What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Jaguars

Can the Jaguars actually win the Super Bowl?

The 2025 NFL season has had more parity than any other year in recent memory. The two teams that played in the last Super Bowl are absolutely reeling. The Kansas City Chiefs just dropped their second straight game, losing to the Houston Texans to fall to 6-7. Now, they need to win out just to have an outside shot at a Wild Card spot, and they'll need a lot of help to get there. The Philadelphia Eagles are riding a three-game losing streak in which they've completely lost their identity, with their defense and ground game failing them in that span.

There are a few teams that have steadily impressed this season, such as the Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, and Seattle Seahawks. However, even those juggernauts all have glaring weaknesses. The Rams' secondary is a huge question mark. The Patriots' offense is completely reliant on Drake Maye, and their pass rush is underwhelming. The Broncos have skated by in one-score games behind a highly uninspiring attack led by Bo Nix. The Bills' run defense is anemic. The Seahawks have one of the most turnover-prone quarterbacks in the league in Sam Darnold, and can't pound the rock to take pressure off him.

The Jacksonville Jaguars belong in that group. Flawed as they are, they also have plenty of strengths. No one has been able to run on this defense, and their back seven is among the best in the league at generating takeaways. On the other side of the ball, Jacksonville can absolutely lean on its ground game . Trevor Lawrence is the biggest question mark on this team, and he's been heating up lately, buoyed by the arrival of Jakobi Meyers and the re-emergence of Brian Thomas Jr.

A strong defense that can consistently win the turnover margin, one of the most dependable rushing attacks in the league, perhaps the top punter-kicker duo outside of the Dallas Cowboys, and a volatile passing game with an extremely high ceiling... that can be a winning formula under a head coach like Liam Coen. So I ask again, why not the Jacksonville Jaguars?