Coach Doug Marrone will be heading into his third consecutive year with the Jacksonville Jaguars and will be looking to improve upon two consecutive losing seasons. While it will be an uphill battle due to having a significantly younger team, the Jags’ lineup could be much worse as their strength of schedule only ranks 22nd.
This year, they will open up against the Indianapolis Colts at home, which won’t be easy by any means. The team recently added veteran quarterback Philip Rivers, who has a 7-2 overall record against them with a 69.44% completion rate in their head-to-heads. He’s also thrown 24 touchdowns with just five picks against them.
Following that game, the Jags will get to knock another divisional game out of the way by traveling to the Tennessee Titans, who they split last year’s series with (1-1). Following that game, they’ll come back home for a Thursday Night Football matchup against rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins, which will be the only primetime game on the schedule barring some changes.
Their next notable game comes against the Houston Texans Week 5 at NRG Stadium, marking their third in the AFC South of the regular season. Four weeks later the two will meet again in Jacksonville.
Afterward, the Jags will head to the legendary Lambeau Field to take on the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers. The following week they will come home to take on a longtime AFC Rival in the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Jags’ roughest patch will come during the last quarter of the season where they will battle to AFC South rivals in the Titans (Week 14) and Colts (Week 17). In the middle of those games, they will also have to travel to Baltimore to face NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and will have a home game against the Chicago Bears, who could be led by former Jag Nick Foles if Mitch Trubisky hasn’t retained his job.
The full schedule is as follows:
- Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts (Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 PM)
- Week 2: at Tennessee Titans (Sunday, Sept. 20, 1:00 PM)
- Week 3: vs. Miami Thursday Night Football (Thursday, Sept. 24, 8:20 PM)
- Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, Oct. 4, 1:00 PM)
- Week 5: at Houston Texans (Sunday, Oct. 11, 1:00 PM)
- Week 6: vs. Detroit Lions (Sunday, Oct. 18, 1:00 PM)
- Bye
- Week 8: at Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday, Nov. 11, 4:05 PM ET)
- Week 9: vs. Houston Texans (Sunday, Nov. 8, 1:00 PM)
- Week 10: at Green Bay Packers (Sunday, Nov. 15, 1:00 PM)
- Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (Sunday, Nov. 22, 1:00 PM)
- Week 12: vs. Cleveland Browns (Sunday, Nov. 29, 1:00 PM)
- Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings (Sunday, Dec. 6, 1:00 PM)
- Week 14: vs. Tennessee Titans (Sunday, Dec. 13, 1:00 PM)
- Week 15: at Baltimore Ravens (Sunday, Dec. 20, 1:00 PM)
- Week 16: vs. Chicago Bears (Sunday, Dec. 27, 1:00 PM)
- Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts (Sunday, Jan. 3, 1:00 PM)