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Jags hoping to stay hot against Bills

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Losing isn't what it used to be. Before switching to a four-team, eight-division format, the NFL used to reward its worst teams with the easiest schedules. First-place teams played first-place teams. Fifth-place teams had a chance to rebound on a steady diet of fifth-place teams. Now, thanks to the division realignments, only two of a team's 16 games in a season are based on how the team finished the previous year. The spoils of losing are part of this weekend's Thanksgiving leftover fare ...

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