Jacksonville in Jeopardy of Losing Jaguars

   The Jacksonville Jaguars are on pace to break the NFL's all-time record for single-season futility. Through the first 7 games of the 2013-14 campaign, the Jaguars are a pathetic 0-7 with a point differential of minus-146. That means that the Jaguars are on pace to absolutely shatter the all-time record for worst point differential in a single season, a mark set by the 1976 expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs finished with a record of 0-14 with a points differential of -287. The 2008 Lions are the only team to ever go 0-16, and they finished with a -249 mark for point differnetial. None of this matters to the JAcksonville Jaguars, who seem well on their way to shattering both of these records. The Jags are on pace for a -334 scoring difference as well as, of course, a dreadful 0-16 record.

   Not suprisingly, the Jacksonville fans are fed up with the team's horrific performance. The team has not made the playoffs since 2007, when they lost in the first round. In the past two years alone the team is 2-21. There are whispers about moving the Jaguars franchise to a more enticing location than Jacksonville, Florida, where the team has been based since 1995. The most interesting option is moving the Jags to become the NFL's first international team, based in London. However, the owner of the Jaguars has a lease on the stadium in Jacksonville that would cost 100$ million to settle if the team moved before 2030. So, a move does not seem possible, at least in the near future. Fans in Jacksonville and across the country would like to start seeing competitive football games instead of 20 point margins of victory over the Jaguars every week. It is not like the team has never won before, making the playoffs in 4 straight years in the late 1990s and posting .500 or better records for 4 years straight from 2004-07, making the playoffs twice.

   As of now, though, the Jaguars rank dead last in the NFL in (brace yourself) team record, total offense, scoring offense, scoring defense, point differential, yardage differential, margin of victory, turnovers, turnovers forced, and turnover differential. Safe to say, if the Jags don't start showing that they are a legitimate NFL franchise, they might be on the move long before 2030 rolls around and the stadium lease is up.