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#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:18:21 PM(UTC)
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to Saturday during the season Youth Alex Smith Jersey , and aims to provide a forum for reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn’t much NFL news being published. Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments below.A quick peek backwardsBefore we move forward to look at the challenge the Redskins will be facing when they visit the Jaguars on Sunday, let’s take a final quick look back at last week’s beatdown at the hands of the 4-8 New York Giants.Last weekend, ahead of the Giants game, 5 o’clock club readers were invited to vote on over-under predictions for the game. Let’s see how we did.Predictions & actual results for last week’s New York Giants gameOBJ and Barkley combine for 13.5 catches against the Redskins on Sundayprediction: over (57%)actual: Of course, OBJ was a late-week scratch from the game, so this one was a little unfair.By himself, Saquon Barkley had only 4 catches for just 27 yards.Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesSaquon Barkley gets 131 scrimmage yards against the Redskins on Sundayprediction: over (58%)actual: Barkley didn’t even need his 27 receiving yards to get this number.He had 170 yards on the ground on a mere 14 carries.Saquon Barkley averages 5.81 yards per touch against the Redskins on Sundayprediction: under (58%)actual: Normally, the average yards from scrimmage is a number that is dragged up by the receiving yards, and down by the rushing yards to some compromise spot in the middle.Not so for Saquon Barkley last week.He averaged an astounding 12.1 yards per carry as a rusher, and a mere 6.75 yards per reception as a receiver.I’m too disgusted to even do the math on the yards per touch average. It was a lot more than 5.81.Hell, it was a lot more than 9.81.The Redskins give up 429 yards of total offense to the Giants on Sundayprediction: under (69%)actual: Not that 429 yards is a challenging total for a defense, but this one was close.The Giants actually put up 402 yards of total offense, but a lot of that was likely due to New York taking their foot off the gas once they were up 40-0.Photo by Dan Kubus/Getty ImagesSanchez will throw 2 interceptions on Sunday versus the Giantsprediction: He will throw exactly two (54%)actual: The fans — incredibly — got this one right.What makes it perhaps more impressive, is that Sanchez managed to do this while playing just over half the game.Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesThe Giants defense did manage to collect a third INT, but that one was late in the game, and came from the arm of Josh Johnson.The Giants will get 3.5 sacks against the Redskins on Sundayprediction: A perfect 50/50 split, with 82 votes for “over”, and 82 for “under”.I should become a bookie.actual: Washington gave up 5 sacks to the Giants defense.Photo by Rob Carr/Getty ImagesBy the way, all 5 of the sacks were against Mark Sanchez.The very mobile Josh Johnson spent most of his night on the field sprinting left or right http://www.authenticswashingtonredskins.com/cheap-shawn-lauvao-jersey , and the Giants pass rushers couldn’t catch up with him.Which will Mark Sanchez throw more of on Sunday?prediction: 37% of fans said that Sanchez would have the same number of INTs and TDs, as opposed to more of one or the other.actual: We all know that the Redskins were being shut out when Jay Gruden turned to Josh Johnson, so it’ll come as no surprise that Mark Sanchez further enhanced his standing as an unreliable quarterback by throwing two picks, while failing to score at all.Here’s what James Dorsett had to say about the Sanchize following the Giants debacle:Adrian Peterson rushes for 89.5 yards against the Giants on Sundayprediction: Over (58%)actual: I have to admit, this fan prediction surprised me.Peterson actually got only 16 yards on 10 carries, which surprised me more.Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesShifting the focus to the Jacksonville JaguarsThe Jaguars played in the AFC Championship game last year, and gave the Patriots all they could handle.Many people felt that the Sacksonville defense would see the team right back in the AFCC game again this season.Meanwhile, preseason expectations for the Redskins weren’t very high (except for me... I picked them to win ten games and the NFC East).By the time both teams had played 5 games, each of them was sitting at 3-2.The Jaguars had a big win over the Patriots in Week 2 and the Redskins had quality wins against the Packers and Panthers.Over the next 4 games, the two teams would head in dramatically different directions.The Redskins went 3-1 to reach an overall record of 6-3, and put themselves at the top of the NFC East.Jacksonville went 0-4 and plummeted to the bottom of the standings in the AFC South.Thelosing streak reached 7 games before Jacksonville picked up a 6-0 victory over division rival Indianapolis in Week 14.That was followed up by a 30-9 beatdown at the hands of another division rival, the Titans, last week on Thursday Night Football — a game that looked a lot like the Redskins-Giants travesty that followed on Sunday.The Redskins come into this week’s game in Jacksonville riding a 4-game losing streak, and having lost 5 of the last 6.Jacksonville, meanwhile, has lost 8 of their last 9 games.The Redskins come into the game with plans to start their 4th different quarterback of the season in Josh Johnson, with most fans seeing that as a likely upgrade to last week’s starter, Mark Sanchez.The Jaguars will probably be starting Cody Kessler over Blake Bortles; I don’t think it even matters which one gets the nod.Bortles started the first 11 games for the Jaguars this season.As a starter in 2018 he has a 3-8record, and has thrown 13 TDs and 10 INTs D.J. Swearinger Jersey , while rushing 50 times for 325 yards.Kessler started in the last two games, helping his team score 6 points in the win against the Colts and 9 points in the loss to the Titans.Kessler also played in the Houston Texans game mid-season.Kessler, in his three appearances, has 2 passing TDs and 1 INT.He has also run 12 times for 53 yards.Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty ImagesSuffice to say, neither quarterback has been leading many offensive explosions this season.Here’s my take on this game: Whichever team loses this game should be #32 in the Power Rankings that follow.This is a contest to see which team has fallen the to the deepest depths from which there is no return (this season), and which team still has a little pride left.My gut tells me that the Jags are the team that has given up, and that the Redskins — still just a half-game out of a playoff seeding — have a reason to fight on.Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesMy gut tells me that the Jaguars are lost in the wilderness at quarterback, while the Redskins stand ready to rally around Josh Johnson, at least this week.Let’s see what your collective guts are telling you.Jacksonville is ranked 30th in the league in Points per Game scored, at 16.3.Only Arizona and Buffalo are worse.The Redskins rank two slots above the Jags at 19.2 ppg, among a group of only six teams averaging under 20 ppg.Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty ImagesSince Week 5, Jacksonville has scored over 20 points just twice, and is averaging 13.75 ppg in those 8 games.They have been held under 10 points five times this season.In Cody Kessler’s two previous starts against the Colts and Titans (ranked 15th & 4th in scoring defense) the Jags averaged 7.5 points per game.The Redskins are ranked 14th in scoring defense, one slot ahead of the Colts. DETROIT (0-1) at SAN FRANCISCO (0-1)Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, FoxOPENING LINE - 49ers by 3 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD - Detroit 0-1, San Francisco 0-1SERIES RECORD - 49ers lead 37-28-1LAST MEETING - Lions beat 49ers 32-17, Dec. 27, 2015LAST WEEK - Lions lost to Jets 48-17; 49ers lost at Vikings 24-16AP PRO32 RANKING - Lions No. 30 Authentic Paul Richardson Jersey , 49ers No. 23LIONS OFFENSE - OVERALL (17), RUSH (32), PASS (8).LIONS DEFENSE - OVERALL (19), RUSH (30), PASS (10).49ERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (20), RUSH (24), PASS (15).49ERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (18), RUSH (17), PASS (16).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Lions lost nine straight in series before win in 2015. ... Detroit lost 12 straight at San Francisco since 28-17 win Nov. 2, 1975. ... Lions coming off most lopsided season-opening loss since 45-0 defeat at Washington in 1991. ... Detroit allowed TDs on run, pass, punt return, INT return vs. Jets. ... Lions QB Matthew Stafford threw four INTs in opener. ... Detroit gained league-low 39 yards rushing in opener. ... San Francisco QB Jimmy Garoppolo had first loss in eight NFL starts last week. Garoppolo is first 49ers QB with three INTs in opener since Steve Young in 1993. ... San Francisco has 12 TDs on 28 red-zone drives with Garoppolo as starter past two seasons. ... 49ers went three-and-out on three of 12 drives in opener after doing it on 4 of 49 non-kneeldown drives in Garoppolo's starts last year. ... Rookie WR Dante Pettis became first 49er to score TD on first career catch since Vernon Davis in 2006. ... San Francisco DL DeForest Buckner had 2 1/2 sacks last week after only three in all of 2017. ... 49ers LB Fred Warner led all rookies with 12 tackles last week. Warner also forced fumble. ... San Francisco K Robbie Gould made 26 straight FGs, one shy of Phil Dawson's franchise record. ... Fantasy tip: San Francisco's George Kittle had fourth-most targets of any TE in Week 1 with nine. 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