(11-16-2023, 11:52 AM)MarleyJag Wrote:

(11-15-2023, 11:09 PM)JaguarJosh2 Wrote: Yea lets say we beat the Tacks this week (bold prediction),  the Texans play the Cardinals (probably a W) and they're surely going to dump us the following week in Houston.  Their schedule lightens up and we look like a team that doesn't practice..  against a tough schedule.  We may be a road team in the wildcard round,  IF we make the playoffs.

Jags played like a high school squad against the 9ers true, but it doesn't completely invalidate what the team's done the rest of the year.  I think it will ultimately come down to what happens @Houston. Assuming we win, I think the Jags end up 12-5 and the tinhorns at 11-6. Of course anything can happen, like the tacks sweeping them, but that's unlikely. Also the Broncos have been playing better as of late so that's no easy matchup for them. We could also lose to the Bengals at home but I think we've got to get it going at SOME point.

Houston has this remaining:
Cards (W)
Jags (assume a L)
Broncos (W)
@Jets (W)
@tacks (W)
Browns (L)
tacks (W)
@Colts (W)

We have this:
tacks (W)
@Houston (assume a W)
Bengals (W)
@Browns (L)
Ravens (L)
@Bucs (W)
Panthers (W)
@tacks (3-6) (W)

Getting swept by Houston would put the division in jeopardy sure, but I think you're giving them a lot of undue credit with those predictions.  clots (5-3 if you take away the 2 losses against us) only a half game behind them and have played most everyone pretty tough. Broncos are playing much better and even the QB-less Jets are a tough out due to how stout their defense is.  I don't think they're getting all 3 of those.

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