Can the Jaguars finally get over the Patriots?

by Jonathan Loesche on Dec 23, 2009 1:02 PM EST in Meta-Jacksonville Jaguars

No team knows how to put their proverbial heel to the Jaguars throat and choke the life out of them like the New England Patriots. Time and time again the Jaguars have had the Patriots standing in their path and they have always come up short. Their one win in the series, a 1998 Wild Card game, was thanks in large part because then Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe was sidelined for the game with an injury.

While the 1999 AFC Championship game causes the most heartache for Jaguars fans, that game compares to the collective damage the Patriots have done over the years

1996 AFC Championship Game: 20-6 loss that ended the 96 team's miracle run

1997 Regular Season:26-20 loss that cost the team a divisional title and #2 seed in the NFL playoffs.

2005 Wild Card Round: 28-3 loss that may have been the straw that broke Byron Leftwich's back in Jacksonville

2006 Regular Season: 24-21 loss that cost the Jaguars a shot at the playoffs two weeks after beating Indianaplois 44-17

2007 Divisional Round: 31-20 loss in which Tom Brady was unstoppable.

My point is that the Patriots have simply owned the Jaguars. Whether it's been David Garrard vs Tom Brady, Mark Brunell vs Drew Bledsoe, Tom Coughlin vs Bill Parcells, or Jack Del Rio vs Bill Bellicheck. The results have always been the same.

The Jaguars travel to Foxborough Sunday after having 9 days off. The Patriots defense is not the same defense it was earlier this decade. They don't have Richard Seymour, Asante Samuels, or Mike Vrabel. The players they still do have are on the downside of their careers.

However, they still do have Tom Brady, and he has been the Jaguars personal executioner this decade.Brady has thrown for 887 yards and nine touchdowns in four career games against the Jaguars. More importantly, he has always managed to crush the Jaguars hopes when we've needed them the most.

Will the Jaguars finally get past the Patriots in Foxborough on Sunday? History says we won't.

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I wont be surprised

if this game is similar to last weeks game. Close but no cigar!

by JagSoldier on Dec 23, 2009 1:12 PM EST reply actions

Something tells me

When no one says we can produce..,. we produce…
The Colts game there were many people who said we would win.
But i just have this feeling that Jacksonville might come up with a huge win this weekend…
obviously we have alot working against us… but u know against the dolphins our defense play stellar and our offense sputtered… against the colts the defense was rather weak…so maybe this week against the patriots we get “the best of both worlds”
Honestly this is a playoff game… i sincerely feel that either the ravens or broncos will lose this week, and that well beat the browns… bascially if we win… were in…. if we lose… were out

by hawk16lx on Dec 23, 2009 1:27 PM EST reply actions

Exactly right

Count them out, they win,

Expect then to win, they lose.

Maybe they don’t study enough film.

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by Tkopa on Dec 23, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions

Interesting tid bit, Patrioits practice Christmas Day but the Jags won't

Christian Ponder in 2011! Bring him home Wayne, he can actually play QB in the NFL

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by Jonathan Loesche on Dec 23, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah interesting

I heard BB talking about the jags today. Boy he is prepared. I heard other coaches wendesday tapes. Mostly they saif things about MJD/Garrard.
BB knows everything…It was impressive; veeeery impressive!

Life without knowledge is death in disguise

by Zoltan from Budapest on Dec 23, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions

We also have

a long week, they don’t. We will be rested; they won’t be.

by Ewdtrey on Dec 23, 2009 9:43 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

…knowing the Pats, it’ll probably be a film study and final brush up. Remember the whole “Belichick sent 4 players home!” scandal? These practices are the result of that. Due to our rocky season, the coaching staff wants to instill a new mindset in these young players. Hopefully it works.

Hire OC.

by Richard Hill on Dec 24, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions

belidick

is such a prick. id skip practice. aha! you only live once

by harveyismyboy on Dec 24, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

Jack might fire back for that last Comment Terry...

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by Zoltan from Budapest on Dec 23, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions

I Think....

….that this game is setting up a scenario similiar to 2007 vs. Pittsburgh where we defeat New England at home in December and again at New England in the Playoffs. Does anyone know the last team to beat New England twice at home in the same season?

by Slawsc on Dec 23, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions

Starting Leftwich over Garrard was a huge mistake.

That being said, If the Jaguars can show the same type of game they did against the Colts I think they will win. Thats a huge “IF” now, isnt it? They should have mustered the same effort against Miami. Its not as if this is the beginning of the season, the talent is there, it just needs to be more consistant.

by indianajagfan on Dec 23, 2009 5:57 PM EST reply actions

I have to agree...

consistent inconsistency… The level of intensity between the Miami loss and the Indy loss is, well, you get the picture.

by mattarne on Dec 23, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions

Brady is playing injured

My advise:
Save the offensive firepower from the last game; playing that level on 60 minutes; put somekind of pressure to Tom Brady; Cover everyone in the secondary; and don’t let R. N. to the field….
If that happen we MIGHT have a chance to beat NE:

If there was a game I say it’s a L= that was the game. No I starting to like our chances….

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by Zoltan from Budapest on Dec 23, 2009 6:20 PM EST reply actions

Fred Taylor

I hope Fred Taylor gets the crap beat out of him this game. I wouldn’t mind if he breaks his leg. The dude acts like he can talk smack not that he is on high caliber team. Screw him.

by jags1981 on Dec 23, 2009 6:21 PM EST reply actions

Don't say that

The La thing was a bit mucch; but anything else was a joke (Vic said JDR should not return the fire; it’s not worth it.)

And the LA thing: He was brutally honest. If the games will look like the Colts game ticketsales perspective; NOBODY will say Jags going to LA EVER. That’s it.

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by Zoltan from Budapest on Dec 23, 2009 6:35 PM EST up reply actions

Wrong sentiment

Fred brought us to our feet as a Jaguar and deserves respect.

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by Tkopa on Dec 23, 2009 9:04 PM EST up reply actions

Respect?

Just like any team that is only as good as their last game, you can only judge where a man is at by his last words, and I don’t have respect for someone who makes those types of comments. I understand what Fred was to this team over the years, but that is no excuse for what he said. As a matter of fact, I don’t think his comments did him any good in the eyes of the Patriots either. A man is only as good as his last word….until he speaks again!

by GAJAGFAN on Dec 24, 2009 6:34 AM EST up reply actions

You win and You're in....

I think that Jack is going to use the same game plan as with the Colts. Keep the offense sidelined by using the clock and making some downs. I don’t think the Pats offense is as good as Indy’s was, so if we can put up 31 again, that’s game.

by mattarne on Dec 23, 2009 7:04 PM EST reply actions