The Jaguars Are Enjoying—Really Enjoying—the Last Laugh

They proved themselves as true Super Bowl contenders by beating the Steelers in Pittsburgh, again. They were jubilant in the locker room, and looking forward to another chance to prove everyone wrong

PITTSBURGH — The party raged inside the visitor’s locker room at Heinz Field late Sunday afternoon. At the center of it—the locker room, the party, the defense that ranks among the NFL’s top units and the best Jacksonville Jaguars season in more than 20 years—was linebacker Telvin Smith.

Smith took a lap around the locker room, yelling “Let’s go!” and “Pop them guns, man!” and “We knew!” He screamed, “What!?!?” more times than Dave Chappelle playing Lil Jon. He flexed and smiled and danced and…