The Jaguars are a walking sad stat.
We in Chicago can relate, Jags fans.
645 yards for the Lions vs 170 for the Jaguars.
But to be honest, this is the best team in the NFL going against the arguable worst.
What if the Bears and Jaguars just traded coaches?
Like some sick Catholic Church transaction.
My vote is Eberflus.
Pederson at least has precedence of success.
And as bad as a 475 yard difference is - it’s just sixth worst ever.
Let’s run down the top-5.
Net passing yards certainly could have improved here.
The Seahawks would at least go on to end the season 9-7.
No playoffs, but a respectable season.
They won this one 59-0 at the Coliseum as 14-point favorites.
#3 - Bears/Giants Week 9 1943 (525 yards)
The Sid Luckman era for the Chicago Bears.
Don’t let ever let them tell you the Bears never had a good quarterback.
So we’re between quarterbacks still.
The still standing largest margin of victory in NFL history.
And you’d be right.
Washington was a -8.
One forced turnover to nine for Chicago.
Six of which at the hands of Washinton quarterback Frank Filchock.
A name that seems to keep coming up for me in lookups this year.
None of which for good reasons.
By the way the Giants quarterback in this #3 of the list was named Tuffy Leemans.
Tuffy is shooting up my list of all-time names.
you’re free to however, outgain him in yards.
Turnovers were the true killer here for this New York outfit coached by Jimmy Phelan.
Would love to have heard his press conference after the game trying to explain what happened.
#1 - Packers/Eagles Week 9 1962 (574 yards)
574 yards.
Just imagine how that would work out on a drive by drive basis.
This wasn’t against your everyday bum looking for something to do between his coal mining job either.
This was Sonny Jurgenson that got plastered by the Bart Starr Packers.
Hope this was fun.
And if you’re a Jaguars fan, hope you learned that things could be worse.
But you already knew that.
Every week you know that.
Your friends in missery from Chicago.
Stay strong down there.
