Quote:Those easy four wins helped the Texans reach 9-7 after going 5-11 the previous year. That's a four win difference marking the biggest difference from '13 to '14 in the league. A handful of teams improved by 3 wins. With that in mind it's unrealistic to expect any team to improve their record by more than three to four wins. If you look at last years 3-13 record and improve it by 3 to 4 wins, that puts them at 6-10 or 7-9. This is realistic for a team having made drastic improvement in one offseason, and is really as much as any of us should expect. When you take a hard look at the schedule, even reaching this mark look tough. When you then consider that the Jaguars have not topped five wins for several years, you begin to realize that a 6-10 record really would mean the Jaguars have done everything they can to win this year. Anything more than 6-10 would amount to icing on the cake. If Gus reaches 6 wins, he's staying put. I cringe when I see suggestions on this board that he better go 8-8 or better. Looking at the schedule and at league history, that's just not realistic especially when your #3 overall pick is on IR for the season.

 

In 2013 the texans had a QB implosion and went 2-14, not 5-11, they were a wildcard playoff level team before that and a slightly better than average team after that, but they're definitely not among the top teams. They feasted on the Jaguars and titans for the last five years. The texans are a middle tier team at best, and if they played in a division like the AFC north they'd probably be a consistent four or five win team instead of being competitive for a wildcard spot.

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