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The first game of the season is the defining moment for the 2014 Jaguars.



The Eagles are expected to be good.  They play fast and have a returning QB who came off a great season.  Time will tell if they are good or not, but pre-season the expectation is that they will be.



This is a great game one test and measurement for Jacksonville.



Three possible outcomes:

1. Jags thump the Eagles.
   
   
   
2. Jags are competitive.
   
   
   
3. Jags take a beating.
   
   
   

In Option 1, if the jags beat up the Eagles in Philly, all bets are off for this team.  The media will start the by in and the team will feed off of it.  This is our best case scenario.  +8 wins



 

Option 2 – The jaguars are competitive and as a team we grow.  Highs and lows throughout the season.  Exactly what most of us think will happen.  Not a bad thing, but we will be waiting until 2015 for everything to come together. 6-8 wins



 

Option 3 – What the nay-sayers are banking on.  You'll hear a lot of “start Bortles” conversations and the pools will be a disaster.  Not what we want. Do we cover the 4.5 spread?



 

What I think anyhow.

 

I think there are scenarios other than those three.  For example, the Jags could surprise Philly but it doesn't mean they're off to 8+ wins.  Personally, I see a more likely scenario as us getting beat by Philly by double digits but the Jags continuing to get better during the course of the season and becoming a team perfectly capable of beating the Iggles by season's end.  I'm thinking that reaching .500 would be a pretty successful season given where we're coming from.

 

Oh, and the Bortles debate is going to be out there regardless of what the team or Henne does.  That is just something we're going to have to understand until Bortles actually does take over.

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