(01-23-2018, 06:53 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Great post, FBT, I agree entirely.

I would add, from my perspective, the thing I have worried about for the past few years isn't wins and losses, but rather, the future of the franchise in Jacksonville. Just having a team is far more important to me than winning any particular game, even a Super Bowl. I know in the recent past a lot of people have poo-pooed supposed attendance issues, but in September and October that stadium looked pretty empty to me. I know a lot of people said, oh, they're all in the Bud Zone, or they're all in the bathroom, but that wasn't mathematically possible. It was at the point where I was starting to worry about the long term future of the franchise in Jacksonville.

The great thing to me is the way attendance exploded at the end of the season. That was what a full stadium looks like. No empty seats, tarps gone, standing room only. And now, season ticket deposits have skyrocketed. We are going to fill that stadium next year. And to me, that is by far the most important thing- to fill up that stadium. That is far more important than winning a Super Bowl. Because it means we keep our team. I was really worried about that. Maybe I was the only one, but I was.

And that's why I'm not sad at all about the outcome against the Pats. The results of the season go so far beyond what happened in the playoffs. To me, the result of the season is, the fans are back, in force. That is so much more important than anything else.

My overwhelming feeling is that I am ecstatic about the season as a whole and what it means for the future of the franchise in Jacksonville. My sadness about the Pats game lasted about 5 minutes, and then I didn't want to hear or read any more negativity.

Season Ticket holder since 2004.