Heading into last season, almost nobody expected the Jaguars to finish above .500, yet alone reach the AFC Championship Game. A year later, it seems like the expectations haven’t changed. Despite the fact that the Jaguars have re-vamped their roster with upgrades and young talent across the board, many analysts and sportswriters alike seem to think the 2017 campaign was a fluke. Most seem to feel that the team will take a step back after having their most successful season in years.
Luckily, the locker room seems to carry a much different attitude. Despite the fact that the team was a quarter away from reaching the Super Bowl, they’ve kept that underdog, hungry mentality that got them so far in the first place.