The Jets, on their second Florida road trip in a week, take on the Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville this afternoon.

The big question for the Jets is if they can demonstrate they are the better team in this matchup of 3-10 outfits that both have lost close games all season. The Jets have lost nine of their last 10 games and have dropped seven of their last eight decided by eight points or fewer. The Jaguars, who ended a five-game losing streak with a 10-6 win at Tennessee last week, are 2-7 this season in one-score losses.

Offensively, it will be interesting for Jets fans to see if Aaron Rodgers and the Jets can build on their decent outing last week at Miami. Although they lost to the Dolphins, 32-26 in overtime, Rodgers threw for his first 300-yard game since 2021 and the Jets cleared 400 yards for just the second time this season.

Rodgers will again get to distribute the ball to WRs Garrett Wilson, Davante Adams and Allen Lazard while the offense will try to pick up steam on the ground. RB Breece Hall returns to action, perhaps on a limited basis due to his knee injury, to work with rookie backs Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis, who were precociously productive in last week's game. And the Jets could get a jumpstart against the Jaguars' defense, ranked last in the NFL in total yards/game, total yards/play and net passing yards/play.

And with a mere 123 receiving yards this season and possibly even Sunday, Wilson, already one of seven WRs in NFL history with 80-plus receptions in his first three seasons, will become one of five pro wideouts to reach 80 catches and 1,000 yards in his first three seasons. He'll also become the first Jets WR to get to three 1,000-yard seasons in a row in 56 seasons, or since George Sauer turned that trifecta in 1966-68.

Meanwhile, the Jets' pass defense vs. Jacksonville's pass offense will be a matchup to monitor. The Jaguars, with starting QB Trevor Lawrence on injured reserve, have turned to Mac Jones, the former New England signal-caller who was 5-0 in his Patriots career vs. the Jets but is 1-2 not including a loss in long relief in the Jags' past four games.

Jones, whom the Jets sacked 12 times in their two games against him in 2022, and his J-ville receivers, led by first-round rookie Bryan Thomas Jr., will work against a Jets secondary that has regained All-Pro CB Sauce Gardner after a game sidelined by a sore hamstring, but will be without D.J. Reed (groin) and first backup Brandin Echols (shoulder).

The Green & White D, despite issues in takeaways and explosive plays, remains ranked fourth in the NFL in both total yards and net passing yards allowed per game. But can they work their will against Jones and the Jags offense, which is 28th in yards, 31st in first downs and 32nd in time of possession?

This game also will be played without the teams' starting tight ends. The Jets' Tyler Conklin was placed on the game status report Saturday as questionable due to a non-injury/personal matter and was downgraded this morning to out. The Jags' Evan Engram suffered a shoulder injury at the Titans that requires season-ending surgery. Conklin is listed as inactive while Engram is not listed after being placed on IR.

These are the Jets' seven inactives for the game:

• CB D.J. Reed
• WR Malachi Corley
• S Jaylin Simpson
• CB Brandin Echols
• OL Xavier Newman
• TE Tyler Conklin
• DL Braiden McGregor

And here are Jacksonville's five inactives players:

• RB D'Ernest Johnson
• DE Myles Cole
• OL Javon Foster
• DT Esezi Otomewo
• DT Jordan Jefferson