The Jacksonville Jaguars may not have the postseason strive for, but at least they can play for pride heading forward. They also have the chance to spoil a few team’s postseason aspirations, too, and that will be the case for their next game against the Oakland Raiders, who still have a shot to make the postseason as a wild-card.
Like the Jags, the Raiders haven’t been playing all that hoot as of late and have been blown out in their last few games, however, they have enough talent to definitely defeat the Jags or make them earn a hard victory.
Here are some other things to know about Week 15’s game:
The Jags aren’t good on the West Coast, at all
The Jags will enter Sunday’s game 2-12 all-time on the West Coast, which is not good to say the least. They’ve lost eight in a row on the West Coast, a streak that dates back to January of 2004, when the Jags defeated the Raiders by a score of 13-6 in their regular season finale. To put in perspective how long ago that was, Jaguars right tackle Jawaan Taylor was only eight years old at that time.
So @APMarkLong and I were doing some quick research and figured out that rookie RT Jawaan Taylor was 8 years old the last time the Jaguars won a game on the West Coast. Jaguars play at Oakland on Sunday.
— Michael DiRocco (@ESPNdirocco) December 9, 2019
The Jags’ odds of ending their losing streak on the West Coast seem slim when considering they’ve lost their last five games by 17 points or more. The last game, which was against the Chargers, was the roughest outing yet as they lost by their biggest deficit of the year (45-10) and left the game with their top receiver, DJ Chark Jr. in a a boot.
Then again, it would be the most Jaguar thing to ruin the Raiders last game at RingCentral Coliseum (Oakland Coliseum/ Network Associates Coliseum) when considering that’s where they last won a game on the West Coast.