Jacksonville Jaguars

Coming off a playoff appearance, hopes were high in Jacksonville as the Jaguars had one of the top young defenses in the NFL.

The Jaguars would get off to a strong start winning their opener 24-17 over the Dallas Cowboys, before blanking the defending Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers 9-0 on Monday Night.

However, the Jaguars would suffer two painful losses on the road as they lost to the Indianapolis Colts, before suffering a 36-30 overtime loss to the Washington Redskins at the hands of former Jaguar QB Mark Brunell.

The Jaguars would return home and bounce back with a 41-0 thumping of the New York Jets. However the following week the Jaguars would be stunned again on the road losing to the Houston Texans 27-7. That loss would mark the end of QB Byron Leftwich's season as an ankle injury forced him to miss the last 10 games. With back up QB David Garrard the Jaguars would win three of their next four games. Following a 27-24 heartbreaking loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Jaguars played their best two games of the season beating the Miami Dolphins 24-10, before running over the Colts in a 44-17 win at home that saw the emergence of Rookie RB Maurice Jones-Drew who scored two rushing touchdowns with 166 yards rushing, while adding a 93-yard kickoff return for a TD, as the Jaguars rushed for 375 yards as a team. At 8-5 the Jaguars were in strong position for another playoff run, but it would be the last win of the season as the injuries just caught up with them as they lost their last three games and finished with a disappointing 8-8 record.