Quote:From Peter King's article about the schedule:

 

Jacksonville. At first glance, if I’m Jacksonville, I hate the three-game road trip early (at Patriots, Colts, Bucs). Then I see the end of the season, and I really get ticked off: at Saints, at Texans.

 

The article details how difficult it is to make a schedule while meeting the demands of the favored owners, popular baseball teams, top concert stars, and the Pope, while packing the prime time slate with the same darlings - Eagles, Broncos, Colts, Cowboys, etc.  The Jags-Titans Thursday Night game happens only to meet the contractual obligation to feature each team in Prime Time at least once.  It's usually a late season game they can promote as "The Race For The Top Draft Pick".

 

He doesn't even talk about the London trip, bye week , then @ Jets, @ Ravens,  before coming home on a short week to face the Titans, who played at home and didn't have to travel week prior.

 

The NFL certainly didn't do us any favors with the schedule. If we make the playoffs somehow this season, then our guys definitely earned it.

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