Jacksonville at Chicago

How bad is Jacksonville? Anyone who saw Monday night's game vs. Houston has an opinion on that - and a strong one. Meaning, nearly everyone thinks this team is absolutely horrible. It's hard to come to any other conclusion, honestly. Since a 38-14 win over lowly Detroit a month ago, the Jags have lost three in a row by a combined score of 43-84. It's impossible to turn on the TV or radio and not hear the word "dissapointing" in conjunciton with these Jags who were 11-5 last season. What was supposed to be a very good team this year looks bad. But let's ask the question - are they really that bad? In those three losses they lost the turnover battle by a combined 9-3. It's hard to do anything but lose big in that situation. In games in which they have not had a turnover disadvantage this year they are 3-2. Chicago is the better team, but a full touchdown? In a division game? Maybe on some days, but I like the Jags in this particular situation. They have nothing to lose at this point. At 4-8 and coming off those three losses, I think some of the pressure is actually off as they enter this game. The palyoffs are out of the question so what do they have to play for? Spoiler! They can really hurt the hated 6-6 Bears by laying a loss on them here. This Chicago team is improved over last year, but they are showing signs of mediocrity. While averaging 28 points per game through the first half of the season, they have since managed only 14.5 per game in their last four games, scoring 14 or less in three of them. This is a really good spot for Jacksonville. Under Jack Del Rio, they are 28-17 ATS as an underdog, 17-8 ATS off a road loss, and 12-4 ATS after two straight underperformances (ATS losses). Del Rio will have this team ready. The Jags were embarrassed in front of the nation, and their peers, on Monday night and I look for them to come out inspired and play well enough to cover (and maybe win) here.