JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Myles Jack squeezed into his locker stall, his leather chair pushed to one side, his sweaty clothes scattered across the floor.
He had Jacksonville’s season opener against the New York Giants running through his mind, so the mere mention of New England caught him off guard.
“Oh, we’re going way back?” Jack asked last week.
Just eight months. Just to the team’s final game of the 2017 season. Just to the closest the small-market franchise has even been to the Super Bowl.
Just to one play, really. The Play, actually.
With the Patriots (1-0) and Jaguars (1-0) meeting again Sunday in Jacksonville, it’s sure to be a topic of conversation outside — maybe even inside — the locker rooms.