{"id":106376,"date":"2026-01-05T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/106376\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:31:09","slug":"jacksonville-jaguars-updated-chances-of-winning-afc-and-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/106376\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars updated chances of winning AFC and Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are the <a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jacksonville Jaguars&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; <\/a>chances of reaching the Super Bowl and winning it?<\/p>\n<p>Austin Mock and Jeff Howe of The Athletic recently took a look at the Super Bowl chances for each playoff team.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Using<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6931898\/2026\/01\/05\/nfl-playoff-chances-matchups-super-bowl-odds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Athletic&#039;s playoff simulator;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> The Athletic&#8217;s playoff simulator<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jaguars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jaguars<\/a>&#8216; chances of winning the AFC are at 13.6%. Jacksonville&#8217;s chances of winning the Super Bowl are at 6.9%.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the rest of the AFC, the Jaguars&#8217; odds of winning the conference are the fourth-best with Denver, New England, and Houston ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of winning the Super Bowl, the Jaguars have the seventh-best chances, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville opens the AFC wild-card round at home, hosting the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/buffalo-bills\/324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buffalo Bills;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaguars are one of the hottest teams in football right now, which includes riding an eight-game winning streak into the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Led by elite play from Trevor Lawrence, the Jaguars are averaging almost 33 points per game over their last 10 contests &#8212; the second-most in football during that span of games.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville defense, meanwhile, is giving up just 14.3 points per contest over the last six games and continues to generate turnovers at a high rate.<\/p>\n<p>Step No. 1 for the Jaguars is defeating the Bills, who have one of the more productive offenses in football with Josh Allen at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; (Josh) Allen and the Bills have won at least one playoff game in five consecutive seasons,&#8221; wrote Howe, &#8220;but they also opened the postseason at home each of those years. They lost their last road wild-card game, which was Allen&#8217;s playoff debut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/01\/05\/jacksonville-jaguars-updated-chances-winning-afc-super-bowl\/88030057007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:What are the chances of the Jaguars winning the Super Bowl this year?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">What are the chances of the Jaguars winning the Super Bowl this year?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What are the Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; chances of reaching the Super Bowl and winning it? 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