November 4, 2026 - 2:47 pm

Thursday night’s prime-time meeting between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens will be played without Lamar Jackson, who is set to undergo thumb surgery. That makes things even more interesting than usual.

Jaguars vs. Ravens analysis

Our betting splits pages likely won’t surprise anyone this week. As of publication Tuesday afternoon, 83 percent of tickets at DraftKings were on Jacksonville, and there was also a small majority of tickets on the Jaguars at Circa Sports. It seems casual bettors have no interest in backing the Ravens’ new quarterback room.

With Jackson and Tyler Huntley both dealing with injuries, that room now consists of Joe Fagnano, Kedon Slovis and Austin Reed. And the Ravens just traded for Arizona Cardinals starter Jacoby Brissett. That group is more random than Peter Klaven’s groomsmen in “I Love You, Man.”

Baltimore’s passing game is unlikely to be explosive this week.…