The Jacksonville Jaguars

[Tacachale]

Re the playoffs, I hate to be a pessimist, but I'm not ready to bank on it. The hated Titans have our same record, trounced us here, and get to play us again on their own turf.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Re the playoffs, I hate to be a pessimist, but I'm not ready to bank on it. The hated Titans have our same record, trounced us here, and get to play us again on their own turf.

They also have a pretty soft schedule down the stretch, although they still have to play Pittsburgh.

If Tennessee were to beat us out, though, the wild card picture is looking rosier.  Buffalo has a horrifically hard schedule in the next several weeks, and after that it's a host of teams with 4-4 or 4-5 records, the best of which may actually be the Jets.

[pierre]

Re the playoffs, I hate to be a pessimist, but I'm not ready to bank on it. The hated Titans have our same record, trounced us here, and get to play us again on their own turf.

I agree with you in terms on winning the AFC South. I would say there is a good chance the Week 17 game in Nashville ends up being for the division title.

With the playoffs though, a wild card is very much in reach regardless of what the titans do.

If the season ended today, the Jaguars would be in as a wild card along with Buffalo.

Every other team is at least one game below the Jaguars.

And the Jaguars have the easiest remaining schedule in the league.

[ben says]

Love to see us fans discussing the home stretch, ease of schedule, etc, with some level of excitement and security.

This time last year...hell, this time the last 10 years...we wouldn´t bank on ANYTHING, let alone talking about a division title game in Nashville down the road.

As long as we don´t have a major regression in the next few games (hopefully, as long as we don´t have a major regression in the NEXT game), I´m officially feeling good about these Jags. 

(On another level, despite the ease of remaining schedule, I do worry about what comes next. Let´s be honest - we´re not winning out this year. So I then ask myself: which games are we losing, and how bad are we losing them? Blowouts? Excrutiating mistakes? Typical 2008-2017 Jags? Futhermore, I´m not even ready to say we´ll hand it to teams like the 49ers...as the ´typical Jags´ of the decade past would find ways to blow those games too)

In other words: cautiously optimistic, but with a hell of a lot of worry.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

And we may not win out,  although we're 'favored' to win every game on our schedule.

But honest question:  When's the last time we could look at the schedule and honestly say that they're all winnable games?

[pierre]

I did not feel good going into the Bengals game. But Cincinnati was never really a threat to win that game. Without kind of a fluky play where Myles Jack ran into a teammate, allowing a long gain by their tight end, it may have been another shut out.

Look at the next four games.

Chargers at home. Rivers has torched this team in the past. Although he's never faced a lot of the guys (Campbell, Bouye, Church) on this team. Even when they played last year, Jack and Ramsey were not starters.

After that is three very winnable games. At winless Cleveland, at Arizona, Indy at home. In those games they are facing three mediocre (or worse) quarterbacks.

Puts them likely in a good position going into the final four games of the year.

[77danj7]

Re the playoffs, I hate to be a pessimist, but I'm not ready to bank on it. The hated Titans have our same record, trounced us here, and get to play us again on their own turf.

They also have a pretty soft schedule down the stretch, although they still have to play Pittsburgh.

If Tennessee were to beat us out, though, the wild card picture is looking rosier.  Buffalo has a horrifically hard schedule in the next several weeks, and after that it's a host of teams with 4-4 or 4-5 records, the best of which may actually be the Jets.

Tennessee also has the Rams who are considered a possible NFC favorite now.  Here's to hoping the Steelers and Rams help us out so it's not a winner take all game on 12/31.

[Wacca Pilatka]

^ Forgot about the Rams game.  But if TN loses to the Rams and Steelers and we happen to lose one along the way, that puts us with only a one-game lead and it's still a winner-take-all game.

Sure would help if one other random opponent pulls an upset over TN.  Here's hoping the non-suspended A.J. goes wild on them this week.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Chargers at home. Rivers has torched this team in the past. Although he's never faced a lot of the guys (Campbell, Bouye, Church) on this team. Even when they played last year, Jack and Ramsey were not starters.

The Jags were also in full Gus Disarray Mode for that game.  Posluszny assigned to cover Travis Benjamin, Jared Odrick having a sideline meltdown, Blake desperately chucking passes into triple coverage. 

As much as Rivers has been a Jaguar slayer, Jacksonville hadn't exactly fielded talented or disciplined teams to face him.  Remember the 2011 game when the Jags had a decent defense, but then had five or so corners get hurt and had to start Ashton Youboty and an undrafted rookie against Rivers?  Or 2014, when Rivers was the latest (and mercifully last) quarterback to get to spend an entire day catching Winston Guy hopelessly out of position?

After that is three very winnable games. At winless Cleveland, at Arizona, Indy at home. In those games they are facing three mediocre (or worse) quarterbacks.

Perhaps more importantly, the Jags are facing a string of terrible offensive lines with Arizona, the Colts, and then Seattle (plus Cleveland's is depleted without Joe Thomas, not that Cleveland had much margin for error with him).  When that pass rush has the opportunity to go crazy, blowout wins follow.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Niners are going to be a wildcard game.

We don't know who the QB will be when we play them or how good he may or may not actually be.

Tennessee will have to play them too.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

AJ Green:  I apologize... it was uncharacteristic....  I won't let it happen again....

Ramsey speaks and is the epitome of contrition:

https://www.youtube.com/v/mW4x7F6v4so

[wanderson91]

AJ Green:  I apologize... it was uncharacteristic....  I won't let it happen again....

Ramsey speaks and is the epitome of contrition:

https://www.youtube.com/v/mW4x7F6v4so

I love this 

[copperfiend]

Ramsey is the #1 troll in the league now.

[Keith-N-Jax]

So much for the fake punt not working again

[KenFSU]

What a time to be alive.