With just under three minutes remaining, the Jacksonville Jaguars got their miracle. The Jaguars became AFC South champions for just the second time in team history, the first since 2017 when the team reached the AFC Championship Game.
The Jaguars won four games in a row prior to Saturday night's contest to put themselves in position to take the AFC South.
Jacksonville began the season 2-6 before turning things around with a 6-2 run, including victories over the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys, two playoff-bound teams. The Titans were headed in the opposite direction having lost six-straight games including one at home to Jacksonville, 36-22.The Jaguars will head to the postseason for the first time since 2017 and the second time since 2007. It is the team’s second AFC South title in the history of the division .
The Jaguars won five straight to take the AFC South title, becoming the first team in league history to win their division after going 0-5 in a single calendar month . They also join the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals and 2020 Washington team as the only teams to start 2-6 and make the playoffs. Interestingly enough, the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers both started this season 2-6 and have the opportunity to make the playoffs Sunday.
“We just kept believing,” Lawrence said. “Nobody ever lost faith. Everybody believed in one another. We never started pointing the finger. We lost five games straight and we just got tighter.”The Jaguars trailed the Titans 16-10 with just a minute remaining in the third quarter. Campbell came up big with an interception on Dobbs down the left sideline. Campbell returned the ball to the Titans’ 29-yard-line.
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