There was a time, not so long ago, when the Jacksonville Jaguars had the NFL’s best defense, were among NFL’s best teams when it counted, and were one half of football away from a Super Bowl, You don’t have to go through the dim recesses of your mind to get back to 2017, and the 14-3 second-half lead this franchise had over the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game, before Bill Belichick and Tom Brady did what they nearly always did.
Those Jaguars looked to be contenders for a while, but a series of ill-informed front office decisions spit the bit before things could really get going.