Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Friday Fact or Fiction for Divisional Weekend
By Daniel Lago
After a harrowing win on wild card weekend, the Jacksonville Jaguars have to step up their game if they want to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers again.
For the first time in a decade, the Jacksonville Jaguars find themselves in the final 8 of the NFL.
The divisional round is typically when the cream of the crop is determined, and the flabby underbelly of the postseason is purged of the teams who don’t really belong.
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That’s the question the Jaguars have to answer this weekend – do they belong?There are plenty of folks right now who would say no, especially after the way the Jaguars played against the Buffalo Bills.
It’s hard to come away impressed with how the Jaguars dispatched arguably the worst team in the postseason last week, but this is a week to week league and the Jaguars could absolutely beat the Steelers this week.
The Jaguars have lived and died on the shoulder of Blake Bortles this season and it’s finally come to a head – this is likely the week that he needs to either step up, or end his team’s season.
So what’s going to happen when the Jaguars go back up north in their rematch against the Steelers? Will the defense once again terrorize Ben Roethlisberger, or will he exact revenge when it counts? Click ahead to read my notorious, always correct predictions for the divisional round: