The Jacksonville Jaguars are destined for a late season collapse and will come within a divisional win of an AFC Wild Card playoff berth — if ESPN’s predictions are to be taken with anything more than a grain of salt.
ESPN recently simulated the 2019 NFL season a bunch of times to come up with their best picture of how this year will go. Here’s how they explained the process worked:
Before each season, we simulate the entire NFL slate 20,000 times using the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI), our prediction and projection system.