The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, to face the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium on Saturday night for week 2 of the 2024 NFL Preseason. The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 pm ET.
Both teams are coming off wins in their first preseason game this season, in week 1 of the NFL Preseason. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road by a score of 17-14, while the Jacksonville Jaguars won at home against the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 26-13.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won last week in their first preseason game of the 2024 NFL season with a 17-14 win on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won in the last minute of the 4th quarter with a Ramon Jefferson 3-yard rushing touchdown with both touchdowns for the Buccaneers coming on the ground and Bucky Irving scoring the other touchdown in the 1st guard on a 5-yard run.
Kyle Trask and John Wolford split the offensive plays almost 50/50, with Kyle Trask having the edge in passing yards with 144. However, he threw an interception while Wolford didn't turn the ball over and had a 66.67% completion percentage with 131 yards. Baker Mayfield and the majority of the starters for the Buccaneers didn't see any snaps in week 1.
However, they will likely be more involved in week 2 of the 2024 NFL preseason. Tampa Bay also covered the 5-point spread as a road underdog by winning the game outright in week 1 of the preseason. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will look to improve their 2-0 in the preseason when they travel to face the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 2.
Jacksonville also won their game in week 1 of the preseason by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in week 1 by a score of 26-13 and covered the 2-point spread as a home favorite. The Jacksonville Jaguars only trailed for a little over 3 minutes in the game following a 45-yard field goal from Harrison Butker with 12:02 left in the 1st quarter and would take the lead with 9:40 left in the quarter thanks to a 9-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence to Travis Etienne.
The scoring drive would be the only offensive series for most starters, with Lawrence completing 3 of 4 attempts for 42 yards and a touchdown. Mac Jones and C.J. Beathard would split the rest of the offensive snaps for the Jaguars, with Beathard finishing with a better performance statistically after passing for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Jacksonville outgained Kansas City 348 to 264 total yards offensively but lost the time of possession 27:05 to 32:55. The Jacksonville Jaguars will look to win their 2nd preseason game of the season at home when they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday night.
With the teams playing in opposing conferences, they only play each other every four years in the regular season, with the most recent matchup having occurred in the last season and resulting in a 30-12 win for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home to even the overall series 4-4 and extending the winning streak in the series for Tampa Bay to three games with the Buccaneers having outscored the Jaguars by an average of 32 to 18 points per game in those matchups while covering the spread in all three contests.
Tampa Bay has won the last three games against Jacksonville and five of the last six against the Jaguars. The Buccaneers have also been the better team at covering the spread, most recently in the series, as they have a record of 5-1 ATS in their last six games against the Jaguars.
As a result, I am buying the .5 point and taking the 3 points with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they travel to face the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 2 of the 2024 NFL preseason.
