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Jacksonville Jaguars
Overall: 32
Title track: 62
Ownership: 21
Coaching: 61
Players: 45
Fan relations: 43
Affordability: 3
Stadium experience: 13
Bang for the buck: 89
Change from last year: +32
The Jaguars are making progress much quicker in the Ultimate Standings than they are on the field. The team jumped up 32 spots to No. 32 -- a significant leap considering the Jaguars went 12-36 in 2013-15 (and 24 of those losses came by double digits). It's Year 4 of the rebuild under GM Dave Caldwell and coach Gus Bradley, and it's time for all that work to begin paying off.
What's good
For the second year in a row, the Jaguars offer the most affordable game-day experience in the NFL, even after raising the average ticket price by 3.6 percent. That number still comes in just under $60, which is reasonable considering the premium seating the Jaguars have added over the past several season (cabanas with pool access and field-level seats are two examples) as well as the newly renovated club seat areas. In addition, the price of concessions and parking still comes in below the NFL average, which makes a trip to EverBank Field one of the biggest values in sports.
What's bad
But even with those cheap tickets, the team still isn't providing much value in terms of wins per dollar. The Jaguars did improve slightly in this category, thanks to five wins in 2015 (two more than the previous season), but that's as good as it has been for the franchise over the past five seasons. The Jaguars haven't had a winning record since 2007 -- also the last time they made the playoffs -- and have won more than five games in a season just twice in that span (seven in 2009 and eight in 2010). It's affordable to go to a Jaguars game -- but it's not very rewarding.
What's new
It's amazing what two more victories in 2015 and an offseason in which the team added a lot of defensive talent can do for expectations. The Jaguars jumped up 33 spots in title track, which represents championships won or expected within the lifetime of the current fans. (Of course, the voting was done in August, before the team's 2-3 start that included an embarrassing 24-point loss at San Diego in Week 2.) The Jaguars actually rank ahead of 13 other NFL teams, including Houston (72), Kansas City (71) and Cincinnati (75) -- but below San Francisco (51), which is led by former Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert, whom the franchise traded away in 2014.
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