(01-20-2018, 08:15 AM)jachba Wrote:

(01-20-2018, 07:09 AM)Jags Wrote: “Patriots”, it’s just a name.  No team should be afraid of a simple word.  You’re not playing the ‘name’.  Ive been seeing comments here and elsewhere that have the “Jags? v. THE Patriots, haha” tone.  What’s that mean?  Does that mean the Patriots will win the next 5 Super Bowls until Brady retires at 45, as so he claims?  Because they are the Patriots.  The past games played for each team has zero bearing on the game tomorrow.  The Jaguars shouldn’t even be here at this point.  Why? Because they used to be bad?  The Patriots will handily win this game. Why? Because they’re the Patriots?  Forget the ‘enigma”.  Go in there and play a game against another good team with a great coach and QB.  I say “another” because that’s what I feel the Jaguars are.  A great team that’s well coached with a QB that still has the opportunity to prove he too can be great.   Play the game.  Not the enigma.

Take it from a Charger fan, your team actually matches up very well against the Pats. I recently read an article that compared the Jags defense to the three teams that have beaten New England in Foxboro in the playoffs. As it turns out, the Jags defense actually is better statistically than the defenses of the three teams previously mentioned. 

By the way, it is possible to limit the Pats offense in Foxboro: the Chargers did it in October, allowing them one offensive TD that day. In fact, take away the 2nd quarter (the TD, 2 FG'S and a safety) and the Chargers win by limiting the Pats to 6 points.