If someone read my posts about the Jacksonville Jaguars this year, they'd probably think I was bipolar. Hopeful, pessimistic, optimistic, frustrated, depending on the day. But it's actually not me that's biplar; it's the Jags. One week they are beating the Colts or the Broncos and the next week they are losing to the Bills or the Browns (the Browns, really?!!). One week they are losing at the last minute to the Steelers, another week they are surviving the last minute against the Texans. 

I suppose that is the common denominator to their season, games going down to the last minute. Their biggest wins and losses are by the same number of points, a mere one touchdown. It seems that they could play the best team in the NFL or at the local Pop Warner park, and the outcome would still come down to the final minutes.

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What a difference two months make. It was nine weeks ago that Shannon Sharpe was predicting a Super Bowl year for the Jaguars (and Jags fans were silently hoping he was right). Now, halfway through, the Jags sit at 3-5 after two disgusting losses to two lowly teams for Ohio. Another sub-par Midwestern team--the Lions, perennial NFL laughingstock--host the Jags this weekend in the second half opener for the Jags. As the Jags' official website acknowledged, Jax is trying to avoid becoming the first team in the history of the NFL to lose two straight games to 0-8 teams. It goes without being said that last week's cliche status--must-win time--has been upgraded to "do-or-die time." As one who's following the Jags for the first time, I'm finding it difficult to keep watching, keep caring. But if they're going to turn things around and save face, a lot is going to have to change. Almost everything, starting with:

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As the Titans--the only team in the NFL still undefeated--just kicked a field goal to take an early 3-0 lead--here are five reasons why it will be the 4-5 Jaguars who come away winners today:

5. The game is in Jacksonville.

4. The Jags will be looking to avenge their close loss back in week one.

3. Titans QB Kerry Collins is still Kerry Collins, even if has been impressive in his dream season.

2. The Titans are good, but not this good. Their bound to lose eventually. Pardon me for not putting them in the same category as last year's Patriots or the Colts in 2005-2006. There's just no way they run the table. Why not get their first loss today?

1. The Titans are a mediocre team having an overachieving season while the Jags are a talented, underachieving team. The Jags have everything to gain and little to lose, while the Titans have little to gain (other than extending their winning streak).  

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