{"id":105200,"date":"2026-01-04T13:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:23:06","slug":"jacksonville-jaguars-week-18-nfl-playoff-rooting-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105200\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars Week 18 NFL playoff rooting guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 4, 2026, 7:52 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

Beyond the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, what other games should you have your eyes on in Week 18 of the NFL regular season?<\/p>\n

The Jaguars have had a playoff spot clinched for two weeks, but still have a lot to play for in the regular season finale.<\/p>\n

The AFC South is still up for grabs. The Jaguars can secure that title with a win or a Houston Texans<\/a>‘ loss to the Indianapolis Colts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville also remains in the mix for the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.<\/p>\n

In order to grab the conference’s top spot, the Jaguars have to win and need a Denver Broncos<\/a> loss to the LA Chargers and a New England Patriots loss to the Miami Dolphins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Chargers won’t be playing<\/a> Justin Herbert this week at quarterback.<\/p>\n

If only the Patriots lose, the Jaguars can move up to the AFC’s No. 2 seed. Jacksonville is currently the three seed.<\/p>\n

Colts over TexansChargers over BroncosDolphins over Patriots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 4, 2026, 7:52 a.m. ET Beyond the Jacksonville Jaguars, what other games should you have your eyes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,116,118,117,1254,9548,11232,298,5106,5107,4339,420,2580,2577,442,49,10077,300,34],"class_list":["post-105200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","tag-sstsnjaguars","tag-tagafc-south","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-tagindianapolis-colts","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-tagjustin-herbert","tag-tagmiami-dolphins","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}