JACKSONVILLE – This still matters. A lot.

The Jaguars on Sunday will play their longtime AFC South rival, the Tennessee Titans, for a second time this month – and as Head Coach Doug Pederson sees it, there’s meaning to the situation.

“You finish the way you want to finish,” Pederson said.

Pederson, in his third season as the Jaguars’ head coach, spoke to the media Thursday in advance of Sunday’s regular-season home finale – a game in which the Jaguars have a chance to win in Jacksonville for the second time this season.

“We’re trying to win them all,” said Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones, who will start for the sixth time in seven games Sunday in place of injured starter Trevor Lawrence. “It hasn’t gone our way this year, but we do have a great opportunity this weekend. If you’re a competitor and you get a chance to play in the NFL, you’re going to go out and play your heart out.

“That’s how I view it and I know the guys on our team are feeling the same way. This is a circumstance you may not want to be in. You have to view it as a challenge.”

The Jaguars (3-12) have lost seven of eight games, including the last two. Nine of those losses have come by a touchdown or less, including a 19-14 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, this past Sunday.

The Jaguars were eliminated from the postseason with five games remaining.

“It’s the NFL: Everybody watches the tape,” Jaguars safety Andrew Wingard said. “Everything matters. That’s it, plain and simple.”

The Jaguars finish the 2024 regular season with back-to-back games in the AFC South. They visit the Indianapolis Colts next Sunday in the regular-season finale.

The Jaguars enter that stretch 2-2 in the division, already winning at home against the Colts and beating the Titans (3-12) on the road. The AFC South champion Houston Texans swept the Jaguars this season.

“You always want to have success in the division,” Wingard said, “and for me, it’s a game that they keep score in, so that’s all that matters.”

Victories in the last two games would give the Jaguars a winning record in the South for a third consecutive season. They only accomplished that feat twice in the first 20 seasons of the South, 2002-2021.