However, it seems most fans are HOPING quarterback Trevor Lawrence can take the leap. And it doesn't even have to be just quarterback. Even the Cleveland Browns when quarterback Baker Mayfield hit Year 2. The Los Angeles Chargers when quarterback Justin Herbert broke out. Houston when quarterback Deshaun Watson hit Year 2. I feel like I constantly see teams totally do a 180 degree quite often due to the transcendence of a few young players going into second-to-fourth year. I think a lot of Jags fans are understandably pessimistic about the state of the franchise. I would expect starters from each team to play sparingly in early August, and neither team will do much in the way of game-planning for the opponent. Preseason games, particularly preseason openers, are indeed so vanilla that neither team will gain or lose much in terms in terms of preparation for the regular-season game. I wouldn't worry much about game planning one way or the other in this one, though. The Jaguars are there this year partially because Tony Boselli will become the first former Jaguars player enshrined this year, and former Raiders Cliff Branch and Richard Seymour also will be enshrined this year. The Hall of Fame game is different than normal preseason because the league tries to put teams in the game with a connection to that year's Hall of Fame class. You're correct that the NFL typically does not schedule preseason games between regular-season opponents – and the Jaguars indeed will play the Las Vegas Raiders in the preseason-opening Hall of Fame Game on August 4 and in a 2022 November regular-season game.
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