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Jaguars middle linebacker Mike Peterson played the respect card.

“You watch the highlights,” Peterson said, claiming the Jaguars would get limited time from their 37-17 pasting of the Houston Texans on Sunday. “If we do, we’ll be the last team they show; not Jags win, Jones-Drew had a big day. That’s the way we like it, though; under the radar. By the time teams realize we’re playing football down here, it’ll be the third week of the playoffs.”

Well, Mike, there’s a chance you blew your cover this week. The combination of Jones-Drew’s highlight-reel runs and catches, a controversial call by referee Walt Coleman, the obligatory “Sportscenter” hype for a Monday Night Football game to be played on ESPN next week, and a made-for-TV pass reception by Jaxson de Ville are certain to put the Jaguars in the spotlight this week.

Who are these Jacksonville Jaguars? We’re gonna find out in the next eight days.

“Right now, we’re underdogs. We know what we have in this locker room. We know what we’re building,” Peterson said.

Yeah, the Jaguars are likely to be made underdogs against the undefeated Colts, in a game that will be trumpeted as an early-season showdown for the AFC South lead. Or will they be underdogs? Let’s wait on that one.

“The table’s set. What else needs to be said?” Peterson said.

Through most of the first half of Sunday’s game against the Texans, it appeared as though the Jaguars would be eating off the floor against the Colts. The table was not only not being set, it was being turned upside down. Fortunately for the Jaguars, the Texans committed as many goofs as the home team.

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