The Jaguars won't be favored heading into their AFC Championship matchup against the New England Patriots Sunday.
Bovada - as of Monday - has Jacksonville as a two-score underdog for this weekend's game in Foxborough, Mass.
The Jaguars are nine-point underdogs, despite an impressive win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field during the divisional round of the playoffs.
Jacksonville wasn't favored in that matchup either.
"It is what it is," Pro Bowl defensive tackle Malik Jackson said Monday.
"I don't think we like it. I don't think we enjoy it but we understand it. We're searching for respect. We want people to start respecting us and stop acting like the product we put out there every week is lacking. We're a solid defense [and] our offense is one of the best in the league."
The young Jaguars locker room has embraced its "overlooked" status. The team discusses the perception regularly. It has fueled their fire throughout the season.
"It's something that's been in the back of our heads all year because it's kind of always been there," tight end James O'Shaughnessy said.
"For guys like me who haven't been with the Jaguars - this is my first year and obviously I don't know that much history about them - I was always kind of offended that [critics] would come at us and come at me and come at our team like that, not knowing that every year is a new year. We're not the same old Jaguars, we're a different team."
Jacksonville will get another shot at a big road upset against the Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
New England quarterback Tom Brady will test the Jaguars on defense and look to return to the Super Bowl for the eighth time in his career.
The Jaguars are new to the dance, as the majority of the roster was still in elementary school when Jacksonville last reached the AFC Championship Game.
The young group is looking to earn respect on the national stage after going without a primetime game during the regular season.
The players know this is their shot to write their own script and change the way the team is perceived.
"We just know how to work," Jackson said. "We put our heads down and we work and we just try to break through the wall that's in front of us. Right now, we have a big wall in front of us."
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