caught seven passes on 131 routes — I need to see more before going this direction over the Elijah Moore, Rome Odunze, or Xavier Legette types from whom we have a larger sample of viable target-earning abilities.
Evan Engram, TE
The injury to Trevor Lawrence was hard to watch and lowers the ceiling of this passing game, though Evan Engram managers need not panic.
With Mac Jones, 2024:
- 29.1% on-field target share
- 25% red-zone target rate
- 6.2 average depth of target
With Trevor Lawrence, 2024:
- 24.6% on-field target share
- 10% red-zone target rate
- 6.0 average depth of target
Engram’s nine targets netted just 41 yards last week, and his game prior wasn’t any better (28 yards on seven targets). However, the volume appears stable, and that’s enough to give me confidence in this spot and moving forward.
