'96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:37 am
Who do you all think is best between these evenly matched (despite their records) 2nd year expansion squads and why?
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'96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
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Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:43 pm
Interestingly they did actually play each other early that year with the Jags winning 24-14. Both teams really started to gel down the stretch. Specifically Jags on offense and Panthers on defense. In a hypothetical Super Bowl between the two I don't think the Jaguars would have had a chance. I think the Panthers pass rush would have been too much to handle. I remember them being scary-good.
Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:50 am
Very good blitz Carolina had but Taylor, Natrone, and a mobile Brunell keeps that at bay IMO. Jags by at least 7 (likely more) had both actually met that January. There was nothing at all special about that Kerry-led Panther O; depended on starting off with good field position in order to score. They beat an Irvin-less downward-spiraling Cowboy squad. Once that '96 post-season began, the Jags were pretty solid. They gave Pats a good 3 quarters until the "new and exciting" clinching playoffs and beating Bills/Broncos suddenly wore off. But they did arrive; did not 'let-down' in '97. The fact that the Jags became a regular playoff team those next few years gives them some extra for this argument. Last, Coughlin over Capers in the HC department.
Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:08 pm
Absolutely!Last, Coughlin over Capers in the HC department.
Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:54 pm
Who's Taylor? Fred Taylor wasn't drafted until 1998.74_75_78_79_ wrote:Very good blitz Carolina had but Taylor, Natrone, and a mobile Brunell keeps that at bay IMO.
Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:09 am
I'm sorry. I meant to say Stewart.conace21 wrote:Who's Taylor? Fred Taylor wasn't drafted until 1998.74_75_78_79_ wrote:Very good blitz Carolina had but Taylor, Natrone, and a mobile Brunell keeps that at bay IMO.
Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:27 am
Hey, we can make it the Jaguars all-time team vs. the '96 Panthers. That way Maurice Jones-Drew can get in on some downs too. 
Re: '96 Jaguars VS '96 Panthers
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:08 pm
I think the Jaguars' all-time team would be the 1999 Jaguars with Stroud and Henderson at DT, and Jones Drew replacing Stewart as the backup RB.ChrisBabcock wrote:Hey, we can make it the Jaguars all-time team vs. the '96 Panthers. That way Maurice Jones-Drew can get in on some downs too.