JACKSONVILLE – Here. At. Last.
The Jaguars on Sunday will visit the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. – the last game in what by any reasonable measure has been a long and strikingly disappointing 2024 regular season.
The Jaguars are 4-12, with losses in seven of the last nine games. They have been eliminated from AFC South contention since December 1, which made for a weird final five weeks or so.
That doesn’t mean they haven’t fought. It doesn’t mean there haven’t been high moments.
It does mean that what was expected before the season to be a December and January with talk of postseason possibilities has instead become a December and January playing largely meaningless games with a focus on the future.
Jaguars-Colts will be one more game in that vein, with the Colts having been eliminated from the postseason with a loss to the New York Giants last Sunday.
The Jaguars can complete a season sweep over the Colts with a victory, and a victory also would give them a winning record against AFC South teams for a third consecutive season.