Texans Game Day Newsletter 9 Dec 17th Houston_Digital | Page 61
ARS HOST TEXANS
JAGUARS WRAP HOME PORTION OF REGULAR SEASON
SCHEDULE COMING OFF HUGE WIN OVER SEAHAWKS
JACKSONVILLE – The playoff chase continues.
With three games to play the Jacksonville
Jaguars (9-4) are in fi rst place in the AFC South,
leading the second place Tennessee Titans (8-5)
by a game in the standings. Entering Week 15
the Jaguars currently hold the No. 3 seed in the
AFC Playoffs.
The Jaguars’ three games remaining include
today’s meeting with the Houston Texans (4-9),
next week at the San Francisco 49ers (3-10) and
then the regular season fi nale at the Titans.
For the Titans, they visit the 49ers today, host
the Los Angeles Rams (9-4) next week and then
the Jaguars head to Nashville New Year’s Eve.
The Jaguars need a division win today to equal
Tennessee’s division record heading into the
head-to-head battle at the end of the regular
season.
All that said, do not count on the Jaguars to
give much insight to the playoff picture heading
into this game. To channel Head Coach Doug
Marrone, last week’s win was a win in the
fi rst game of the fi nal quarter of the season.
“Winning each quarter” is the primary goal.
While they might not talk about it publicly, we
certainly can. A playoff berth is so close, and
soon, maybe very soon, we could all party like
it’s 2007.
JAGUARS
The Jaguars are turning heads nationally
with their play, but no win moved the needle
nationally more than last week’s 30-24 victory
over the Seattle Seahawks.
Russell Wilson entered playing at an MVP
level… The Seahawks were 20-5 in December/
January games since 2012… Seattle had been a
playoff team in fi ve straight seasons, including
two of the last four Super Bowls, winning one
and falling a yard short of another victory…
The Jaguars were not buying it.
“It’s a new year, it’s a new league – everything,”
cornerback Jalen Ramsey said leading up to the
game. “There are new big dogs around the NFL.”
Jalen was right. Maybe we should no longer be
surprised with wins like this for the Jaguars.
There are new big dogs, and they might just be
here in Jacksonville.