We’re still days away from the Jaguars and Patriots meeting up in the AFC Championship Game, and I’m already feeling let down.

Over the next week, you’ll read a lot of words on how the Jaguars will match-up with Rob Gronkowski, and, undoubtedly, many suggest the Jags will ask all-world cornerback Jalen Ramsey, the team’s best player, to cover him. It’s not going to happen, and that’s why I’m not looking forward to the game as much as I should be.

That’s just not how the Jaguars defense rolls. To steal a phrase from Bill Belichick, Jacksonville isn’t a “gameplan team.” That is, the Jags don’t tailor their strategy to their opponents. They just line up and play their game. And for good reason. The Jaguars don’t need to do anything special. They have elite talent and athleticism at every level of the defense. Defenses this stacked don’t let the offense dictate what they do; the Jags defense does the dictating.

The Jaguars will rarely come out of their Cover 3 zone defense. Linebackers Paul Posluszny, Telvin Smith and Myles Jack will man the underneath areas along with strong safety Barry Church, free safety Tashaun Gipson will cover the deep middle and Ramsey and A.J. Bouye will take the outer deep-thirds.

When the Jags matched up with Antonio Brown on Sunday, they stayed in their Cover 3. When they matched up with Jimmy Graham in December, they stayed in their Cover 3. When they take on Gronkowski next Sunday, they’re going to stay in their Cover 3 and we’ll be lucky to get a snap or two with Ramsey covering him.

That is a shame for football fans. These two were designed in a lab to play their respective positions. Ramsey is built like a safety but blessed with 4.4 speed. He’s at his best in a physical game against big, strong receivers.

Ramsey is also the league’s biggest trash-talker. He got the normally cool A.J. Green to swing on him after only 30 minutes of football. This guy revels in being a villain. Check out this WWE promo he cut after the Jags beat the Steelers…

And look at the label on the bottle in Ramsey’s locker.

Remember “Michael’s Secret Stuff” from Space Jam? Ramsey has “Monstars’ Secret Stuff” in his locker. This dude was totally rooting against the Toon Squad.

Then there’s Gronkowski, who could have been a member of both the Monstars (he’s big) and the Toon Squad (he’s goofy). What he lacks in speed he makes up for in raw strength, route-running and the ability to just inhale any football throw his way. Covering him one-on-one would have been Ramsey’s toughest test yet. And pitting Ramsey’s brash style up against Gronk’s goofiness would have made for quite the back-and-forth in the media. As good as the on-field battle could, the postgame comments could be mouth-watering.

Instead, the two will rarely cross paths. Gronkowski won’t have a chance to put Ramsey on a poster. And Ramsey won’t get a shot at slowing down the league’s biggest weapon. The Patriots will probably figure out a way to get Gronk matched-up with Posluszny on every key passing down and score a billion points, because that’s what the Patriots always do.

We’ve seen the ending to this movie before, but there’s still time for the Jaguars to change it. So, on behalf of the the football world, I beg you, Jacksonville: Let Ramsey cover Gronk.