The Jacksonville Jaguars (5-4) are hosting a new look Buffalo Bills (3-6) team this Sunday.  The Bills fired head coach Dick Jauron and have a new interim head coach in Perry Fewell, who is starting Ryan Fitzpatrick instead of Trent Edwards.  With a different coach and quarterback, it will be a little more difficult for the Jaguars to prepare for this game.  Fitzpatrick has not been very good in the few games he has played this year, but he did lead the Bills to two wins out of his three starts earlier this season.  They will most likely be relying a lot on their running backs Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch.  Neither back has been particularly good this year, but both are proven backs and Jackson has found more success in the Wildcat formation.  The Jags are giving up 118 rushing yards per contest, so they need to be ready for the Bills to attack them on the ground.

The Jags offense has had Maurice Jones-Drew putting them on his back lately, and it has been working.  In the last four games, Jones-Drew has rushed for 560 yards on 91 carries (5.6 avg) and 7 touchdowns.  The Jags have won three of those four games.  The Jags should continue to feed the ball to Jones-Drew and the Bills will have a hard time stopping him.  They are giving up 173 rushing yards per game, so Jones-Drew will most likely have a big game and would be a good player to have on your fantasy team this week.  David Garrard has benefitted from Drew’s strong play and has had two solid games in a row.  The Jaguars should be able to run all over the Bills so I am picking them to win somewhat easily.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Buffalo Bills 17, Jacksonville Jaguars 27

The Jaguars have been outscored 71-13 in their last two road games so Coach Del Rio hopefully did something different with the team this week to prepare for the game in New Jersey against the Jets.  The Jaguars will probably tighten up the chinstraps and come out trying to run the ball against the Jets who are allowing 108.1 yards rushing and 4.0 yards per carry this season.  LBs Bart Scott and David Harris will be tough for Drew to get yards on inside so look for the Jags to run a lot of sweeps on Sunday.  The Jaguars will probably try to throw the side opposite of Darrelle Revis which means that Torry Holt or rookie Mike Thomas could have a big game against the Jets with Mike Sims-Walker likely having a tough afternoon dealing with Revis.

The Jets will likely come out running the ball with Thomas Jones and Shonn Greene against a Jags’ D that is allowing 119.8 yards rushing per game and 4.3 yards per carry.  The Jets hope that they get their running game going which is averaging 177.6 yards rushing per game and 4.8 yards per carry so that they can protect Mark Sanchez.  Jerricho Cotchery, Braylon Edwards and Dustin Keller could make some big catches against a Jags’ D that is allowing 242.3 yards passing per game and QBs have a 100.2 rating against them.  Still, CB Rashean Mathis is a pickoff artist so Sanchez will have to be careful when throwing in his direction.

PREDICTION:  JETS 27, JAGUARS 10

The Kansas City Chiefs are well rested coming off their bye week.  But they weren’t with controversy last week as they suspended Larry Johnson for this game.  Too bad for him because the Chiefs will likely come out running this week against the Jaguars.  Jamaal Charles is a very talented running back and he should do some damage against the Jags’ D which is allowing 128.3 yards rushing per game and 4.3 yards per carry.  This also could be the week that Matt Cassel truly breaks out for the Chiefs.  He has been sacked 27 times already this season but the Jags only have 5 sacks this year.  Dwayne Bowe, Bobby Wade and the newly acquired Chris Chambers should all be really active in this game.

The Jaguars will likely come out running with Maurice Jones-Drew against a very soft Chiefs’ run D which is allowing 131.0 yards rushing per game and 4.4 yards per carry.  The Chiefs only have 9 sacks this season so David Garrard should have plenty of time to throw the ball.  Mike Sims-Walker, Torry Holt, Mike Thomas and Mercedes Lewis should all be effective against a Chiefs’ D that is allowing 252.1 yards passing per game.

PREDICTION:  JAGUARS 30, CHIEFS 27

The Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3) are on the road against the Tennessee Titans (0-6) Sunday and will be facing Vince Young, not Kerry Collins.  Young will be making his first start of the season against the Jaguars, so they have to prepare for a much more athletic quarterback this time.  They easily beat the Titans 37-17 earlier this month, but I think it will be a little bit more of a challenge since Vince Young can use his legs and not just his arm.  His arm is one of the most inaccurate and he has been sitting all year, so I am expecting him to throw an interception or two, something the Jaguars should take advantage of.

The Jaguars running game has been great, and since the Titans give up nearly 100 rushing yards per game I am expecting another big game from Maurice Jones Drew.  He had 133 rushing yards and a touchdown, along with five catches for 45 yards.  Tennessee has a pretty good running attack themselves, with Chris Johnson coming off a 128 yards rushing last week and now the athletic Vince Young under center.  I think this game will be a little close than last time, since Young will bring a new look for the Titans, but it should be the same result for the Jaguars:  victory.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Jacksonville Jaguars 28, Tennessee Titans 21

This could be a interesting game as both teams are off to slow starts this season.  The best offensive players on each team are running backs (Steven Jackson, Maurice Jones-Drew) but both of these teams have pathetic pass defenses.  Does that mean this game could turn into a shootout?  Don’t bank on it as they combined to get outscored 79-10 last weekend!  The Rams will still likely try to get the ball into Steven Jackson’s hands as much as possible in this game.  The Jags allow 107.6 yards rushing per game but only 3.8 yards per carry so maybe the Rams should think about throwing the ball more than usual in this game.  Rams’ QBs have been sacked 12 times already this season but the Jaguars only have 4 sacks this year so Marc Bulger might actually have some time to throw the football this week.  The Jaguars are giving up 273.0 yards passing per game this season and opposing QBs have a Rating of 103.0 this year.  Look for the Rams to attack the Jags downfield with WRs Donnie Avery, Keenan Burton and Danny Amendola.  Bulger just must be aware of where Rashean Mathis of the Jags is because he is a solid cover corner who can make game altering plays.  TEs Randy McMichael and Daniel Fells could be trouble for the Jags underneath.

The Jaguars need to get back to getting the football in Maurice Jones-Drew’s hands and that could start this week against the Rams.  The Rams allow 125.8 yards rushing per game this season (4.0 ypc) so Jones-Drew could be in line for a big game.  After the running game is established look for David Garrard to attack the Rams deep with Mike Sims-Walker who is back in action after serving a 1-game ban last weeked in Seattle.  This should be the week that Torry Holt finally gets into the end zone for the Jags.

PREDICTION:  JAGUARS 24, RAMS 17