Admin October 13, 2024
NFL Week 6 picks and predictions
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The NFL is sending a marquee quarterback matchup to London this weekend.
Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears meet Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars in London in Week 6, the second of three London matchups this season. Of course, it isn’t exactly as it seems.
Williams, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2024 NFL draft, seems to be figuring things out. With two 300-plus-yard performances in his last three games, the rookie passer has been flashing all of the traits and abilities that landed him in Chicago.
Lawrence, No. 1 overall selection in the 2021 draft, has waded through difficult early season waters so far. Lawrence is, however, coming off his best performance in 2024, a 371-yard, two-touchdown game vs. the Colts, which ended in a 37-34 victory to springboard the Jags to London.
USA TODAY Sports will provide live updates, highlights and more from the Week 6 London matchup between the Bears and Jaguars below:
What time is Jaguars at Bears in London?
- Start time: 9:30 a.m. ET
The Bears vs. Jaguars Week 6 London matchup gets underway at 9:30 a.m. ET. The game should take viewers almost right up to the 1 p.m. slate of games in Week 6.
Bears vs. Jaguars TV channel
- TV channel: NFL Network (national) | CBS 47 (Jacksonville market) | Fox 32 (Chicago market)
- Live stream: Fubo, NFL+
Nationally, the Jaguars vs. Bears matchup will air on NFL Network. Locally, CBS 47 (Jacksonville) and Fox 32 (Chicago) will broadcast the game.
The game is also available to stream on Fubo.
- TV channel: NFL Network (national)
- Chicago market: Fox 32
The Jags vs. Bears matchup will air on NFL Network to a national audience, and on Fox 32 in the Chicago market.
- TV channel: NFL Network (national)
- Jacksonville market: CBS47
The Jags vs. Bears matchup will air on NFL Network to a national audience, and on CBS47 in the Jacksonville market.
Bears vs. Jaguars predictions, picks
Here’s how the USA TODAY Sports staff feels the Bears vs. Jaguars Week 6 matchup in London will shake out:
- Lorenzo Reyes: Bears 26, Jaguars 20
- Tyler Dragon: Bears 21, Jaguars 20
- Jordan Mendoza: Bears 22, Jaguars 16
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- Spread: Bears (-1.5)
- Moneyline: Bears (-125); Jaguars (+105)
- Over/under: 44.5
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – home of the Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur F.C – is a state-of-the-art facility which opened in 2019.
Located in Tottenham, London, England, the stadium seats almost 63,000 fans. It features a retractable pitch that makes way for a football field underneath, an engineering marvel.
The Jaguars have played in London 11 times over the past ten seasons and have a 6-5 record in those games.
The Jaguars played back-to-back games in London in 2023 and will do so again in 2024. They are scheduled to play the Bears in Week 6 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and then the New England Patriots in Week 7 at Wembley Stadium.
The Jaguars are 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and 4-5 at Wembley Stadium.
Who are the highest paid NFL players at each position?
We have a complete list at every position:
The NFL’s top 18 players in average annual salary are all quarterbacks, according to OverTheCap.com. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott became the league’s highest-paid player on Sunday morning, agreeing to a four-year, $240 million deal. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson is the first non-quarterback on the highest-paid list after striking a four-year, $140 million contract extension this offseason.
The Jaguars and quarterback Trevor Lawrence have agreed to terms on a five–year, $275 million contract extension – with $200 million guaranteed – ahead of the 2024 season, a person close to the situation informed USA TODAY Sports.
At the time, the deal matched Lawrence with the Cincinnati Bengals‘ Joe Burrow as the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback and highest-paid player in league history (in per-season average salary). Dak Prescott later eclipsed that mark.
Dak Prescott is currently the highest-paid NFL quarterback in terms of AAV. He signed a four-year, $240 million extension with the Dallas Cowboys on eve of the 2024 NFL season to leapfrog Lawrence and Burrow for the top spot.
Prescott also has the most guaranteed money in his contract among quarterbacks. A whopping $231 million of his deal is guaranteed, which surpassed Deshaun Watson‘s previous record of $230 million in his infamous fully guaranteed deal.
Prescott’s contract isn’t the NFL’s largest contract overall, however. That honor belongs to Patrick Mahomes, who is penciled to make $450 million as part of the 10-year contract he signed with the team in 2020.
Entering the Week 6 Sunday slate of games, the Jaguars are in the cellar of the AFC South. Here’s how they stack up in the division:
- Houston Texans (4-1)
- Indianapolis Colts (2-3)
- Tennessee Titans (1-3)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (1-4)
The Bears have a little work to do to catch up to the Vikings in the division. Here’s how the NFC North looks entering Week 6 Sunday games:
- Minnesota Vikings (5-0)
- Detroit Lions (3-1)
- Chicago Bears (3-2)
- Green Bay Packers (3-2)
The Bears rookie QB may have flipped a switch. Williams has two 300-plus yard passing performances in his last three games.
Williams has thrown for 1,091 yards, five touchdowns and four interceptions through five games this season. He’s coming off his best performance, throwing two touchdowns vs. the Panthers in Week 5.
Chicago jumps the pond to take on the Jaguars in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England.
The matchup counts as a Bears home game.
Guard Nate Davis is a healthy scratch, while the team will be without DB Jaquan Brisker as he’s in the concussion protocol.
Here’s the full look at Bears inactives today:
The Jags get tight end Evan Engram back this weekend. Here’s the list of inactives for Sunday’s matchup vs. Chicago:
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