Jaguars-Bengals: NFL betting odds, picks, tips - ESPN

Week 13 of the 2023 NFL season wraps up Monday night with the Cincinnati Bengals (5-6) on the road to face the Jacksonville Jaguars (8-3).

What can we expect from a betting standpoint?

Betting analysts Seth Walder, Tyler Fulghum and Aaron Schatz are here to provide their thoughts.

Note: Odds by ESPN BET.

Schatz: Despite the loss of Joe Burrow for the Bengals, the bigger gap in this game might be on defense. The Bengals are just 26th in defensive DVOA, including 29th against the run. The Jaguars are a surprising fifth in defense this year and an even more surprising No. 1 in DVOA against the run. Add that to the gap between Trevor Lawrence and Jake Browning, and I'm comfortable going with Jaguars -9.5.

Fulghum: Jaguars 1H -5.5 | Jaguars -9.5 | UNDER 39.5. I like this spot for the Jaguars. They've properly reset after coming out of their bye and getting smoked by San Francisco in Week 10. They smashed the Titans in Week 11 and went on the road to Houston for a huge divisional win in Week 12. Meanwhile, the Bengals have lost two games in that span… and Burrow. Advantage, Jags.

Schatz: Browning wasn't so bad in his first start, especially if you consider the quality of the defense he was playing against. But beware overrating backup quarterbacks based on a single good game, not just because of the small sample but also because opponents do not yet have film on that quarterback's tendencies. So when I bet this game, I'm thinking that the Bengals' offense is far behind what it would be with a healthy Joe Burrow. And that has me leaning toward the Jaguars.

Fulghum: This is a tough assignment for Browning. He looked anything but inspiring in last week's home loss to the Steelers in which the Bengals' offense mustered just 10