Jaguars football is back!

Monday was exciting because we got our first taste of football for the season. The flavor was bitter-sweet, yet still delicious after the long fast. Tonight the excitement is sevenfold. We get it live, right here in Jacksonville! If you can scrape your pennies together, you should get yourself a ticket to the game. Preseason or not, it's football.

I know a lot of you doubt the viability of the team. You question their ability. I believe they will overcome. This is the time to exercise their weaknesses. The team is working at solving issues, not showing off their strengths. What we see is not necessarily what will be perpetuated during the regular season. It's all a part of the process. 

I can't wait to see our boys take the field. Win or lose, this is our team. It's the only one we've got. Let's defy the predictions and speculation, and fill that 'truckin' stadium! It's time for some football! Jaguars Football. So get up, get out, get tickets, and support your team. It's time!

Obviously, you need to feed your family first. Feel no guilt if you can't afford to go to the game. Sometimes 'just living' has to be our priority. God bless you. Things will get better.

Go Jaguars!

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I've been thinking about all the hub-bub over the "Saga of John". So I decided to do some research on the subject matter. The information I've found has inspired me to look at this situation from a new perspective.

Initially, like many of you, I was under the impression that John was just laying down and trying to dodge the hellish Jacksonville heat and humidity. Considering that John has been a virtual ghost at practice over the last couple of years, I don't think that was an outlandish supposition. Given his penchant for absence, John has earned himself a reputation of laziness.

I believe that Jack's reaction, words of fire and venom, was warranted and overdue. However, If John has indeed sustained an injury in this current scenario, we should allow him some grace. I don't know the man personally, but I'd hope that he wouldn't lie about such things. Who knows?

Some of what I found on the injury, I already knew. The rest is news to me. Basically, with a shoulder separation, a tear occurs in the ligaments that attaches the shoulder blade and collar bone at the joint. "Muy doloroso!" It is usually a result of a blow to, or a fall on the shoulder. We know that John was doing the Rollie-Pollie when he put his shoulder out, so that jives.

Here are some other facts that I've found.

The separations are graded I, II, or III depending on the severity of the sprain. A grade 1 results in tenderness, but no actual separation. A grade 2 often means that a slight separation of the clavicle from the shoulder has occurred. A grade 3 is a more severe separation. In a worse case scenario, the collar bone comes completely out of it's normal position and pushes up on the skin of the shoulder.

Severe pain, limited movement, swelling, and bruising are the common symptoms associated with a separation. Grades 1 through 3 may require the shoulder to be placed in a sling. The arm should be immobilized, and kept from rising away from the chest to allow the ligaments to heal. In certain cases, separations heal by themselves in 2 to 4 weeks. A severe case could take up to 2 months, but that usually coincides with surgery. If you return to action too soon you run the risk of worsening the injury.

Is John really hurt? I don't know. If he is, he deserves the benefit of the doubt. As well as time to heal. We won't know for sure without seeing the X-rays first hand. I think we all know how likely that is to happen. Maybe something good will come of this. He hasn't been stellar in recent years. Perhaps this will give rise to a young DT that will lead Jacksonville's defense back to dominance...minus an infirm Henderson.

The University of Michigan Health System - Sports Medicine was my primary source for the above information.

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This is a question that I posed to Colts, Texans and Jags fans recently. I've changed some of the wording to make it fit for you guys. The point is to gauge the levels of rivalry within our division. I mean no disrespect to any of the teams...

Tell me what you think:

Which team out of the rivals in the AFC South is most hated (or disliked, for the less passionate) by Titans fans? And why? For me it's the Titans. Jeff Fisher is so smug, and it's perpetuated by his team. I'm a Jaguar fan, so naturally I dislike the Colts. I could never hate them, because Tony Dungy is such a great man. Also Peyton is amazingly talented and funny...so it's hard not to like that charm. I hate losing to the Colts, but I halfway like the team because of the men that have represented it. The Texans, for me, are like the annoying little brother that has gotten big enough to start winning half the fights that you get into. The Titans, I don't know what it is beyond Fisher, I cannot stand. How do you all feel? Do you hate the Colts more than the rest, because they've spent so much time on top of the mountain? Is it the Jags? You guys seem to whoop the tar out of us more often than not...So, I'm interested in your take on the issue.