Jax vs AZ

[Keith-N-Jax]

Has to be the worst effort I have ever seen buy a pro football team. From Del Rio down to the guy who holds the ball for the extra point. Horrible,,just horrible.This will be a very long year for the Jags faithfuls. If they continue to play like that, they wont win a game.

[DavidWilliams]

4-12 at best I am thinking. That was quite putrid.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Wow David your generous. I've been looking over the schedule. Just don't see 4 wins, but I guess that depends on the way the play. I think we saw the true Jacksonville out there today was it 39,000. It was pathetic, regardless of the teams play. Before someone says oh its the economy,remember Weaver had to get extensions in the Jags 11-5 season for many home games. People had jobs then. The real reason is this town is pathetic and full of pathetic excuses. The NFL doesn't belong here not much does. The few faithful are lucky that theres not another city with a stadium up to NFL standards yet,, otherwise the clock is ticking.

[Tripoli1711]

I agree.  Far more depressing than the team's play is the showing by the fans.  39k people at a home opener is embarrassing.  We are now a laughingstock. 

Here is a portion from the AP story about the game.

Jacksonville trailed 24-3 after two quarters â€" the largest halftime deficit at home in team history â€" and was down 28 points before mounting a mild comeback.

The only good news for the Jaguars? Hardly anyone in Jacksonville saw it. The game was blacked out on local television, and the stands were about half full.

I can generally care less what the national sports media says about the Jaguars.  Typically they are transparently uninformed.  Statements such as this, however, are an indictment on the city itself and are indefensible.

If we lose the Jaguars, what does it say?  "Jacksonville tried to nose into the big leagues of American cities and failed miserably".  Sadly, I think a large percentage of citizens in Jacksonville would prefer it were never more than a Double-A town...

[Keith-N-Jax]

Well atleast they said half full.

[Tripoli1711]

Haha.  Well thanks for bringing some optimism to my half-empty minded post.

[Keith-N-Jax]

The steelers lost and the titans so I am feeling a little better. Head hurts though it was very hot today out there.

[coredumped]

That game was BRUTAL! I don't know when I've seen a regular game that empty! We looked like a high school team out there. Things need to turn around or there will be a lot of new people next year.

[mtraininjax]

We're not going to lose the Jags. Relax, no city has a stadium ready for an NFL team, as we speak. So settle down. Anyone see that the Cowboys almost had a blackout for their stadium as of last Wednesday? Not sure how many they needed to sell, but they needed to sell X (number) of seats at $239 per seat to make their game a sellout. So the folks from Dallas, Arlington, and Ft. Worth ponied up the cash to make it a sellout. I don't see the fans from St. Augustine, Brunswick, and Baldwin doing the same, but so what? The team is not going anywhere soon.

Being down 31-3 at home, when the LINE on the game was Jags by 3 was a JOKE. Del Rio will be gone soon enough. We may be the Detroit Lions of the NFL this year.

[winthropf]

The people who complain about fan attendance should be complaining about a terrible product being produced year after year...
Complaining about the lack of people in the stadium is like saying...
We should all go support the local over priced diner...  the food is horrible but we really should support them or they might leave.

David Garrard's twitter ticket give-away was very inspiring this week, the Jags should have more players doing this. 

But, a team that plays like this isn't going to win anyone over.  We don't even have to go into the information around seats in the stadium vs metro area and compare it to other teams in the NFL....

[David]

For some reason i'm thinking we'll do better than last year. No playoffs or anything, but my gut tells me we'll win at least 6-7 games.

I saw potential during our failed come-back attempt today. The guys just aren't in synch yet. We can't run drew-jones for 9 out of 10 plays, so i'm hoping they get together a more 3-dimensional game plan soon.

As for the attendance, i'd be there if my job situation was better. As soon as I get the funds i'll buy whatever tickets I can afford.

If the blackouts continue and you're like me, too broke to go to the games, organize football parties at your house by streaming the game over the internet and playing it on your t.v. without the expressed written consent of the NFL. A speakeasy sportsbar, if you will.

[Keith-N-Jax]

David you do realize the Cardinals were in prevent defense and already thinking about next weeks game. Warner wasnt even in the game at that point. And wow we can have internet and throw parties, but were broke and cant go to the game. Jacksonville man up,,people just want to sit home at watched the games. There were over 100 thou at the billion dollar scoreboard stadium. $75 to park and we complain about $40 and $50 ticktets. The only thing sadier than the Jags perfomance today are the people in this city.

[KenFSU]

I was at the game, and I take offense to that sentiment. "We can have internet... but we're broke and can't go to the game." Come on, now. That is absolutely ridiculous. In 2009, the internet is all but a necessity. Shitty football isn't.

Jacksonville has a lot of things to be embarrassed about. Lackluster schools. Nightly murders. Trigger-happy police. Being practically held hostage by a freakin church. But to hang your head in shame because only 40,000 people showed up to a ball game? And there are plenty of reasons the average citizen of this fine city is somewhat embarrassing. Football is a ways down my list though.

I spent most of my Sunday and over $150 to have my afternoon ruined by inexcusable, pathetic, half-hearted football. I like the Jags and would be pretty sad to see them leave town, but they're going to have to do something pretty special in the next game or two to get me back out there again. It's not the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or even 90s any more. The available entertainment options out there have quadrupled. You can certainly make the case that oldschool sports fans were better, but the simple fact of the matter is that the newschool sports fan might continue to support his team in good times and bad, but likely, they are going to be far less willing to throw down so much hard-earned money if its clearly obvious that their team isn't reciprocating with a 100% effort.

Nobody is obligated to make sacrifices for a football team. And nobody should feel guilty about having the internets but not going out on Sunday for a game. Passing a starving child on the streets and choosing to buy the internets instead of helping them, maybe that's something to feel guilty about, but not choosing three months of internet over the abortion that occurred today at the stadium.

[David]

Yes, I do realize they were in a prevent defense. I'm just not ready to give up on the jags TWO GAMES into the season.

Spare me the "go to the game" speech. I spent 500 bucks on season tickets last year. This year, I have way too many bills piling up. I don't have 40-80 dollars to spare on game day at the moment. The "internet party" today set me back about 5 bucks after snacks, which by the way, was at a friends house since I don't currently have internet at home.  If you want to donate some tickets, i'd be more than happy to show up on game day and stick by the team, the same way I have since their conception in 1993.

The lack of attendance is due to two factors. Those like me who've had a rough year and those who just don't support the team due to them losing. The bandwagoners.

We're one of the smallest markets in the NFL, we can barely fill the stadium when we're winning. Let alone after a 5-11 record, in the middle of a recession.

And the blackouts are b.s. I'm going to watch the Jags play in whatever way I can. Even if it's painful.

[deathstar]

I'm thinking 7-9 now, not 9-7.