Why do the Jaguars always get snubbed post season?

For the Jaguars it’s officially the offseason. My favourite time of year, no more watching the Jaguars get beat by 3 scores each week. One thing that always irks me about the post season, not Dave Caldwell still being the GM, is the awards. Now i’m not advocating for Minshew Magic to be MVP but year after year the Jaguars are snubbed. It’s to the point that if Lamar Jackson was playing for the Jags he wouldn’t even be discussed as an MVP candidate. (I know very dramatic)

If you don’t play for a popular team, you ain’t got a chance at winning awards post season. The Pro-Bowl itself is a popularity contest.

Calais Campbell of 2017 was lights out. He recorded 67 combined tackles and 14.5 sacks in a Jaguars team that made it to the AFC championship game. Did he win the DPOY? Nope. He got beat out by Aaron Donald. A great player in his own right but in 2017 he recorded less tackles, less sacks and didn’t even play a full slate of games. It’s the same story every year, apart from the Jaguars going above 500..

Let’s look at this year. Josh Allen snubbed for the Defensive Rookie of the Year despite having statistically better season than the eventual winner Nick Bosa. Not only that but Josh Allen, according to Sports Illustrated, wasn’t even 2nd he was 3rd and a whole 20 points behind Bosa. How? How can Josh Allen player better than Nick Bosa have accrue half the amount of voting points as Bosa. To top it all off, Nick Bosa was 3rd in defensive player of the year … Mind Blown.

There’s also the little matter of Gardner Minshew. Again, i’m not claiming he was the MVP nor even Offensive Rookie of the Year but he was by far the best Rookie QB of the 2019 Draft Class. Despite having 1 more touchdown, 6 less interceptions and a better QBR Gardner Minshew isn’t even on the list for OROY but Kyler Murray is 2nd, and a close 2nd. I don’t even think this is a Jags issue, if Minshew was drafted in the first round he’d be the OROY.

Obviously, i’m biased. I’m a Jags fan. But I know fans league wide feel the same about some of their own players.