Morning Coffee: A FanDuel Best Bet for Thursday Night Football

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Trevor Lawrence hasn’t missed a single start since he was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021.

Tonight, he’ll need to play through a knee injury suffered in last week’s win over the Indianapolis Colts in order to keep that streak alive.

That isn’t the only notable streak on the line tonight.

The Jaguars have won five straight road games dating back to last season – the second-longest road win streak in franchise history.

They’ve also won each of their first two prime-time games this season.

Jacksonville actually opened as the short favourite for tonight’s game at FanDuel, but the Lawrence injury contributed to a line flip that resulted in New Orleans emerging as a short favourite.

It’s been a good start to the month of October for the FanDuel Best Bets in this column.

Let’s try to stay hot with another winner for Thursday Night Football.

This is the Morning Coffee for Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

The Jaguars are 13-10 straight up with Lawrence as their starting quarterback over the past two seasons.

How big of a downgrade will it be for the Jacksonville offence if Lawrence is out or limited?

Jaguars will work out quarterback Trevor Lawrence before tonight’s game to determine whether or not he can play versus the Saints with his knee sprain, per source. “It could easily be a game time decision,” source added. If Lawrence cannot play, C.J. Beathard would start.

At one point, the Saints touched -3 for tonight’s game at FanDuel, but optimism surrounding Lawrence’s availability led to a move to the current line at New Orleans -1.5.

All signs point towards Lawrence playing tonight.

From @GMFB: #Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence confident he’ll play tonight vs #Saints; #Bills QB Josh Allen’s shoulder should be