About five months ago, before the 2017 NFL season had even begun, former Cowboys safety Barry Church made comments which made Cowboys Nation scratch their heads. Now a Jacksonville Jaguar, Church said his current team was more talented than his former, the Dallas Cowboys.
At the time, many fans and writers alike laughed off his comments and chalked it up to typical preseason hype. Most people thought Church was crazy for suggesting a 13-3 team had less talent than the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team led by Blake Bortles.
Well, five months later, it’s become clear Barry Church was right.
#Jaguars safety Barry Church says he feels this Jags team has more talent than his #Cowboys squad last season.
Dallas went 13-3. pic.twitter.com/EcbxfUGsvy— Brian Chojnacki (@BrianMChojnacki) July 28, 2017
This weekend the Jaguars went on the road to Pittsburgh, and came away with a wire-to-wire victory in January. The Jaguars were the more physical team from start to finish, and dominated from the opening kick off.
On the road.
Against the vaunted Pittsburgh Steelers.
Now the Jaguars are preparing to do something the Cowboys haven’t done in two decades: play in a conference championship game.
The Jaguars and Cowboys will be linked for the next decade or so due to decisions each made during the 2016 NFL Draft. And while it appeared the Cowboys pushed all the right buttons in 2016, it now looks as if the Jaguars are preparing to compete for AFC supremacy for years to come.
With their talented secondary, dominant defense, and physical rushing attack, the Jaguars have built their team in the mold of past champions.
The Cowboys have attempted to do some of the same, but it certainly looks as if Barry Church was correct in his preseason assessment of the two rosters.
