Josh Allen: Our fans have been waiting a long time for meaningful games
In Josh Allen’s first three seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team lost 39 games and finished last place in the AFC South all three years. This season has been a much different story.
The Jaguars finished the 2022 regular season by rattling off five straight wins for the first time since 2005. The grand finale was a 20-16 division-clinching win over the Tennessee Titans in front of more than 70,000 fans on Saturday night.
It’s the type of passionate, raucous crowd that Allen never had a chance to see in his first three seasons. And he expects he’ll see it again this Saturday night when the Jaguars host the Los Angeles Chargers in a playoff game.
“Our fans have been waiting for a long time [for the team] to play in meaningful games at home, and now we have two back-to-back” Allen told Mia O’Brien of 1010XL on Tuesday. “I know they’re going to be there. I know they’re going to be loud. I know they’re excited. Heck, I can’t go nowhere without somebody telling me how excited they are.
“The thing about it is we’re excited too, and we have all the confidence in the world that we can go out here and win those game. To have [the fans] go out there and be out there cheering and screaming all night long is really remarkable and we’re excited for them.”
The game against the Chargers will be the fifth home playoff game in Jaguars history. The only other one in the last two decades was a 10-3 win over the Buffalo Bills in January 2018.
