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Jags finish 16-game era ranked 28th in win percentage

Jacksonville has only won 42.5% of its games since entering the league in 1995, the fifth-lowest of any team during the 16-game era.

After more than 40 years, the days of 16-game NFL seasons have now come to a close. This offseason, the league officially approved a measure that had been rumored for some time which would add a 17th game and 18th week to the regular season, the first expansion to the number of games played since 1978.

The Jacksonville Jaguars played fewer games than most NFL teams in this era as they didn’t begin play until 17 years after the league expanded from 14 games. Still, in spite of early success in the 1990s, the team’s struggles since have landed it near the bottom of the league in terms of win percentage. Overall, Jacksonville’s winning percentage since its inaugural season in 1995 is just .425, the 28th-best in the NFL.

The Jags come in just above the Arizona Cardinals and just below the Cincinati Bengals. The lowest two spots go to the Browns and the Lions, the only two teams to go 0-16 in league history.

Jacksonville was late to the party in the 16-game era, but with a new regime (and franchise quarterback) coming to town, it will hope that it’s much higher on this list during the 17-game era.

Leonard Fournette on CBA’s potential changes: ‘I disagree with the 17 games’

The NFL’s owners are looking to add another regular season game to their schedules, but some players simply aren’t fans of it.

With the NFL and players working towards a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, it looks like the owner’s side is pushing hard for 17 regular season games. With the regular season being as physically demanding as it is, many players have been vocal against that change, including Jacksonville Jaguars Calais Campbell and Josh Allen.

We also can now add running back Leonard Fournette to that list as he took to Twitter to give his take, which was straight forward.

In a league where owners are always looking to add revenue, it’s not shocking that they are pushing for this to happen. It was also revealed on Wednesday that the league is also working hard to add a postseason game, which means more money from the television networks who work with the NFL.

Of course, this also means more money for the players, but at the expense of their health, most clearly would rather go another route like Fournette. It also doesn’t help that Fournette plays one of the most physically demanding positions, which has caused him to have issues with injuries in the past.

Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the players will go from a 47% revenue share under the current CBA to a 48% share if the regular season remains at 16 games. That figure could rise to a 48.5% share if the season is moved to a 17 game format. That would shift more revenue to the player’s side ($5 billion), which is something they work on with each CBA.