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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – JULY 30: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Jacksonville Jaguars looks to pass during Training Camp at TIAA Bank Field on July 30, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – JULY 30: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Jacksonville Jaguars looks to pass during Training Camp at TIAA Bank Field on July 30, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
The Jacksonville Jaguars have established themselves as a good team on the football field. They showed that during the 2022 regular season, by winning the divisional title. But they apparently did it while dealing with rodents on a daily basis. Fans rub their eyes as the Jaguars’ locker room turns into a house of rats.
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The Jaguars aren’t the worst locker room when it comes to the entire NFL. But fans still can’t believe that a billion-dollar organization can’t get rid of the rats.
Jacksonville Jaguars locker room or a house of rats?
According to reports, the Jacksonville Jaguars locker room was infested with rats in the 2022 season. Players reported that the locker room and laundry hampers had a lot of rats, Dov Kleiman reported, quoting the NFLPA.
The fans just can’t believe that it happened. All they are asking is how can a billion-dollar team let this kind of stuff happen. Here are some fan reactions.
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A fan questions how this can happen in a billion-dollar sports team facility.
How are billion dollar sports teams not cleaning their locker rooms ?
— 🎰 (@8DirtyBird) March 3, 2023
Another fan asked how an NFL team can allow this to happen.
How are you an nfl team but allow this to happen 💀
— Cameron (@CookedbyCam) March 3, 2023
But this fan says it is bound to happen in Florida even in a brand-new facility.
It’s Florida bound to happen even in brand new facilities
— craig (@craigfister) March 4, 2023
This fam expects this kind of stuff from these teams and not Jaguars.
expect this kinda stuff from the Giants/Jets
— Jacob (@JmGx95) March 3, 2023
Another fan wants to know how many more rats are required to get an F.
How many rats do you need to get an F!!
— frank boal (@realfrankboal) March 3, 2023
But the Jaguars aren’t the worst team in the NFL in this regard.
That's an interesting point actually. You'd think they would rank the worst NFL locker room considering..
They're 28th. The 3 teams ranked worst are: Commanders, Cardinals and Chargers.
With the Commanders being the worst, just to be clear.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 3, 2023
So, the Jaguars didn’t have the worst locker room in the NFL. It was the Washington Commanders who had it the worst in the league. It would be interesting to know what happened in the Commanders’ locker room to rank it the worst, even after the Jaguars’ rat problem. But the Jaguars didn’t let all that hamper their performance in the 2022 season.
The title hunt for the Jaguars
The Jaguars put on a great performance in the NFL season 2022 to clinch the AFC South title. The team won nine games out of their 17 and made their way to the postseason. But their most memorable win came during the playoffs.
The Jaguars overcame a 27-point deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers 31-30. So, their first postseason game since the 2017 season became the most memorable one for them. And they did it in a season in which they fought off rats in the locker room.
If the Jaguars can do wonders with the rats, fans wonder how Trevor Lawrence will fare without them.
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