In the two-years before this one, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced the Jacksonville Jaguars in pre-season practices they were each young teams on the rise. Last year, the Bucs were the upstart team with playoff aspirations.
In fact, Peter King of Sports Illustrated (at the time) even predicted Tampa to win the NFC South and head into the post-season with the third-seed in the NFC and Coach of the Year Dirk Koetter.
The Jaguars on the other hand, were not predicted to do so well. In the same article King predicted greatness for the Bucs, none of the writers involved placed Jacksonville in the post-season.