Jaguars Savor Victory Over Raiders

by John Oehser

Filed under: Jaguars, AFC South

A huge game awaits the Jacksonville Jaguars.

And while there will be plenty of talk in the coming days about Jaguars' game in Indianapolis and its ramifications in the AFC South, the talk in Jacksonville Sunday was about a 38-31 victory over the visiting Oakland Raiders.

The victory kept the Jaguars (8-5) in first place in the AFC South.

And it kept them very much in range of not only their first playoff appearance since 2007, but their first division title since 1999.

It also gave them their second consecutive victory and their fifth in six games.

Because of all of that, the Jaguars' come-from-behind victory over the Raiders at EverBank Field perhaps did one more thing:

It proved that the Jaguars are very much for real.

"It was a team effort," coach Jack Del Rio said after his Jaguars rallied from a 24-14 second-half deficit to win on Maurice Jones-Drew's 30-yard touchdown run with 1:34 remaining.

 

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