Sharps take side in Jaguars-Bengals matchup on ‘TNF’

Fading the Jaguars and betting connected NFL prime-time games to spell implicit the full person worked retired astir perfectly for bettors this season.

Jacksonville is 0-3 consecutive up and against the dispersed heading into Thursday night’s matchup astatine Cincinnati (2-1 SU/ATS), and the implicit is 8-1 successful prime-time games.

The Bengals are statement 7½-point favorites implicit the Jaguars astatine Las Vegas sportsbooks, and the full is 46.

The matchup of the past 2 No. 1 wide draught picks successful Cincinnati backmost Joe Burrow and Jacksonville QB Trevor Lawrence is shaping up arsenic a showdown betwixt nonrecreational sports bettors and the betting public.

More than 80 percent of the tickets are connected the Bengals astatine Station Casinos, portion the South Point — the lone publication astatine -8 — initially took crisp enactment connected the Jaguars.

“Sharps took Jags +8 erstwhile I opened,” South Point sportsbook manager Chris Andrews said successful a text. “I went to Cincy -7½ and I’m backmost to -8 with enactment connected the favorite.”

Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said Station is rooting for the Jaguars and under.

“Through the archetypal 3 weeks of the season, the Jags person been a play against,” Esposito said.

Rookie quarterbacks are 1-10 SU and ATS this season. Lawrence is tied with Jets rookie Zach Wilson for the astir interceptions thrown, with 7 each.

Burrow is 3rd successful interceptions, with four, but has thrown 7 TD passes portion starring Cincinnati to wins implicit the Minnesota Vikings and the injury-riddled Pittsburgh Steelers.

“A roadworthy part triumph is beauteous important, careless of however atrocious oregon injured the hostile looks,” Circa sportsbook manager Chris Bennett said. “Maybe the Bengals are greatly improved. It’s surely reasonable, fixed them not having Joe Burrow astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth and what the expectations are for him arsenic an NFL quarterback.

“Trevor Lawrence’s numbers truthful acold are horrible. He’s thrown aggregate interceptions successful each commencement truthful far.”

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