Hi, Jaguars fans!      Jacksonville Jaguars football is back on the gridiron.   But they start the 2017 NFL preseason schedule on the road as they play the defending Super Bowl XL Champions New England Patriots, in their home stadium no less.   However, they star players including Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, and Rob Gronkowski will play the first opening series, before the Patriots coaching may staff their reserve players and rookie  of to play the rest of tonight's game  in their 90-man roster.

Both the Jaguars and Patriots have been playing a joint scrimmage this week. Both teams are playing their third all-time preseason game tonight, their first since 2011, and all three preseason games have been played at Gillette Stadium.

Tonight is both the debut of Doug Marrone's first game as the Jaguars Head Coach, replacing Gus Bradley, and also  game action of the 2017 Jaguars NFL Draft Class, including  Jaguars #1 draft pick and #4 overall  running Back Leonard Fornette from LSU,  Blair Brown, Jalen Myrick, Cam Robinson,  Dawuane Smoot, Dede Westbrook, and  Marquez Williams.

Kickoff from Gillette Stadium is be 7:35PM Eastern Standard Time.  No injuries, and GO JAGUARS!!!!!




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[b]UPDATE: Turned Live Threads off, I underestimated the database load. We will have it back next preseason game.!!

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