NFL Season Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars enter the 2010 season following a finish to 2009 that they’d rather forget. The Jaguars had a surprisingly good start to 2009 that brought playoff hopes to Jacksonville. Unfortunately the team could not get it done when the home stretch came. The Jaguars managed to lose their last 4 games of the season. This left them with a 7-9 record.
The Jaguars will need a much better finish than that in the competitive AFC South Division. The AFC South will be a particularly tough division in 2010.
The Colts are going to be as solid as ever, the Texans are led by the ever improving Matt Schaub, and the Titans appear to be on track to compete for the playoffs under the direction of Vince Young. This division is full of franchise quarterbacks. Unfortunately for the Jaguars, they don’t have one.
One thing that the Jaguars do have however is a star running back. The Titans are the only team in the division with a running back that is at or above the level of running back of Maurice Jones-Drew. Jones-Drew will be expected to carry a lot of the load as the team tries to put up a lot of points. Each of the other teams in the division will have the ability to put up a lot of points.
The Jaguars will need to improve on defense in 2010 if they hope to compete. Last year the team gave up 380 points on the season while only scoring 290. This -90 ratio was the 4th worst total in the AFC.
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