Washington Commanders vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Sunday, January 3, 2027 · EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
Quick Answer
As of August 1, 2026, our model favors the Jaguars by 6.5 in Washington Commanders vs Jacksonville Jaguars, NFL Week 17 2026 — 69% to win, and Jaguars 6th of 32, Commanders 23rd. Kalshi has not listed KXNFLGAME-27JAN03WASJAC yet, so there is no price to compare: when it opens, Jaguars at 64c or below (or Commanders at 26c or below) is where the model would take a position.
WAS
-1.5
JAX
+2.7
Commanders
31%
model win prob
Jaguars
69%
model win prob
KXNFLGAME-27JAN03WASJAChasn't opened yet, so there is no price to compare. When it does, the model buys the Jaguars at 64c or below, or the Commanders at 26c or below — a five-point threshold either way. The market column fills in automatically.
Power-rating comparison
Week 17 warning: what the Jaguars line does not know
Week 17 is where the standings start doing the talking, and the model does not know what either team will still be playing for. It prices the Jaguars by 6.5 (69%) from ratings alone — +2.7 for the Jaguars, -1.5 for the Commanders. Late-season numbers are the least reliable of the year for exactly that reason: a team that has locked its seed and a team with nothing left both play differently than the ratings assume. Treat this as a starting point, then check what is actually at stake.
Zoom out to the full season and the model projects the Jaguars at 9.5 wins (favored in 11 of 17) and the Commanders at 7.4 (favored in 3) — 2.1 wins apart across the year. By win probability this is the 15th-hardest game on the Jaguars' schedule and the 1st-hardest on the Commanders'. Nothing on the Commanders' schedule projects harder than this one.
The sharpest unit gap in the game runs one way: the Jaguars offense grades +1.8 (9th of 32) against a Commanders defense at -2.9 (30th) — 4.7 points of separation on our scale, and the single biggest reason the line sits where it does. Going the other direction, the Commanders offense (+1.0, 13th) meets the Jaguars defense (0.0, 9th), a 1.0-point gap. Special teams adds to it: the Jaguars grade +0.9, 3rd in the league, against +0.4 (20th) on the other side — close to a point of hidden margin.
One team has owned this series: the Commanders are 5-1 in 6 regular-season meetings since 2002. They last met in 2022: Commanders won 28-22 in September. Over their last 4 meetings the Jaguars are 0-4. Worth saying plainly — the model does not know any of that. It reads 2026 ratings and nothing else, so a lopsided series is a story, not a number on this page.
Does the model earn this number? In 448 of the 3266 walk-forward games it has been graded on (2013-2024, no market line used), it landed in the 65-70% range. Those favourites went 68%. The 69% on the Jaguars here sits in that same band, and the history backs it.
Kalshi has not listed KXNFLGAME-27JAN03WASJAC, so there is no price on the board and no edge to quote. The model's number to hold it to: Jaguars 69%, Commanders 31%. Applying our five-point threshold, that makes Jaguars contracts a buy at 64c or below and Commanders contracts a buy at 26c or below — anything between is inside the noise, and we pass. Week 1's KXNFLGAME contracts opened in May 2026 and the rest of the slate lists as the season gets closer; this page picks up the price automatically when it does.
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Commanders vs Jaguars — frequently asked
Who is favored in Commanders vs Jaguars in Week 17?
Our power-rating model favors the Jaguars by 6.5 points, a 69% win probability over the Commanders. The Jaguars rate 6th of 32 (+2.7) and the Commanders 23rd (-1.5); Kalshi has not listed KXNFLGAME-27JAN03WASJAC yet, so the model line is the only number on the board.
Do Week 17 lines account for teams resting starters?
Ours does not. The model prices the Jaguars by 6.5 from 2026 power ratings and home field, with no knowledge of playoff seeding, elimination, or who is being held out. Late-season contracts often move on exactly that information, so treat this number as the ratings baseline and check what each team still has to play for before taking a position.
How do you take a position on Commanders vs Jaguars?
The contract will be KXNFLGAME-27JAN03WASJAC on Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated exchange open to traders in all 50 states. It has not opened yet; when it does, the model would take the Jaguars at 64c or below, or the Commanders at 26c or below. There is no point spread — you buy a yes or no contract on a team and it settles at $1 or $0.
When and where do the Jaguars host the Commanders?
Washington Commanders visit the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, January 3, 2027 — a Sunday game in NFL Week 17, at EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL.
What does the model project for the Jaguars and Commanders this season?
Across all 17 games the model projects the Jaguars at 9.5 wins (favored in 11) and the Commanders at 7.4 (favored in 3). This game ranks 15th-hardest on the Jaguars' schedule and 1st-hardest on the Commanders', by model win probability.
How often does the model win when it is 69% on a team like the Jaguars?
68% of the time. Over 3266 walk-forward games from 2013-2024 — trained only on prior seasons, no market line as an input — the model put a team in the 65-70% range 448 times, and those teams won 68% of them. The Jaguars at 69% over the Commanders sit in that band, off a 6.5-point model line. Straight-up across all 3266 graded games the model picked winners at 59.6%, with a Brier score of 0.236 against 0.25 for a coin flip.
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