Happy holidays, Big Cat Country! With the vacations and it being a good time to be a Jacksonville Jaguars fan, I made a decision to match the Jaguars’ season to date to a few of my favourite Christmas movies as an alternative of speaking concerning the Colts once more. Potential spoilers forward.
Week 1: Carolina Panthers// W 26-10 – Jingle All the Way
A mid-90’s traditional.
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Week 2: Cincinnati Bengals// L 27-31 – Gremlins
The directions had been clear, however the Jags metaphorically fed the gremlins after midnight, and on the finish, the win wasn’t theirs to maintain just like the mogwai.
Week 3: Houston Texans// W 17-10 – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Texans got here for a go to that not everybody essentially wished, like each side of Clarke’s and Ellen’s households. The go to was traumatic, and at instances, sanity was questionable. There had been tense moments in direction of the tip, however like Clarke received his Christmas bonus, the Jaguars received the win.
Week 4: San Francisco 49ers// W 26-21 – It’s a Wonderful Life
The odds had been stacked in opposition to the group, and at a sure level, a few of us most likely felt like giving up, however in the long run, you may see the group in a brand new gentle, like George.
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Week 5: Kansas City Chiefs// W 31-28 – The Santa Clause
Brenton Strange’s harm modified the sport plan, like Santa falling off the roof. After some changes, the group discovered a method to work collectively and stunned everybody on a nationwide scale.
Week 6: Seattle Seahawks// L 12-20 – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Depressing and unhappy like Charles and his little tree.
Week 7: Los Angeles Rams// L 7-35 – 8-Bit Christmas
The premise of the film is {that a} group of youngsters within the 80’s work collectively to aim to beat a number of obstacles to buy a Nintendo. While the group had the identical objective and tried to attain it, they in the end fell brief in the long run, however discovered an vital lesson, which led to the post-bye week shift.
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Week 9: Las Vegas Raiders// W 30-29 – The Christmas Chronicles
The Jaguars had been away from dwelling and had a rollercoaster of a journey of their try and fly dwelling with a win. The group got here collectively on the finish to get the job performed proper on the buzzer, identical to Kate, Teddy, and Santa.
Week 10: Houston Texans// L 29-36 – A Christmas Story
The Jaguars didn’t shoot themselves within the eye, however they did shoot themselves within the foot by blowing that lead.
Week 11: Los Angeles Chargers// W 35-6 – Home Alone
The Chargers got here into the Jaguars’ home pondering they had been going to get the win. After getting in, they received completely destroyed and embarrassed, as Kevin did to Harry and Marv, and all of us had fun watching it occur.
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Week 12: Arizona Cardinals// W 27-24 – Batman Returns
A tough-fought battle that in the end ended with a win for the nice guys.
Week 13: Tennessee Titans// W 25-3 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas
In an analogous style to the Grinch going into Whoville to steal all of the presents and decorations, the Jaguars went to Nashville and stole all of the touchdowns and made the residents unhappy.
Week 14: Indianapolis Colts// W 36-19 – The Muppet Christmas Carol
I selected this for no different cause than I benefit from the film, and I completely loved watching this sport.
Week 15: New York Jets// W 48-20 – Home Alone 2
Same sentiment as the Chargers sport, besides this one was additionally performed at dwelling. Since Kevin received Harry and Marv at his Uncle’s home, it nonetheless counts, proper?
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Week 16: Denver Broncos// W 34-20 – The Holdovers
We laughed, cried, and all the things turned out for the most effective in the long run.
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