We are just weeks away from the start of what undoubtedly will be the most important season in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Unfortunately, once again it has been two steps forward and one step backward, so we can never get ahead. I'd like to think somewhere between 12-4 and 15-1 is our range for the regular season, but there are a number of items the Jags must muddle through in order to reach the dominance of 2017-18.

The Favorable:

1) The Jags caught a major break last week when the Chiefs preseason game was delayed due to weather. A 6:30 start was pushed to 7:30, and the Chiefs lost one hour of preparation time for their opener against us. As we all know, the NFL is not only a game of inches, but also a game of seconds and routines and for once mother nature was on our side. If the opener comes down to the last few seconds or the Jags utilize a rarely used formation in the preseason that now the Chiefs don't recognize, we could have a huge, huge advantage. Starting 1-0 in the NFL is huge and I truly believe that lack of preparation, the extreme heat, and a raucous opening day Jaguar crowd will doom the Chiefs. 

The Non Favorable

1) I'm not sure what Nick Foles needs to do to get of out of Marrone's doghouse, but he sure better figure it out quick. While I understand that we have an established culture in Jacksonville and it's Foles job to fit in or get out, I just don't think Minshew is the answer. Marrone has made it pretty clear it's his way or the highway, and I'm wondering at this point if Foles, after all of his fanfare, makes it to week one of the regular season. This is highly, highly concerning. Marrone is simply not going to play those whose attitudes don't fit in and I for one am appreciative of his hard line stance this preseason. I don't recall any attitude issues that Foles had in Philadelphia, but perhaps they are a franchise that cuts corners and looks the other way.

2) Schedule....Once again, Goodell is clearly screwing us. One week on a Sunday at 12, the next week on a Thursday, then a Sunday off followed by a Sunday at 3:25. Then, after we finally play a few 12:00 games in a  row, then it's hi ho, hi ho, its off to London we go to play at get this.....8:30 in the morning!!!! Then, after London, it's a mixture of 12:00 games and 3:05 games. How are we ever supposed to get in a routine????  It's bad enough the Jags have to play 11 on 18 each week, but I'm seriously starting to wonder if it's now 11 on 19....11 players + 7 referees + Goodell = 19. 

3) Goodell. See point 2. Last year, when we were about to go on a run, he took us off a prime time game and moved us to the 12:00 slot. We just cannot get ahead with this guy. I am just hoping he doesn't call off week one because of the heat, or even worse, make us play the Chiefs at a neutral cooler, site. I see that New England has a night game in week one so it would not shock me if Goodell proposed moving the Jags-Chiefs game to cooler New England at like 11am...ORRRRRR, imagine Goodell moves the game back one hour to compensate for the hour the Chiefs lost to allow them time to catch up. It's just ridiculous we have to go through this or have these thoughts go through our heads.

We have a lot to clean up here in the next few weeks. I am not overly optimistic going into what will be a critical pre season Ponce De Leon Cup game this Thursday night vs. the hated Dolphins.

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How is Foles in Marrone's doghouse? And you think Foles might not win the starting job?

Are you a troll?

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How is Foles in Marrone's doghouse? Are you a troll?

Are you a troll??? I've been on here for years and eat, sleep and breathe Jags. 

Why in the world why wouldn't Foles be playing if it wasn't attitude based? He's plenty talented.  Do you understand anything about sports?

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Wow...I don't even know where to begin. If you aren't joking, I'm kinda concerned on your knowledge base.

Foles isn't playing because Marrone is taking a different approach to preseason this year by holding a number of players out due to injuries last year...so Foles is one of those being held out. Has nothing to do with his performance. Seriously? I still feel like I'm being trolled here and I fell for it. You can't be serious?

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Wow...I don't even know where to begin. If you aren't joking, I'm kinda concerned on your knowledge base.

Foles isn't playing because Marone is taking a different approach to preseason this year by holding a number of players out due to injuries last year...so Foles is one of those being held out. Has nothing to do with his performance. Seriously? I still feel like I'm being trolled here and I fell for it. You can't be serious?

I'm concerned about your knowledge base and heck no I'm not joking. Are you joking or just clueless? Why would Marrone hold out someone who is going to be our starting QB? In case you haven't heard the cliche before, "practice makes perfect" and you can't get perfect by sitting on the sidelines. Your theory, and that is what it is, a a theory is absolutely absurd.

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I'm just worried about the Ponce de Leon Bowl...

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It's like the tagline for the Phil Hendrie show, "it makes more sense when you know what's going on."

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Ok so seems like it's a satire account like I figured. Now I know for future reference!

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Reading OP was a massive waste of time.

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How is Foles in Marrone's doghouse? And you think Foles might not win the starting job?

Are you a troll?

How does he ALWAYS get one?

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How is Foles in Marrone's doghouse? And you think Foles might not win the starting job?

Are you a troll?

How does he ALWAYS get one?

I don't have the time to go through every single post and realize which posters are satire based. Sorry for having a life outside of the forums! My apologies.

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How does he ALWAYS get one?

I don't have the time to go through every single post and realize which posters are satire based. Sorry for having a life outside of the forums! My apologies.

Don't feel bad. Omaha is kind of the forum's version of Andy Kaufman (apologies if that reference is too old), sometimes even when you know it's satire you're left scratching your head. LOL

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I'm condescending. That means I talk down to you.

What even is this post? This is definitely trolling it just isn't blatantly obvious, so I guess it's a skilled troll. Good work?

Any realistic Jaguars fan these days doesn't go into a season expecting a 12-4 to 15-1 team.. 

Foles has taken the most reps and was paid a lot of money to be the franchise guy for the foreseeable future.

The schedule is predetermined as far as opponents. Every team plays on Thursday..

"critical pre season game" ..yea says no one ever.

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No pain, no gain.

Whoosh!

Every time. Amazing.

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Hes been doing this for years and people still get whooshed. I too hope that Nick Foles can get out of the doghouse in time to lead us to the Ponce de Leon cup.

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What even is this post? This is definitely trolling it just isn't blatantly obvious, so I guess it's a skilled troll. Good work?

Any realistic Jaguars fan these days doesn't go into a season expecting a 12-4 to 15-1 team.. 

Foles has taken the most reps and was paid a lot of money to be the franchise guy for the foreseeable future.

The schedule is predetermined as far as opponents. Every team plays on Thursday..

"critical pre season game" ..yea says no one ever.

After acknowledging that the OP is satire (troll, whatever), you continue on to critique it. That’s funny right there.

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We are just weeks away from the start of what undoubtedly will be the most important season in the history of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Unfortunately, once again it has been two steps forward and one step backward, so we can never get ahead. I'd like to think somewhere between 12-4 and 15-1 is our range for the regular season, but there are a number of items the Jags must muddle through in order to reach the dominance of 2017-18.

The Favorable:

1) The Jags caught a major break last week when the Chiefs preseason game was delayed due to weather. A 6:30 start was pushed to 7:30, and the Chiefs lost one hour of preparation time for their opener against us. As we all know, the NFL is not only a game of inches, but also a game of seconds and routines and for once mother nature was on our side. If the opener comes down to the last few seconds or the Jags utilize a rarely used formation in the preseason that now the Chiefs don't recognize, we could have a huge, huge advantage. Starting 1-0 in the NFL is huge and I truly believe that lack of preparation, the extreme heat, and a raucous opening day Jaguar crowd will doom the Chiefs. 

The Non Favorable

1) I'm not sure what Nick Foles needs to do to get of out of Marrone's doghouse, but he sure better figure it out quick. While I understand that we have an established culture in Jacksonville and it's Foles job to fit in or get out, I just don't think Minshew is the answer. Marrone has made it pretty clear it's his way or the highway, and I'm wondering at this point if Foles, after all of his fanfare, makes it to week one of the regular season. This is highly, highly concerning. Marrone is simply not going to play those whose attitudes don't fit in and I for one am appreciative of his hard line stance this preseason. I don't recall any attitude issues that Foles had in Philadelphia, but perhaps they are a franchise that cuts corners and looks the other way.

2) Schedule....Once again, Goodell is clearly screwing us. One week on a Sunday at 12, the next week on a Thursday, then a Sunday off followed by a Sunday at 3:25. Then, after we finally play a few 12:00 games in a  row,  then it's hi ho, hi ho, its off to London we go to play at get this.....8:30 in the morning!!!! Then, after London, it's a mixture of 12:00 games and 3:05 games. How are we ever supposed to get in a routine????  It's bad enough the Jags have to play 11 on 18 each week, but I'm seriously starting to wonder if it's now 11 on 19....11 players + 7 referees + Goodell = 19. 

3) Goodell. See point 2. Last year, when we were about to go on a run, he took us off a prime time game and moved us to the 12:00 slot. We just cannot get ahead with this guy. I am just hoping he doesn't call off week one because of the heat, or even worse, make us play the Chiefs at a neutral cooler, site. I see that New England has a night game in week one so it would not shock me if Goodell proposed moving the Jags-Chiefs game to cooler New England at like 11am...ORRRRRR, imagine Goodell moves the game back one hour to compensate for the hour the Chiefs lost to allow them time to catch up. It's just ridiculous we have to go through this or have these thoughts go through our heads.

We have a lot to clean up here in the next few weeks. I am not overly optimistic going into what will be a critical pre season Ponce De Leon Cup game this Thursday night vs. the hated Dolphins.

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I'm sorry, but I think Tampa may have the advantage in the critical Ponce de Leon cup race this year.

And we too, have been noticing that Foles is clearly in the coaches doghouse. Probably because of all that extra time he puts in practicing without the team. I mean, who does he think he is?!

Excellent analysis as always.

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Love it! Gets em' every. single. time!

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