Let’s face it: it’s not easy being a Jacksonville Jaguars fan.

The team is a contradiction in teal. When they’re home at EverBank Stadium, they play like gangbusters. When they’re on the road, you never know what you’re going to get.

Jacksonville has averaged 31.4 points a game since the beginning of the 2025 season, scoring 35 and 34 points in its two games this year at The Bank. It’s also gone 9-2. On the road, the team has averaged 23.3 points and has a 6-4 record.

The problem is, with owner Shad Kahn’s odd decision to play two games in Europe each year – which costs fans one home game every season – and construction that’s going to turn the old Gator Bowl into the Stadium of Tomorrow, the Jaguars will only be home for six of 17 games this year. In fact, starting with Sunday’s game at Cincinnati, Jacksonville will then cross the pond to play the Philadelphia Eagles at Northumberland Development Project in London on Oct. 11, then the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 18. After a bye week on Oct. 26, they’ll finally be back to play the Colts on Nov. 1.

Then they’re back on the road to play three consecutive games – at Baltimore, Tennessee and the New York Giants – before they come home again to play Tennessee on Nov. 29.

That’s one home game between now and Thanksgiving.

What’s worse, they will play all home games at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium in 2027 as the construction continues.

It would be easy for the Jaguars to use the schedule as an excuse. But in the NFL, there are no excuses. If your star gets hurt, the next guy must step up. When the schedule makers send you on the road for 11 of 17 games, you keep your bags packed.

Following last Sunday’s 35-6 dismantling of defending AFC Champion New England, head coach Liam Coen said Jacksonville has to make the most of its rare home cooking.

“We didn't necessarily talk about the home field thing, but I do feel it was a sense of urgency for our guys to take advantage of this [opportunity], right? It's a little bit warmer out. They're coming down from a nor'easter and being able to take advantage of the limited [opportunity] that we do have at home,” Coen said. “We need a true home field advantage. Obviously, [we’re] not going to be here for a while and [we] definitely need the community and fan base to come out and support as much as possible.”

Wide receiver Parker Washington said his fellow teammates feel there’s no place like home because they feed off the crowd’s energy. The key is finding motivation away from The Bank.

“We love it here, man. Just coming here, being able to represent, we put a lot of work in, so let’s keep it rolling,” he said.

Fans will try their part, albeit it will be a long-distance affair.