Jaguars v. Colts: Who has advantage in Week 8 matchup?

Out of the bye week, the Jacksonville Jaguars return home in Week 8 for a divisional matchup with the Indianapolis Colts. The Jaguars will enter this contest at 4-2 and the Colts at 2-5, but who has the advantage in key areas of this week's game? When looking at this week's matchup, as we know, the

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Out of the bye week, the Jacksonville Jaguars return home in Week 8 for a divisional matchup with the Indianapolis Colts.

The Jaguars will enter this contest at 4-2 and the Colts at 2-5, but who has the advantage in key areas of this week's game?

When looking at this week's matchup, as we know, the game is not played on paper. However, where these two teams rank in these key statistical areas could provide us with some valuable insight into where the Jaguars may have the upper hand in this game and also where they may not.

It's also important to keep in mind early on in a season that these numbers can be skewed to a degree, given the small sample size.

With so much information out there nowadays, I did my best to boil this article down to the need-to-know

statistics for this matchup that do still carry a lot of weight.

With help from Team Rankings and Pro Football Reference, here is how the Jaguars match up stat-wise with the Colts.