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The Jacksonville Jaguars are trying to become the first team to win three con-secutive road games since they did it in 2001. They play against the Arizona Cardinals this week and the Cleveland Browns next week before coming home.

But the Jaguars may not have to be too concerned about todays road game - as the Cardinals may not have much of a home field edge in their final year at Sun Devil Stadium. The team is currently 3-7 and sold only 44,000 tickets for their previous home game on Nov. 6 - a loss to Seattle Seahaks - and not all of those fans even bothered to show. Also factor in that there is no rivalry between these teams as this is only the second time overall and the first time in five years that they've met.

Jack Del Rio (coach) said the Jaguars can't be concerned about the atmosphere or lack thereof - that they have to prepare to play their best football.

With Arizona ranked 26th in defensive yards given up, the Jaguars offense, which has scored thirty points two weeks in a row after going fifty-eight games in a row without making those numbers, could have another big day.

Quarterback Byron Leftwich seems to elevating his game in his third season and the coach is impressed with the poise that Leftwich is showing.

"I think it can be underestimated how important it is for a guy to remain calm and pick out receivers and keep his eyes on the receivers down the field and not get flustered, not get rattled and not start turning the ball over and not start looking for the rush instead of looking down the field," he said.

Bet on today's game at our sportsbook - we have Jacksonville at -3.5 on the pointspread for their game at Arizona.

Byron Leftwich would have been starting for the Baltimore Ravens against the Jaguars on Sunday - had the trade not fallen through on draft day in 2003. But Leftwich will start for the Jaguars in an important game for them. The Ravens are most likely out of it this season but could be motivated by the Leftwich issue - depending on how sore they are about it.

The Ravens tried to make a trade with Minnesota to move ahead of the Ravens to select Leftwich. It didn't work out, allegedly because they missed the deadline because they couldn't get through on the phone to complete the deal.

Leftwich should have the upper hand in this game against the Ravens' Kyle Boller.

This is 15th meeting between the teams and the the Jaguars lead the series 8-6, but have lost the last six meetings, including a 24-17 setback in 2003 - their last meeting.

The Jaguars won the first eight meetings, beating the Ravens twice a season from 1996-1999 and also made the playoffs in each of those four years.

In 2000 it was Baltimore's turn - they swept the Jaguars and then won the Super Bowl.

The Jaguars, like their counterparts in the wild, can be unpredictable. Jacksonville tend to play better as an underdog than as a favored team. They win against teams they're not supposed to win against and get turned over by teams they're supposed to beat.

Last year they became one of the few Florida teams to beat the Green Bay Packers in December. They then came home and lost to Houston Texans, for the second time, and cost themselves a playoff berth.

This year they lost to a Rams team that was missing six starters, including four Pro Bowlers. Yet they won at Pittsburgh.

So what of the Jacksonville Jaguars' game on Sunday against Houston. We're giving Houston (1-6) +13 points at time of writing. The biggest positive spread on the board.

You just need to work what the Jaguar's frame of mind will be come game time...