Steven Ruiz writes he believes the Jaguars, along with the Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Buffalo Bills are franchises on the outside looking in of the playoff race. Coincidentally, the Jaguars knocked the Bills out of the AFC playoff by virtue of their Wild Card win 10-3 in December.
The Jaguars face the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on October 7.
“As good as the Jaguars looked in last year’s playoffs, this wasn’t exactly a world-beating machine in 2017,” writes Ruiz. “In fact, had a wacky ending to their game against the Chargers gone the other way (as it probably should have), Jacksonville would have had to beat out the Bills and Ravens on a tie-breaker for the last playoff spot.