(01-09-2018, 01:02 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I will say that even if we lose to the hated Steelers, I'm thrilled with how this team has progressed, and more thrilled with this team's future prospects.

What thrills me is the big picture.  I have always worried about the long term future of the franchise and if we could ever sell enough tickets to survive in Jacksonville.   Even after we made the playoffs, I was worried about ticket sales for the playoff game, because I remember the last time we hosted a playoff game, they always raise the ticket prices for playoff games about 50%, and they had a hard time selling out the stadium that last time.  Granted it was a couple of decades ago. 

But the way the playoff tickets sold so quickly, and the way the prices skyrocketed on the open market after that, confirmed that there actually was a big market of potential ticket buyers waiting to be tapped.  Then seeing the way the stadium was filled to capacity, all the towel waving, and how loud it was on TV.  And the fact that Shad Khan could be there and see it in person.   It confirmed our potential as an NFL city.  

It was a huge victory not just for the 2018 Jaguars, but for the franchise and for the city of Jacksonville.   No matter what happens this week in Pittsburgh, if you take a step back and look at the big picture, this is perhaps the most important season in Jaguars history in terms of stabilizing the franchise in Jacksonville.  People always said, just give us a decent product and we will buy the tickets.   They did, and we did.  It's huge.

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