Quote:I get what you are saying and I agree with you in principle.


However, for point of reference, here are our first year results from 1995.

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/jax/1995.htm'>http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/jax/1995.htm</a>


There were four games all of 1995 where the Jaguars lost by 17 points or more.


This is the second year of Gus and Dave, and we've lost the first four games by that number.


Carolina lost three games by that amount that entire year.

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/1995.htm'>http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/1995.htm</a>


Cleveland v. 2.0 lost five games by 17 or more the entire year
<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/1995.htm'>http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/1995.htm</a>


Houston lost four the entire year.
<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/1995.htm'>http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/car/1995.htm</a>


I think the team played better overall yesterday than it had all season, but it still isn't close to being enough.


We have to play better.

I totally agree we have to play better. With that said some of the expansion teams had advantages we didn't (double draft picks, etc.) And in any case, it is not an exact analogy because our situation is different and we're going with such an agressive youth movement.


I dunno if it will pay off but given the scope of the changes, I'm not completely shocked at the results. Like most folks, I was expecting things to be a *little* better, but who knows how the rest of the year will play out?

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