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The 1998 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 29th season in the National Football League (NFL) and the 39th overall. They finished with a 9–7 record, losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In the offseason, the Patriots tendered restricted free agent running back Curtis Martin with the highest possible tender, which would return the Patriots first- and third-round draft picks if any team were to sign him and the Patriots were to decide not to match the offer. Fueling the rivalry between the two teams, the New York Jets and head coach Bill Parcells, who had resigned from the Patriots two years earlier, signed Martin, the 1995 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and per restricted free agency rules ceded their first- and third-round picks in the 1998 NFL Draft to the Patriots.[1] With the first-round pick the Patriots selected another running back Robert Edwards, who rushed for over 1,000 yards in his rookie campaign. Suffering a broken finger in November,[2] veteran quarterback Drew Bledsoe was unable to start the team's final two regular season games and was replaced by Scott Zolak.[3] With a 9–7 record the Patriots finished fourth in the AFC East but earned a sixth seed in the AFC playoffs. With Zolak still at the helm, the Patriots were defeated on the road by the Jacksonville Jaguars, the second straight playoff defeat for second-year head coach Pete Carroll, and is one of only two games the Patriots have ever lost to the Jaguars, the second being in 2018.[4]
As of the 2022 NFL season, this remains the last time that a team with a fourth-place finish in its division made the playoffs.
^Wilner, Barry (December 2000). "Take That! (p. 2)". Football Digest. Retrieved December 16, 2007. [dead link]
^"Bledsoe Motto: If It's Broke, Don't Fix It". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1998. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
^"Great Scott". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. December 21, 1998. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
^New England Patriots versus Jacksonville Jaguars
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