{"id":84089,"date":"2025-12-15T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/84089\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:46:10","slug":"how-jaguars-can-secure-playoff-berth-in-week-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/84089\/","title":{"rendered":"How Jaguars can secure playoff berth in Week 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec. 15, 2025, 7:41 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

At 10-4 on the season, the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> are on the verge of clinching a playoff spot. Here is how they can do it in Week 16.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Michael DiRocco<\/a>, with a win this week over Denver, coupled with either a Texans<\/a> loss or a Colts<\/a> loss, the Jaguars<\/a> can secure a playoff berth.<\/p>\n

The Texans are at home in Week 15 against the Raiders<\/a>, while the Colts host the 49ers on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville currently holds a one-game lead over the 9-5 Texans in the AFC South race. The Colts are two games back at 8-6.<\/p>\n

In the AFC playoff picture, the Jaguars remain the three seed. Denver is at the top of the conference with a record of 12-2 and winners of their last 11 games. New England is the two seed at 11-3.<\/p>\n

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On the road in Denver will provide the Jaguars with one of their biggest tests of the season and a playoff-like atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville, however, is playing their best collective football of the season right now, especially on offense<\/a>. Over the last seven games, the Jaguars have eclipsed the 30-point mark five times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 15, 2025, 7:41 a.m. ET At 10-4 on the season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are on the verge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,23611,116,118,117,1254,9548,11232,298,23610,336,5107,4339,420,6202,442,96,300,34],"class_list":["post-84089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-co","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","tag-sstsnjaguars","tag-tagafc-south","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdenver","tag-tagespn-inc","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-tagindianapolis-colts","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84089","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=84089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}