Following a Week 1 win at home over the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be on the road in Week 2, taking on the Denver Broncos.
The Jaguars are 1-0, and the Broncos are 0-1, 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.
This includes the run game performance, passing game performance, pressures, turnovers, third-down and red-zone success, and of course, points.
With help from Team Rankings and Pro Football Reference, here is how the Jaguars match up stat-wise with the Broncos.
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Points per game: 34.0 (6th)
- Points per game allowed: 10.0 (T2)
- Yards per rush: 3.9 (19th)
- Yards per rush allowed: 4.0 (15th)
- Yards per pass attempt: 10.7 (3rd)
- Yards per pass attempt allowed: 8.4 (26th)
- Pressure rate on QB: 43.3% (5th)
- Pressure rate allowed on QB: 21.8% (19th)
- Turnover differential: +2 (T3)
- Third down conversion rate: 50% (T8)
- Defensive third-down conversion rate allowed: 12.5% (1st)
- Red zone success rate: 100% (T1)
- Defensive red zone success rate: 0.0% (T1)
Denver Broncos
- Points per game: 10.0 (T28)
- Points per game allowed: 31.0 (T23)
- Yards per rush: 4.1 (17th)
- Yards per rush allowed: 5.8 (30th)
- Yards per pass attempt: 4.7 (31st)
- Yards per pass attempt allowed: 6.4 (14th)
- Pressure rate on QB: 18.2% (25th)
- Pressure rate allowed on QB: 19.2% (8th)
- Turnover differential: -1 (T20)
- Third down conversion rate: 16.7% (T29)
- Defensive third-down conversion rate allowed: 52.9% (26th)
- Red zone success rate: 50% (T20)
- Defensive red zone success rate: 60% (13th)
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jaguars vs. Broncos: Who has Week 2 advantage?
