Did This NFL Social Media Post Just Script a Jaguars Super Bowl???

The NFL put out a graphic, and the show did what the show does. It went looking for the script.

Rich brought back what he called TJ's favorite bit: the NFL script. Every season, the conspiracy theorists who believe the league is fixed come out whenever the NFL releases some form of Super Bowl preview. Rich reminded everyone how it went when the Super Bowl logo was unveiled. Everyone went hunting for the color scheme.

The crew remembered that one well. Looking at the Super Bowl 61 colors, guesses flew around the room. Cincinnati? The Bengals? The answer the group seemed to settle on: Jacksonville and Chicago. "The Bears and Jacksonville. That's what that looks like."

Now there was new evidence to study. The NFL had just posted a "100 days to the Super Bowl" graphic, and the analysis began immediately.

"This looks like the Packers against somebody," came the first read.

Not everyone saw it. "Packers? Where's the Packers?" The case for Green Bay rested on what looked like yellow, possibly green and yellow, in the word "days."

The Jacksonville case was stronger. "The sky is still Jaguar blue there, right?" someone noted. The "100" looked teal. "That's Jaguars colors."

So who's the opponent? The theories piled up. Bears out, Packers in? Steelers? "Looks like Jacksonville against the North," one voice offered. Someone pointed out there were no Vikings colors and no 49ers colors. Then a new idea: "Could be Rams. 'Days' could be Rams."

That one stuck. "Definitely Jacksonville," came the verdict, and the yellow and black pointed somewhere else. "Jacksonville versus the Rams right there."

At least one person at the table was thrilled. "Like I said yesterday, Chris," he said. "I'll tell you one thing, I'm not quitting." On the Rams being in the Super Bowl, he was ready to make the football case too. "Here comes Garrett in time for their trip to Washington," he said. It will be Jayden Daniels and the Commanders offensive line that have to deal with "the tandem of Donald and Garrett for the first time."

Another voice chimed in with a more personal stake. "I have the Rams defense in fantasy."

There was one note of caution. The Rams, someone pointed out, still have to get a receiver somehow. The answer to that, they agreed, would come "over the next 72 hours."

So, for the record, the script has now been decoded twice. The logo said Bears and Jaguars. The 100-day graphic says Jaguars and Rams. Jacksonville is the common thread, and that's as close to a conclusion as the show was willing to get.

"Let's go."