When the Falcons and Jaguars meet up on Sunday, there won’t be much at stake except pride. The Falcons are technically in the hunt in a very weird, very unsettled NFC, but both of these teams look bad right now.
Adnan Ikic will cover the series history in more detail in his weekly piece on Saturday, but suffice to say the Falcons and Jaguars have been tied together in a lot of interesting ways over the years. Atlanta hired away Mike Smith from Jacksonville as their head coach in 2008, Dirk Koetter as their offensive coordinator in 2012, former Thomas Dimitroff disciple Dave Caldwell spent eight years as the Jaguars general manager, and players whizzed back and forth between the two squads a lot over the years.