Here we go again, another great day for football! Cooler weather descended on North Florida this weekend and it seems like time for a late season push; either to the playoffs or sending leadership out the door.

The tinhorns come in playing marginal football having lost 5 of their last 6, while the Jags are just bad at 2-9. Should they win out and the tinhorns lose out the Jags can still win the division, so this might be the last week of meaningful football in Jacksonville until next year.

Game time is at 1pm, local broadcast on CBS.

Commentary, thoughts, arguments, blame casting, insults, and snark to follow!

So far, would be happy with these players being targeted round-by-round.

RD1: Will Campbell, Kelvin Banks Jr., Travis Hunter, Mason Graham, Will Johnson & Tetairoa McMillan.
RD2: Tate Ratledge, Kyle Kennard, Nick Emmanwori, Rod Moore, Aireontae Ersey & Tre Harris. 
RD3: Jonah Monheim, Xavier Restrepo, Xavier Watts, Cameron Williams & Dontay Corleone. 
RD4: Jack Nelson, Keon Sabb, Andrew Mukuba, Josaiah Stewart, Josh Conerly Jr. & Jake Majors. 
RD5: Marvin Jones Jr., Thor Griffith, Jake Slaughter, Cobee Bryant, Alfred Collins & Armaj Reed-Adams.
RD6: Oronde Gadsen II, Dane Key, Shilo Sanders, Clay Webb, Connor Colby & R.J Harvey. 
RD7: Tahj Brooks, Earnest Greene III, Hunter Wohler, Miles Frazier, Jack Kiser & Trey Zuhn III.

Turkey day games today, and more tomorrow! Who you got today, and whatcha eating while watching?

Maybe it's all the years of bad Jaguar football but it is a struggle lately to give a damn about this team. With Khan's history he probalby will not clean sweep the front office so the vicious cycle seems to keep repeating.  It's like the Jaguars average 1 good season every 5-6 years. The Jaguars to be blunt are Hope Killers.  They get to a point that gives one hope they are on pace to become consistent winners and then just stomps on your hope.  That trickles down to the players.  This Sunday coming up I will watch but have little hope of being entertained. I guess I am a masochist because I have been a fan since day 1 and can't stop watching but know deep down going to wind up disappointed in most cases. I haven't checked lately but I remember reading a few years back that the Jaguars were the most losing Franchise in NFL history under Shad Khan. 

I have taken steps to kinda step back from the product.  Last week I turned it off in the third quarter because it was more frustrating than entertaining to watch. The rest of the season is a no win situation:

A. If we win most of the games against inferior team:  There is little doubt in my mind that Khan would run it back with the same personal. If we squeak out 3-4 wins, I can see Khan with that Typical Speech: "The Jaguars are on the right track, yada, yada, yada."

B. If the Jaguars continue the same level of pathetic play:  It's flat out boring to watch. The defense gets slowly driven down the field while the offense has 3 plays and out.

C. If Lawrence Comes back:  I think it would be stupid to risk him in this lost season but Doug is trying to save his job.  Lawrence is clearly better than Mac but Lawrence isn't a world beater either. The team was 2-7 before Lawrence got hurt and Lawrence himself has missed many open throws this year. 

Just looking at were we were 3 years ago and where we are now:  Lawrence was suppose to be this unbelievable talent to save the franchise or at the very least be a Great QB (hasnt happen), The team has had many high round draft picks since then and most just aren't good players.  Clearly Baalke has failed to secure the talent but he seems to have the back pocket of the owner.  Maybe things will change after the season but right now It's hard getting excited for Jaguar football.  It's kinda depressing when you look at the Detroit Lions and they were in our same spot just a few years ago.

Forget #1 overall. I want our QB TLAW to decimate the tinhorns, and that sorry [BLEEP] QB CJ Stroud. Go Jags baby.

Happy Friday, everyone! Wait, it's Tuesday? Strange.

So last week didn't give much opportunity to make up ground on the leaderboard, kudos to copycat for nailing both picks. The season is drawing to a close, and 6 pickers within 4 wins of each other at the top. Make your picks count, folks!

HOU @JAX: Duval is coming off a bye, nobody got fired, QB got rest. Do the coaches loosen up now that they know they have the rest of the season to work with? Tinhorns are crashing back down to Earth, and need a win desperately. The end result will say a lot about both teams.

IND @ NE: Richardson has mellowed after his midseason benching. Neither team plays defense well, does either offense take advantage?

TN @ WAS: The tacks scored a major upset over a reeling division rival. The Redacteds are on their own slide, and may panic if this game comes down to a kick.

A real mixed bag to pick from this week, we might see some movement among the top pickers. Best of luck, and enjoy the turkey and stuffing!

Etienne needs 1 more TD to have 20 total TDs in his Jaguars career. Only 8 other Jaguars have accomplished 20 or more TDs in a career:

1. Fred Taylor
2. Jimmy Smith 
3. Keenan McCardell 
4. Marcedes Lewis 
5. Allen Robinson 
6. Allen Hurns 
7. Jones Drew 
8. James Stewart 
9. Travis Etienne??

Etienne needs 1 rushing TD to move into 4th place with Stacey Mack for 4th all-time in rushing touchdowns.

Evan Engram needs 19 more catches to move into 6th place on the Jaguars all-time receptions list. 4 Tight Ends are currently in the top 9. 

1. Jimmy Smith - 862
2. Keenan McCardell - 499
3. Marcedes Lewis - 375
4. Jones Drew - 335
5. Fred Taylor - 286
6. Kyle Brady - 241
7. Evan Engram - 223
8. Allen Robinson - 202
9. Pete Mitchell - 191
10. Allen Hurns - 189
10. Reggie Williams - 189

Engram needs 63 catches to move into the top 5 in receptions, and 153 catches to move into the top 3.

-JF24

And no, do not put in a waiver claim for him. Looks like Mac has some competition for the 'former starter to be signed as our bandaid/backup' offers this offseason.

It begins this coming Monday.  

In one corner, from India, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju!!!  And in the opposite corner, from the People's Republic of China, World Champion Ding Liren!!!

14 games for the World Championship of Chess!!!  

Magnus Carlsen has vacated his title.  Gukesh is a heavy favorite to become the youngest World Chess Champion in history.

Jameis Winston is weird.