The epitaph on the 2015 Jaguars’ season should end thusly: “Oh, but for one more play here or there, what a rewarding year it could have been.”
This is what happens to mediocre and below-average NFL teams. After too many losses and Monday film sessions, lamentations pour out of them about how close they are to being successful.
And you know what? It’s all fool’s gold. Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells was right when he said: “You are what your record says you are.” At 5-9, the cold truth about the Jaguars is they lack the maturity and playmaking ability in clutch moments to be better than the sum of their parts.