Archive for September, 2009
Need tickets for the final home game? Here’s where you’ll find ‘em
One of the Jaguars biggest rivals, the Indianapolis Colts, will come to town to play the Jags in a nationally televised game on Thursday, December 17th. It’s rare to see a Jaguars game with higher ticket demand than this one. The cheap seats are selling for well north of $60. This could end up being a make-or-break game for both teams and could be critical in the AFC playoff picture, so I’m sure that’s driving up demand. That, and people just want to take in a Jaguars night game and then skip work and school on Friday. This game has an 8:20pm start time, by the way.
Wayne Weaver wants to draft Florida Gators QB Tim Tebow in next April’s draft, but for all the wrong reasons. Jaguars attendance is down and it looks like all of their home games might get blacked out this season. Weaver figures that drafting Jacksonville native Tebow will bring fans to the stadium, even if it doesn’t improve the team’s record. Other NFL teams have expressed uneasiness about drafting Tebow because he’s not a pure quarterback and his pocket passing ability is questionable. They don’t believe Tebow can survive in an NFL that punishes QB’s who run with the ball.
Tickets for the Jags/Phins game are in high demand, still need some?
The Miami Dolphins will visit the Jaguars in the second to last Jags home game of the season. I can tell that Jaguars fans have a lot of confidence in their team this year, because even at this point in the season I’m already seeing tickets for the final games of the year selling for more than tickets at the beginning of the year. That’s always a sign that expectations are high for a team to be in the playoff hunt come crunch time. Low tickets for this game are selling in the $65 range. This will also be the final Sunday home game for the Jaguars in the 2009 season.
It looks like defensive end Reggie Hayward’s offseason contract gamble didn’t pay off. He took a huge pay cut and signed a contract laden with incentives that he’ll never reach now that a broken left leg will keep him on the sidelines for the rest of the season. This is just one more blow to a Jags defense that was already depleted before the start of their week 1 game.
Still need tickets for this game? See who’s got ‘em
The Jaguars will play the hapless Houston Texans at home on December 6th. The Texans may seem like a perennial failure, but they’ve shown great improvement in recent years and could be ready for their first breakout season, where they actually go to the playoffs and maybe win a game. Or maybe not. Either way, this is a game we really shouldn’t overlook. The Jaguars need to take advantage of these late season home games, because we don’t get them every year. Tickets for this game are reselling for under $35, which is the lowest I’ve seen for Jags cheap seats all season.
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