After a down season in which they went 5-11, the Jacksonville Jaguars managed to remain one of the world’s top-50 most valuable sports franchise according to Forbes, who slotted the team at the No. 49 spot of their annual list. Of course, that was a slight decline from last season’s list (when they were ranked No. 45), which came after their postseason success.
Per Forbes, the Jags had an operating income of 63 percent and were valued at $2.08 billion on 2019’s list, which marked a zero percent increase in value. They weren’t the only NFL team to stay in neutral, however, as the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins and several others had a zero percent increase, too. Of Course, that could lead to the league’s owners looking for more ways to increase revenue as 2019 looks to be the league’s most stagnant year the NFL has had in a while.
The moral of the story for the Jags is that fans will come when the product on the field is better as the Jags’ value saw a six percent increase last season after they nearly made the Super Bowl. However, the team now looks more along the lines of what they had in 2017 and they also added a new quarterback in Nick Foles. Simply put, if the veteran can play as he has the last two seasons while in Philly, it shouldn’t take long for Jags owner Shad Khan to see his team’s value rise again.
