Breakdown: The Jaguars have one of the league’s easiest schedule (25th in strength-of-schedule rankings) but it still includes the defending Super Bowl champion and three other team that made the playoffs in 2014 (Carolina, Indianapolis and Baltimore). There is only one prime-time game as well: a Thursday night home game against Tennessee on Nov. 19. Despite a streak of road games early and late in the season, it’s a favorable schedule that should allow the Jaguars to challenge .500, especially if quarterback Blake Bortles makes the expected progress and the offensive line improves enough to not be a liability (as they allowed a team-record 71 sacks in 2014).

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Complaint department: The NFL certainly doesn’t like to give the Jaguars a lot of help early in the season, although this season’s schedule is a bit nicer than the two previous seasons. The Jaguars will play three of their first five games on the road. After starting with back-to-back home games against Carolina and Miami, the Jaguars play at New England, Indianapolis and Tampa Bay in consecutive weeks. It’s perhaps the toughest stretch of the season, too, because the Patriots and Colts are two of the best teams in the NFL and they played in the AFC Championship Game last season. The Jaguars played four of their first six games on the road in 2013 and 2014. It won’t be easy if the Jaguars are going to make any kind of late-season run, either, because they finish with back-to-back road games at New Orleans and Houston.

Lonely October: The Jaguars will spend a month away from EverBank Field thanks (again) to the team’s annual home game in London and the bye week that follows. The Jaguars play host to Houston on Oct. 18 and won’t be back until a Thursday night game against Tennessee on Nov. 19. The Jaguars play Buffalo at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 25, followed by a bye week and back-to-back road games at the New York Jets and Baltimore.

Strength of schedule: 25th, .463

Jaguars regular-season schedule (All times Eastern)

Week 1: Sunday, Sept. 13, Carolina, 1:00 p.m.

Week 2: Sunday, Sept. 20, Miami, 4:05 p.m.

Week 3: Sunday, Sept. 27, at New England, 1:00 p.m.

Week 4: Sunday, Oct. 4, at Indianapolis, 1:00 p.m.

Week 5: Sunday, Oct. 11, at Tampa Bay, 1:00 p.m.

Week 6: Sunday, Oct. 18, Houston, 1:00 p.m.

Week 7: Sunday, Oct. 25, Buffalo, 9:30 a.m.*

Week 8: BYE

Week 9: Sunday, Nov. 8, at NY Jets, 1:00 p.m.

Week 10: Sunday, Nov. 15, at Baltimore, 1:00 p.m.

Week 11: Thursday, Nov. 19, Tennessee, 8:25 p.m.

Week 12: Sunday, Nov. 29, San Diego, 1:00 p.m.

Week 13: Sunday, Dec. 6, at Tennessee, 1:00 p.m.

Week 14: Sunday, Dec. 13, Indianapolis, 1:00 p.m.

Week 15: Sunday, Dec. 20, Atlanta, 1:00 p.m.

Week 16: Sunday, Dec. 27, at New Orleans, 1:00 p.m.

Week 17: Sunday, Jan. 3, at Houston, 1:00 p.m.

*-Game to be played in London