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Jacksonville Jaguars: 2026 Win Total & Market Edge

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The prediction-market read on the Jaguars: our 10,000-season simulation projects 9.4 wins in 2026 (8th of 32, Playoff tier; raw model 9.4), beside the live Kalshi win-total line. Full schedule, per-game win probabilities and AFC South standing below.

2026 win total: our model vs. Kalshi

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Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC South · 6th power rating · Playoff
Kalshi live
9.4 projected wins
± 2.0 · 8th of 32
Kalshi market
9.31w
Ladder-implied wins
7 Oracles sim
9.38w
59.6% backtested
Divergence
+0.07w
Model higher

Model agrees with the market

Divergence is projected wins minus the ladder-implied market line, in wins — LOW on the one ladder every season-wins surface grades on (STRONG ≥2.0 · HIGH ≥1.5 · MODERATE ≥1.0); OVER / UNDER fires at ±2.0. Projected wins are the 10,000-season simulation mean; the raw model reads 9.4. No single rung sits near 50¢.

See all 32 teams on the win-totals board → Informational only — verify the market and trade responsibly.

The consensus spread

Three independent estimates of the same season on one line: the expected wins implied by the live Kalshi ladder, our 10,000-season simulation, and EA’s Madden 27 simulation. Where they disagree is the whole signal.

2.37 wins of disagreement
7.01 Madden 27
9.31 Kalshi
9.38 Our sim
4.86.58.29.911.6

Our sim and the Madden simulation land on opposite sides of the 9.31 market line. They disagree with each other, so this is a market to watch rather than one to build a position in.

Our model is far higher on the Jaguars than Madden is — 6th on play-by-play versus 26th on talent, a 20-place gap. The production is there; the roster grades don't reflect it.

Where the season actually lands

A point estimate cannot tell a trader whether to take a position — the full distribution against the contract line can. Bars are the Madden 27 simulation over 10,000 seasons; the dashed marker is the live contract.

Kalshi 9.31 01234567891011121314151617
49%
our probability
of clearing 9.31
Madden sim: 19%
-1.1pp vs a coin flip

Our probability from the 10,000-season simulation (mean 9.38 wins; raw model 9.40 ± 2.02). Bars: Madden 27 sim-2026, 10,000 iterations. Two methods, no shared inputs.

The Ladder — Jaguars

All ladders →

The season simulation at every Kalshi win-total rung, then the widest player-prop gap on this club this week. The rungs the market has not listed two-sided yet are drawn from the simulation alone.

JaguarsSeason winsPRICEDBuy YES · 11+ wins
1+ wins9+ wins17+ wins
Widest gap
🔒
at 11+ wins
Market
🔒
Kalshi · P(YES)
PMP Model
🔒
display-calibrated

Priced. The market and the model tell the same story at every rung.

RungMarketModelGap
1+ winsoutside rangenot listed
2+ winsoutside rangenot listed
3+ winsoutside rangenot listed
4+ winsoutside rangenot listed
5+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
6+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
7+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
8+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
9+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
10+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
11+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
12+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
13+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
14+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
15+ wins🔒outside rangethin
16+ winsoutside rangenot listed
17+ winsoutside rangenot listed

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Parker WashingtonReceptionsONE STRIKE PRICED
Widest gap
one strike priced
Market
Kalshi · P(YES)
PMP Model
display-calibrated

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketBooksModelGap
3+ rec🔒YES
4+ rec🔒🔒YES
5+ rec🔒🔒YES

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

Chris Rodriguez Jr.Rush YdsONE STRIKE PRICED
Widest gap
one strike priced
Market
Kalshi · P(YES)
PMP Model
display-calibrated

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketBooksModelGap
20+ rush yds🔒YES
35+ rush yds🔒🔒YES
40+ rush yds🔒YES
60+ rush yds🔒YES

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

Gold is our distribution, parchment is the Kalshi contract at each strike; the band between them is green where our probability is higher and purple where it is lower. We publish our number only where we have measured it to be calibrated, between 30% and 70%; rungs outside that range show the market only. A contract pays $1 if it settles YES, so a price in cents is an implied probability. Prediction markets carry risk; contracts can settle at $0.

Market edges

The season contract and the single game most likely to move it, graded on the same thresholds every other Gridiron Edge surface uses.

◆ LOW confidence 9.31 · Over

Season wins over 9.31

Our 10,000-season simulation projects 9.38 (raw model 9.40), the Madden 27 simulation 7.01, against 9.31 market-implied wins — a +0.07-win gap. LOW on the wins ladder (STRONG ≥2.0 · HIGH ≥1.5 · MODERATE ≥1.0); a side is flagged only at the 2.0-win STRONG rung, so the honest read is no position.

◆ MODERATE confidence Wk 18 · Away

Week 18 at Colts

The truest coin flip on the schedule at 50%. Games this close are where a season win total is actually decided — and where a live in-week contract is most likely to be mispriced. Full read →

Informational only. Contracts can settle at $0 — verify the market and trade responsibly.

Power rating breakdown

Diverging from league average rather than four flat numbers, so a positive reads as a positive at a glance. Points per game.

Overall +2.6
Offense +1.7
Defense 0.0
Special teams +0.9

Overall +2.6 ranks 6th of 32 (Playoff tier). How Jaguars rank on the points scale → Re-weight the model yourself →

Methodology: DAEPA model docs → (59.6% backtested straight-up accuracy across 3,266 games, no market line used).

The season path

Seventeen weeks as a heat ribbon — the shape of the season in one glance, each cell linking to that game’s full read. The sortable table stays below it.

9.40 cumulative expected wins
Loss likelyWin likely— cumulative expected wins

Roster shape vs the league

Nine position groups against league average. Each axis is scaled on its own league range — a shared 0-100 scale flattens every roster into the same circle.

14 Quarterback 84
29 O-Line 76
12 Receiver 81
23 Tight End 77
32 Running Back 76
24 Pass Rush 80
19 Linebacker 76
18 Secondary 80
11 Special Teams 78

Dashed violet ring = league average. Number chip = rank of 32. Source: Madden 27 launch team composites (derived unit aggregates, no per-player data).

2026 schedule & model win probabilities

All 17 regular-season games. Our % is the DAEPA margin (power-rating differential + 2.5-point home-field) run through a Normal model, σ=14.4 — those 17 numbers sum to the raw model's 9.4 wins; the 9.4-win headline above is the 10,000-season simulation, which adds rating uncertainty (and fits its own home-field, 2.0) on top of these same ratings. Madden % is the same question asked of Madden 27 talent composites, a model that shares none of our inputs.

WeekOpponentH/AOur %Madden %
Wk 1vs Cleveland BrownsHOME70%57%
Wk 2at Denver BroncosAWAY47%35%
Wk 4at Cincinnati BengalsAWAY52%37%
Wk 6vs Houston TexansHOME52%48%
Wk 8vs Indianapolis ColtsHOME64%45%
Wk 9at Baltimore RavensAWAY47%25%
Wk 10at Tennessee TitansAWAY60%49%
Wk 11at New York GiantsAWAY54%44%
Wk 12vs Tennessee TitansHOME73%60%
Wk 13at Chicago BearsAWAY47%34%
Wk 14vs Pittsburgh SteelersHOME65%48%
Wk 15at Houston TexansAWAY45%37%
Wk 16at Dallas CowboysAWAY47%29%
Wk 18at Indianapolis ColtsAWAY50%34%

Jaguars player props vs the Kalshi line

Our projection against the live Kalshi contract. Every prop is an “X or more” contract that pays $1 if the player gets there, so the price of the side we call, in cents,is the market’s implied probability — the edge is the gap between that and ours, in percentage points. Closest strike to our projection first.

Jaguars player props vs the Kalshi line — our odds against the Kalshi price of the called side, on the strike closest to our projection
PlayerContractCallOur oddsMktEdgeTier
Parker WashingtonWR5+ receptionsover 4.5NOPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyMODERATE

All 54 player-prop edges for Week 1Locked numbers are Pro.

Jaguars props: where the market prices are

The market’s prices, not ours: each Kalshi strike beside the sportsbook consensus read at the same line, and where the cheaper price for each side actually is. A gap is a price difference, not a call — the Oracle calls above are the opinion.

Jaguars props: where the market prices are — Kalshi mid vs sportsbook consensus per strike, widest gap first
PlayerPropKalshiConsensusGapBest price
Parker WashingtonWRJAX v CLE5+ rec39.0¢42%-3.5¢over · Kalshi 43.7¢under · Novig 60¢
Chris Rodriguez Jr.JAX v CLE35+ rush yds52.5¢49%+3.1¢over · DK 52.4¢under · DK 53.3¢
Brian Thomas Jr.JAX v CLE3+ rec55.5¢58%-3.0¢over · Kalshi 59.7¢under · ProphetX 43.7¢
Parker WashingtonJAX v CLE4+ rec59.0¢60%-1.4¢over · Kalshi 62.7¢under · Novig 42¢
Brenton StrangeJAX v CLE4+ rec45.5¢47%-1.2¢over · DK 49¢under · Novig 56.5¢
Brenton StrangeJAX v CLE3+ rec63.0¢off-ladderKalshi only
Brian Thomas Jr.JAX v CLE50+ rec yds29.5¢off-ladderKalshi only
Chris Rodriguez Jr.JAX v CLE20+ rush yds72.5¢off-ladderover · Kalshi 79.2¢

See all 13 priced prop strikes on the board →+ 54 listed on Kalshi, not yet priced.

Jaguars player pages

All players →

One page per player: every Kalshi strike, the sportsbook consensus at the same threshold, the season projection and the measured range.

AFC South ladder

Projected wins across the division, leader in gold — and four internal reads a click away.

Jaguars 9.4 +2.6
Texans 9.2 +2.0 Colts 8.7 +0.0 Titans 6.9 -3.7

Model has the Jaguars 1st in the AFC South. Division hub →

10,000-season simulation

How it works →

Our own preseason board, played across the real 2026 schedule 10,000 times with the league's actual tiebreaker procedure. The projection above is the middle of this; these are the odds around it. The sim fits its own home-field (2.0 points, from played games) — a separate fit from the +2.5 the game model uses on matchup pages.

Sim average wins

9.4

10,000 seasons · 49% reach 10+

Make playoffs

57%

16% win 6 or fewer

Win division

34%

9% take the 1 seed

Win Super Bowl

4.7%

7th of 32 · 10% reach it

The Jaguars draw a 0.504 opponent win rate — the 11th-hardest schedule in the league.

10,000 simulated seasons on our preseason power ratings. Real NFL tiebreakers, real 2026 schedule. No injuries, no in-season roster change, no market prices.

Madden 27 outlook

Full board →

A second opinion, built from Madden 27 launch ratings alone and played across the real 2026 schedule 10,000 times. It knows nothing about our own model — which is what makes the disagreement worth reading.

Madden rank

26

78.7 composite · QB 84

Simulated wins

7.0

19% reach 10+

Playoffs

27%

15% win division

Super Bowl

1.0%

SoS 0.507 (11th hardest)

Our model is far higher on the Jaguars than Madden is — 6th on play-by-play versus 26th on talent, a 20-place gap. The production is there; the roster grades don't reflect it.

Madden-only inputs — no injuries, no in-season roster change, no market prices. Average error on a season win total is 2.27 wins, so the distribution is the product, not the mean. The 10,000-season simulation →

Jaguars 2026 — frequently asked

What is the Jacksonville Jaguars win total for 2026?

The Kalshi KXNFLWINS-27 ladder implies an expected 9.3 wins for the Jaguars in 2026. Our 10,000-season simulation on our DAEPA power ratings projects 9.4 wins — a 0.1-win agreement with the market (LOW on our wins ladder).

Where do the Jaguars rank in our 2026 power ratings?

The Jaguars sit at a +2.6-point power rating — 6th of 32 — in the Playoff tier. That rating (offense +1.7, defense 0.0, special teams +0.9) is the input behind every Jaguars prediction-market edge we publish.

Can you trade Jacksonville Jaguars games on Kalshi?

Yes. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated exchange that lists Jaguars season win totals (KXNFLWINS), individual game winners (KXNFLGAME, which for 2026 opened months ahead of kickoff), plus division, conference and Super Bowl champion markets — available to traders in all 50 states. You take a yes/no position that settles at $1 or $0.

What division are the Jaguars in for 2026?

The Jaguars play in the AFC South, alongside Texans, Colts, Titans. Our model has them projected 1st in the AFC South on 9.4 expected wins.

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