(01-20-2023, 09:09 AM)Caldrac Wrote: It's not impossible nor improbable. You could make the argument that the NFL could begin, if not already, favoring our team. For a number of reasons.

1. Khan is a minority owner. The NFL has gone the "woke" route before. Would only help their cause in the long run.

2. Lawrence was billed as a generational talent coming out of college and the NFL wouldn't want a talent like that to fall apart on their level.

3. Pederson already won a Championship and it's possible a headline in February could read "The Jaguars lead by Pederson will face off against his former Eagles team".

4. New stadium renovations are in the works and nothing gets public support and financial backing like a winning, and not only winning, but, exciting product.

With that said. Sometimes teams just get hot and luck has a lot to do with that. I don't think I need to remind everybody just how [BLEEP] lucky the Jaguars have been all season. Stealing victories over the Ravens and Cowboys was exceptionally difficult to pull off. Yet, they did it. Have to remember. Lawrence got hammered and the ball was fumbled late in the 4th quarter. We got a second chance and he delivered there.

You look at the Chargers game last Saturday. It was an improbable comeback. Certainly one for the ages. However, whether we like it or not. It IS the Chargers. They have a running gag about "Chargering it up" when they have these leads. All this team did all season was rally late and win games in an improbable fashion. They did it to the Vegas Raiders. And, again, the Raiders did that ALL year on their end. The fumble for a TD against ARZ. The collapse against Saturday and the clots. Our game, etc.

Sometimes teams are just very, VERY lucky and some teams are just very, VERY unfortunate. There's a reason we all call out to the "Football Gods". We've all had occurrences in our lives I am sure where luck was involved or a series of unfortunate events really tripped your whole life up. Same universal law and principle applies in sports and other facets of life.

Sometimes guys are just a little bit more lucky than the next. Maybe Lawrence is just [BLEEP] lucky man. Maybe Pederson is just lucky. I don't care. I'll take it. Even during our dumpster fire years? This team was notorious for what? Winning games they shouldn't against competition that would be in the play-off's or playing down to competition that left you shaking your head.

A lot of talk about luck there...  Yeah, sometimes [BLEEP] happens, but for the most part, I've always been a believer that you create your own luck.  These guys are making this happen because they believe in each other, they believe in themselves, and they believe they will make it happen.
Even with injuries - it's so much easier to get injured when losing focus or half assing it on a play.  They've definitely been fortunate or lucky if you will, in that area, but I believe if they weren't as dialed in as they are, they could be beat up a lot more.  At the very least, they may not be as willing to play through some of the nagging injuries they've been dealing with.

Better lucky than good, right?  Well, if you are good and believe it, it's a lot easier to be lucky.  Maybe they can luck their way all the way to a Superb Owl victory

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