Quote:5 of those 8 games were division opponent matchups, which are the same "bottomfeeders" they'll face 6 times this year.    The Jags also had to play the NFC West and the AFC West on the schedule last year, the two toughest divisions in the NFL.   6 of the 8 teams in those divisons finished over .500, including 5 playoff teams.     Including the Superbowl Winner, and the likely 2nd best team in the NFL.  That also includes the 10-6 Cardinals who couldn't get into the playoffs.   The Jags were hardly "fortunate" last year.  

 

I don't know how much better the AFC North and NFC East are going to be from this year to last, but they only had 2 out o the 8 teams combined finish over .500.   I would be pretty shocked if the Jaguars schedule is nearly as hard next year.  

 

The jaguars were fotunate to win 4 games, not fortunate overall.

 

Also going .500 in the part of the season when you play all the weak teams isn't an indication of a swing in the team's ability was my point. When the Jaguars played the colts at the end of the season they still got blown out, just like at the beginning of the season.

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