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If you haven't already heard, the Jacksonville Jaguars' 2015 schedule was released Tuesday evening. The season is actually starting to take shape, and the Jaguars now know who their opponents are and what they're going to have to do to succeed.

Upon first look, I'd say this is definitely the easiest schedule of the Dave Caldwell and Gus Bradley era. They've had hard luck the past couple of years, but this year's schedule is a bit more forgiving and a bit more manageable.

The Jaguars drew the NFC South and the AFC East, which will have some tough games, but that's not nearly as bad as, say, the NFC West in 2013, where the Jaguars faced the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals.

Instead, the Jaguars will face the NFC South, whose division-winning Carolina Panthers went 7-8-1, and the AFC East. While the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots come with the AFC East, so do the manageable Buffalo Bills, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins.

We won't know until the season's end if the schedule was easy or not, but this schedule has me optimistic. There are tough games, as there are for every team, but this is a schedule the Jaguars could take advantage of, although I doubt playoff consideration is within reason.

With the intro out of the way, let's look at my game-by-game predictions for the Jaguars.