{"id":655028,"date":"2026-01-05T04:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655028\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:44:21","slug":"fans-credit-jags-coach-for-teams-tremendous-turnaround-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/655028\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans credit Jags coach for team\u2019s tremendous turnaround season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Jaguars fans erupted in celebration Sunday night after their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/04\/halftime-update-trevor-lawrence-jaguars-closing-in-on-afc-south-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/04\/halftime-update-trevor-lawrence-jaguars-closing-in-on-afc-south-title\/\">team\u2019s dominant 41-7 victory over the Tennessee Titans<\/a>, securing a home playoff game against the Buffalo Bills next weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The atmosphere outside EverBank Stadium transformed into a vibrant street festival as fans poured out of the stadium, with some dressed in jaguar costumes and others leading \u201cDUVAL\u201d chants in celebration of the team\u2019s impressive performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cFirst year, we already got over 12 wins&#8230; 13 wins,\u201d said one lifelong fan, who believes this could be the franchise\u2019s best team ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Much of the credit for the team\u2019s success is being directed toward head coach Liam Cohen, who has transformed the team\u2019s culture in his first season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JAGS COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/04\/halftime-update-trevor-lawrence-jaguars-closing-in-on-afc-south-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/04\/halftime-update-trevor-lawrence-jaguars-closing-in-on-afc-south-title\/\">Believe it! Jaguars cap massive turnaround with blowout of Titans, AFC South title<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/05\/jaguars-will-host-bills-in-wild-card-playoff-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/sports\/2026\/01\/05\/jaguars-will-host-bills-in-wild-card-playoff-game\/\">Jaguars will host Bills in wild-card playoff game<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI think a lot of it has to do with the coach, a lot of it has to do with the feel in the locker room, and I think he\u2019s done one hell of a job this year,\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The excitement has fans dreaming big, with many already discussing Super Bowl aspirations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who has led the team\u2019s successful campaign, received particular praise from the fanbase. \u201cHe\u2019s the best quarterback in the NFL,\u201d declared one supporter. \u201cLooking at the last six games? He absolutely should be MVP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Jaguars will host the Buffalo Bills in their playoff opener \u2014 giving the Jags a home-field advantage in the first game of the playoff season.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville Jaguars fans erupted in celebration Sunday night after their team\u2019s dominant 41-7 victory over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[19913,7,212,125,2401,213,6,9],"class_list":["post-655028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-duval-county","tag-football","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacksonvillejaguars","tag-jaguars","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115840671223385556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}