My family and I walked into the stadium as the Jaguars were driving for the opening score. We stopped in the south end zone, field level, to watch the touchdown drive, only to arrive at the very moment Nick Foles threw an interception to Buccaneers linebacker Devin White.
The rest of the first half would not go well, leading to the benching of Nick Foles and the return of fan favorite Gardner Minshew to start the second half.
The game day experience was haunting. TIAA Bank stadium had enough red to remind you of the opening game against the Kansas City Chiefs, equalled by the number of empty seats that defied Tom Coughlin’s request to come out and give the team that much needed 12th man advantage.