The Jacksonville Jaguars were scheduled to open their 2019 season with a preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. While the Ravens got the memo that a game, albeit an exhibition, was being played Thursday night at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, the Jaguars appeared to have been of the belief that their obligations ended Tuesday afternoon as the team sat a record 32 players including the entire starting defense and all but one of the offensive starters for the prime-time scrimmage.
What resulted, was a night that resembled a lot of what Jaguars fans may recall from the final weeks of the 2018 season and what is an absolute indictment on how pathetic the NFL preseason has become, with a lethargic struggle by the team to resemble a NFL caliber squad as the Jaguars fell to the Ravens 29-0.