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Last season in the playoffs, Jacksonville defeated the Steelers in Pittsburgh on January 5th 2008.

That was a very good game by the way.

I also remember San Diego going into Pittsburgh in January for the AFC championship game in 1995, and defeating the Steelers to go to the Super Bowl.. While not a Florida team, San Diego is still considered a warm weather team.
 
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Last time I checked, San Diego is not in Florida.

If I recall correctly, that is the only time Tampa has ever won on such a cold day.

Furthermore, it isn't like the Steelers were anything special last year, they won their division mostly because it was the weakest in the NFL. They were at home but if I recall correctly, had a worse record than the Jaguars.

As an aside, I always love it when someone does google searches to try and prove you wrong when really all that has happened is they have shown exceptions which prove the rule.

If in the last 12 years, you can only come up with three such instances, you have basically proven my point.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
As an aside, I always love it when someone does google searches to try and prove you wrong when really all that has happened is they have shown exceptions which prove the rule.
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LOL. That's weak.. I watched every one of those games.

If in the last 12 years, you can only come up with three such instances, you have basically proven my point.
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It's not impossible (as you implied) for a Florida team to go up in the cold and win an important playoff game..
 
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If in the last 12 years, you can only come up with three such instances
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Except for the fact that it's not every year that Florida teams even travel to cold weather climates in the playoffs..

Then again, you had a Florida team like Jacksonville who in one playoff run, beat two teams in consecutive weeks in cold weather climates.. In Buffalo, then in Denver (in January).. And the Jaguars were heavy underdogs in both matchups ;)
 
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Following the NFL has always been difficult for me because of the lack of a regional or Canadian team. It's hard to forge a bond or alliance with a team in another city or to even CHOOSE one of the 32 teams for that matter. How would you decide?
 
Buffalo is pretty regional for you. Hell, in two years they will be playing in a brand new 90000 seat stadium in Etobicoke
 
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Jax is a truly physical specimen. I do think though that teams will be more ready for them this year. IF a team has any decent Rush Defense Jones-drew can be contained...or limited lets say. It's all a matter of who's physical enough to impose their will. I think a few teams may be able to hang with them. They do have a chance at the division for sure though. Colts could have a sloppy year if their O-line woes continue.
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perhaps jones-drew can be contained... unfortunately for other teams, he's the team's second best back.

of course, at his age, taylor could stumble but given that he's been able to work on a drastically reduced workload the past two seasons i think he should have a longer shelf life than your average running back.
 
and the fact he missed so much time with injury in the past, he has been around forever but really hasn't played all that much

I guess the real question is can you win with a below average QB, no really good WRs and nothing but a running attack in 2008. That is why they play the games, to find out.
 
well, except for the fact that garrard looked anything BUT below average last year.

102 qb rating and only 3 picks in 12 games. that's a real qb. he still has some proving to do but his audition last season was an overwhelming success. at the very least he will turn out to be an average qb, but if he repeats his 2007 he's a great field general and top quarterback.
 
He had a good year for sure, whether it was blip or not remains to be seen. I am pretty sure though he will make no one forget Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Peyton/Eli Manning or any of the other top QBs.
 
are you seriously putting eli manning in that group? even romo's a stretch.

i would take garrard over eli manning, no question about that.
 
Eli won a SB that puts him in the elite at this point.

Romo clearly has to be top 5 now.

You can also put Carson Palmer, Drew Brees and Matt Hasselbeck (and maybe McNumbnuts in Philadelphia) ahead of Garrard
 
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