Coach Liam Coen's Jacksonville Jaguars are looking like a potential Super Bowl favorite after the acquisitions of star defenders Jessie Bates III and Jordan Davis during a record-setting NFL Trade Deadline. The Jags were linked to Jalen Carter and then pulled the trigger on a Davis deal that made fans' heads spin.
Pat McAfee, host of The Pat McAfee show and contributor to ESPN's College Gameday, riffed on the Jaguars' situation, saying that the flurry of moves has been a long time coming.
“Trevor Lawrence has been stupendous, he has been everything we hoped he would be coming out of Clemson, when they were saying he was maybe the next John Elway or Andrew Luck. You find the right coach, find the right motivator, good things start to happen, and that's been Liam Coen…They've been waiting, and waiting to go all-in…Now they add Jessie Bates III, who (has) a Hall-of-Fame resume, you get Jordan Davis from the Eagles moments ago…They're goin' all-in.”
“They've given up a lot, but they can see it, they can say it, and the AFC South and the NFL as a whole might be in trouble.”
The Jaguars got a strong grade on the Bates III trade and are preparing to see how he does on the field, potentially starting with Sunday, November 15 in Tennessee against the Titans, their next game.
Coen's team has all the pieces in place for a run to its first-ever Super Bowl since joining the NFL in November of 1993, and McAfee, along with Jacksonville fans, can't wait to see it all unfold.