Here we are. Week 15 in the 2017 season and the Jacksonville Jaguars have a rare opportunity. An opportunity to secure what no Jaguars team has accomplished since 2007: A spot in the playoffs.
It has been a tumultuous journey in Jacksonville since then. With the win last week over the Seattle Seahawks, the Jaguars sealed the team’s first winning season since that ’07 campaign. In fact, Jacksonville hadn’t even won more than five games in a single season since 2010.
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But the times have changed, and changed dramatically. The Jaguars are 9-4, and have quickly become one of the biggest surprises in the league, going from perennial basement-dweller to legitimate threat in January in one season.