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The Greatest Villain In the History of All 32 NFL Teams

By Erik Lambert

of the New York Jets of the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium on November 22, 2007 in Irving, Texas
of the New York Jets of the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium on November 22, 2007 in Irving, Texas /
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FOXBOROUGH, MA – JANUARY 21: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks on before the AFC Championship Game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, MA – JANUARY 21: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks on before the AFC Championship Game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium on January 21, 2018 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /

Jacksonville Jaguars

New England Patriots. Bill Belichick . 15. player. 52. . HC

Should the Jacksonville Jaguars have a Super Bowl championship already? They’ve come close a number of times, but it always seems like the same team is getting in their way. Strike that. It’s the same man getting in their way. That man is Bill Belichick. He more than anybody has had a direct hand in keeping the Jaguars from a Lombardi trophy.

It all started back in 1996. Jacksonville was the Cinderella of the ball, going 9-7 and starting a miracle run that saw them reach the AFC championship in just their second year of existence. The dream ended there though against the New England Patriots. The Jaguars offense, so dominant the previous two weeks, managed just six points. The Patriots defensive coordinator for that game? Yep. Belichick.

Fast forward to 2005. The Jaguars make the playoffs for the first time in six years. They don’t have long to celebrate as the Patriots knock them out 28-3. This time Belichick is their head coach. Two years later Jacksonville returns, this time upsetting Pittsburgh in the wild card round. Again they go to New England and again they can’t solve the Belichick puzzle, losing 31-20.

It would be another 10 years before the Jaguars finally got back to the playoffs. Yet, in a cruel twist of irony, it ended the same exact way. They reached the AFC championship, went to New England and were summarily dismissed 24-20. For proper perspective, Jacksonville is 0-10 against the Patriots when Belichick is involved.

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