Quote:Im glad everyone here is excited, as we should be. Theres lots of optimism and good vibes coming into the season. I do believe this team will be better. However, too be fair, I'm big into bragging rights and unfortunately, the Jaguars dont have a leg to stand on. We have been down this road before and the Jaguars must actually translate good vibes and excitement from the offseason to the actual season. How many times have we been "All in". 

 

 

How often have we been down this road before?

 

We had a legit reason for optimism between 2004-2007, and we split the series most of those years.  Even when we got swept, we held up well against them, holding them to 10 points at home (3 for most of the game).

 

After that, we've had little reason for optimism.

 

Barring a wholly unforseen collapse, we have way more talent on this team now than we've had since that 2004-2007 period, and right now, I think top to bottom, we have a better roster than the Colts.  We weren't able to really say that before because Polian was stocking them well enough to keep the distance between us when we were good, and when our roster collapsed, we couldn't overcome the Colts' decline in talent.

 

I agree we actually have to do it, and that all of this chatter is just that.  It's undeniable they have had scoreboard on us.

 

I'm just saying we have legit hope to start to turn that around.

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