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Jacksonville Jaguars vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Jaguars is the better survivor pick this week

Jaguars score 0.536 equity (77.7% win probability) against Buccaneers at 0.310 — a real gap of 0.226.

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This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

vs CLEOpponent@ CIN

77.7%Win prob35.6%

0.536Equity score0.310

−8.5Spread11/11 books+3.5

40.0Game total50.5

▲ 0.001Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.004

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 6 meetings · JAX 3 — TB 3. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1528.9ELO rating1487.8

#14ELO rank#18

13-4Record8-9

AFC SouthDivisionNFC South

#1Division rank#2

L 3 · W +34 · W +6 · W +14 · W +28Last 5newest firstW +2 · L 3 · L 3 · L 1 · L 4

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

15.9 · #15vs QB19.5 · #29

18.7 · #2vs RB22.2 · #18

31.2 · #17vs WR31.5 · #19

14.8 · #22vs TE15.8 · #26

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

1.83 (2025)Sacks / game2.18 (2025)

9.28Pressures / game7.82

5-5Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows10-14

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

47.1% · #12Pre-snap motion50.2% · #5

10.2% · #22Play action8.4% · #31

3.6% · #21RPO6.4% · #11

3.8% · #15Screen pass5.1% · #5

6.1% · #16No huddle5.5% · #19

50.5% · #24Shotgun54.2% · #18

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

25.4% · #26Man coverage30.3% · #18

27.3% · #18Blitz (5+ rushers)34.1% · #3

27.9% · #26Pressure34.1% · #3

JAX scheme profile →TB scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Jacksonville Jaguars

Andrew WingardSafetyOut
Anton HarrisonOffensive TackleOut
Arik ArmsteadDefensive EndQuestionable
Austin JohnsonDefensive TackleOut
Bhayshul TutenRunning BackOut
Brian Thomas Jr.Wide ReceiverOut
Cody SchraderRunning BackOut
Cole Van LanenTLimited Participation in Practice
Danny StriggowDefensive EndQuestionable
DeeJay DallasRunning BackOut
Dyami BrownWide ReceiverOut
Emmanuel OgbahDefensive EndOut

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Anthony NelsonLinebackerOut
Anthony Walker Jr.LinebackerQuestionable
Antoine Winfield Jr.SafetyQuestionable
Ben BredesonGuardQuestionable
Benjamin MorrisonCornerbackOut
Billy SchrauthGFull Participation in Practice
Bucky IrvingRunning BackOut
Calijah KanceyDefensive TackleQuestionable
Chris GodwinWide ReceiverOut
Christian IzienSafetyOut
Christian RozeboomLBLimited Participation in Practice
Connor BazelakQuarterbackOut

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