The Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts will kick off their 2023 NFL schedules on Sunday in Indianapolis, Indiana with a 1:00 PM kickoff time!

The Jacksonville Jaguars finished the 2023 NFL Preseason with a record of 3-0 with wins on the road against the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 28-23 and the Detroit Lions by a score of 25-7 while winning at home against the Miami Dolphins by a score of 31-18. The Jaguars finished the 2022 NFL season with a record of 9-8 which led to an AFC South Division Championship and Jacksonville making the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 NFL season. 

Jacksonville won in the Wild Card round against the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of 31-30 before losing in the Divisional Round on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 20-27. This season, the Jacksonville Jaguars enter the year with an over/under win total of 9.5 wins and based on Vegas odds are projected to be the best team in the AFC South as the Jaguars are -180 to win the AFC South this season.

Indianapolis finished the 2023 NFL Preseason with a record of 2-1 with wins at home against the Chicago Bears by a score of 24-17 and on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 27-13 while losing on the road against the Buffalo Bills by a score of 19-23. The Colts finished the 2022 NFL season with a record of 4-12-1 which led to a 3^rd place finish in the AFC South and the Colts missing the playoffs for the 2^nd consecutive season and finishing with a losing record for the first time since the 2019 NFL Season. 

Indianapolis will have a new head coach after firing Frank Reich midway through the season last season the Colts hired Shane Steichen to become the new head coach Steichen most recently served as Offensive Coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2021-2022. This season, the Indianapolis Colts enter the year with an over/under win total of 6.5 wins and based on Vegas odds are projected to be the 2^nd worst team in the AFC South projected to only finish better than the Houston Texans.

BookMaker has the Jacksonville Jaguars listed as 5-point favorites on the road against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in week 1 of the NFL season. The teams have split the last ten games in the series with both teams going 5-5 while the Jacksonville Jaguars have won two of the last three games while going 7-2-1 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three matchups. 

Jacksonville finished last season with a record of 10-9 ATS overall, 5-5 ATS on the road, 1-4 ATS as a favorite, and 3-3 ATS in division games while Indianapolis finished 6-11 ATS overall, 3-5 ATS at home, 5-5 ATS as an underdog, and 1-5 ATS in division games.

Jacksonville is projected to finish with a better record as they enter the season with an over/under win total of 9.5 wins while Indianapolis enters the season with an over/under win total of 6.5 games. The Jaguars have been the better team at covering the spread in the series, going 7-2-1 ATS in the last ten and 2-1 ATS in the last three games. I look for that trend to continue in this matchup which is why I am taking the Jacksonville Jaguars -5 on the road against the Indianapolis Colts on BookMaker for this matchup in week 1 of the NFL season on Sunday afternoon.