The No. 5 seed Los Angeles Chargers and No. 4 seed Jacksonville Jaguars will meet in the 2023 NFL playoffs on Saturday night. Kickoff in Jacksonville is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. The Chargers are favored by 1.5 in the latest Chargers vs. Jaguars odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over/under is 47.

Before you make any Chargers vs. Jaguars picks or any other NFL predictions, you NEED to see which side Mike Tierney is on. 

A veteran sportswriter whose work appears periodically in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Mike Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. He entered the 2022 NFL season 232-204-10 against-the-spread since the start of the 2018 season.

In addition, he is an AMAZING 33-14 on his last 47 picks in games involving the Jaguars, returning nearly $1,800. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Tierney knows the Jaguars are in the top 12 in scoring defense, yielding 20.6 points per game. Jacksonville is in the top five with 27 takeaways and a 14.4% turnover creation rate. The Jags also give up only 4.2 yards per carry to opponents and lead the league with a fourth down conversion rate allowed of only 32.3%.

Tierney also knows the Chargers have a high-powered offense behind Justin Herbert and Austin Ekeler. Los Angeles averages 23 points per game and ranks in the top 10 with 359.3 total yards per game. The Chargers committed only 19 turnovers in 17 games, a top-five mark, and were in the top quartile in first downs and third down conversion rate.

Now, Tierney has locked in another confident against the spread pick for Chargers vs. Jaguars. We can tell you he's leaning Under the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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