The Jacksonville Jaguars have not been given much of a chance by anyone to win on Sunday in Week 6 against the Denver Broncos and the team is a historic underdog as they visit Peyton Manning and company and the team is 0-5 coming into the game against one of the 5-0 undefeated teams in the league and now that will be on the line Sunday.
Manning has put up video game-like numbers this season with 20 touchdowns and just one interception, which is a stark contrast from what his brother Eli has been doing, as he has nearly as many picks as Manning has touchdown passes. The team has the top ranked passing offense in yards per game with over 370 yards and the defense has not been doing so well against the pass, but that has mostly because teams have needed to try and come back against them while putting up over 40 points in four of five games this season. The team has scored over 50 points in the past two games this season and while the defense has not been stout, Manning has given them the flexibility to give up some yards.
The Broncos are coming into the matchup with the Jaguars after winning their first five games and four of those victories came by double digits apart from the last win against the Cowboys. The team has games against the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins before coming into the bye week and then they will travel to the west coast in California to take on the San Diego Chargers and that will be a tough division game before a very difficult stretch that includes a road game against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. The matchup is another one between Manning and Brady and could be one of the last for the two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks.
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That stretch of three games on the road in four weeks will culminate with another matchup against the Chiefs, this time in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium and then the team will have two home matchups in Denver against the Tennessee Titans and the San Diego Chargers. Following that matchup against the Chargers at home, the team will finish with two straight road games, including one in Houston against the Texans before playing the Oakland Raiders in Week 17 on the road to end the year. The Broncos are currently the Super Bowl favorite and the team is ranked tops in the league in offense with Manning at the helm.
The Jaguars already lost to the Chiefs and the Seahawks this season and they have two more tough games coming up against the San Diego Chargers and the San Francisco 49ers and they could very well be winless heading into their bye week at 0-8 in Week 9. The team then plays three of four games on the road and if they are still winless by then, 0-16 could be a true possibility. Manning has passed for over 400 yards twice this season and he has tossed eight touchdowns and one interception over the past two weeks and his lowest total of passing yards in any game is 307 and he has tossed multiple touchdowns in every game this season. Manning is completing over 75 percent of his passes this season and he is ranked first in the league in passing touchdowns, completion percentage, quarterback rating and passing yards and some of those stats are not even close to anyone else.