Jaguars vs Titans: Duval Runs Up the Score

The best team in the division went shopping

Jacksonville is 6-2 and leads the NFL at plus-9 in turnover margin. Its 11 interceptions rank third. So what did the Jaguars do Monday? They traded for safety Jessie Bates, who has 28 career interceptions, and then sent a 2027 first-round pick to Philadelphia for defensive tackle Jordan Davis.

That isn’t a team protecting a three-game division lead. That’s a team that wants the whole AFC. And their first look at the new toys comes against a 1-7 team.

Yards per pass

Jaguars8.5

Titans6.0

2026 season through Week 9 (ESPN team stats)

Trevor LawrenceJAX · QB

Lawrence is dealing

Trevor Lawrence has 18 touchdown passes and four interceptions at 8.5 yards a throw. Against Indianapolis he went 10 of 14 for 210 yards and three scores in a 42-7 win, and last Thursday he threw for 242 in a 33-10 win at Baltimore. The Jaguars convert 46% of their third downs. Those are the two most recent games, and they won them by a combined 58 points.

Tennessee can't win at home

The Titans are 0-4 in Nashville. They scored 10 against the Jets and 3 against Houston at home. Cam Ward has six touchdowns and five picks at 6.0 yards a throw, and the Titans average 18 points a game. On Tuesday they traded safety Amani Hooker, who leads the NFL with five interceptions, to Buffalo. That’s the second defensive captain Tennessee has shipped out, after Jeffery Simmons went to Chicago in October. The Jaguars got better at the deadline. The Titans sold the back end of their defense right before Lawrence comes to town.