A Long Road Ahead for the Jacksonville Jaguars
The 2007 season for the Jacksonville Jaguars was supposed to be the stepping stone for bigger and better things. The Jaguars went 11-5 in the AFC South and defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh (which is almost unheard of) in the Wild Card playoff game.
Since that stunning win the Jaguars have become just another team. A disappointing season followed in 08′ with an embarrassing record of 5-11.
The 09′ season seems to be an extension of the 08′ season, not much has changed. Not all is lost for the Jaguars, they do have one of the premier running backs in the NFL in Maurice Jones-Drew – who at only 5′7′ is a threat every time he carries the ball. MJD might be good for fantasy players but he can’t win games by himself.
The team headed to Indy in week 1 of the NFL season. While the team usually plays some pretty good football against the Colts, beating the Colts on their own turf is a tall order, especially in week 1 while emotions are running high.
QB David Garrard was supposed to take that leap into one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL, he is yet to take his game to the next level and has become and average QB. If this is Garrard’s fault or the fact he has no play-makers other then MJD remains to be seen.
During the team’s second week of football, the Jaguars hosted the visiting Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals, last year’s NFC conference champions, also set off their season on a bad note as they lost to the 49ers during their first week of football.
The Jaguars do have two pieces in place that have the potential to be good team once again, Garrard and MJD, it’s that the rest of the team is mediocre.
If they don’t get things right, they’re going to end up worse than their 5-11 record last year.
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