The Jacksonville Jaguars are sitting at home this week and watching the playoffs after finishing with a disappointing 5-11 record in 2015, but there was significant progress made in some areas of the team.
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While the defense struggled to stop opposing passing attacks, even against mediocre and below average quarterbacks, the offense blew up and scored a lot of points. The Jaguars averaged 23.5 points per game in 2015, a monumental improvement over the league-worst 15.6 points per game they scored in 2014.
The reasons for the big jump in production are numerous – offensive coordinator Greg Olson created a solid system that took advantage of his players, quarterback Blake Bortles made huge strides in his second season, the offensive line was slightly improved, T.