Steelers vs. Jaguars Game Day Newsletter 7 NOV 18th Steelers_DIGITAL | Page 80

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meetings, including last year’s regular season/
postseason sweep.
If anything can wake the Jaguars out of their
midseason slumber, it’s the Black and Yellow
coming to town. If you are in any way connected
to the NFL – as a fan, player, writer, coach,
broadcaster – everything gets turned up a bit
when the Steelers come in and the towels are
waving.
The truth is, it does not matter who the Jaguars
are playing right now. It could be the struggling
Oakland Raiders, it could be the high-fl ying
New Orleans Saints: The bottom line is that this
losing streak and everything that has led to it is
a Jaguars problem and a Jaguars problem only.
Only the Jaguars can correct the busts in the
secondary from last week. Only the Jaguars can
perform better in the running game as an offense.
Only the Jaguars can hold on to the football in a
key situation late in a second- or fourth-quarter
and avoid a game-swinging turnover. Only the
Jaguars can convert in all special teams scoring
situations. Only the Jaguars can play consistent
football for four quarters and win.
We have all talked about the “must-win” nature
of the last few weeks for the Jaguars, but the
Jaguars have not come away with a win in any of
those games. Sure, the Jaguars mathematically
could run the table and be in the hunt for the
postseason, but on the fl ip side mathematical
elimination is right around the corner –
and we are not even to Thanksgiving.
You can certainly add this game to the list of
“must-wins,” but the Jaguars are quickly running
out of “must-win” games that they can afford
to lose.