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The Jacksonville Jaguars were arguably the biggest disappointment in 2008 (the Lions were worse, obvs, but such an enjoyably watchable train wreck that they don't count). Plenty of people had them going to the Super Bowl, and nearly everyone, after their run in the playoffs last season, thought they would be back in the postseason.

Well, um, they weren't.

Perhaps the biggest untold story in the Jacksonville Jaguars' big win over Houston on Sunday was the return of starting center Brad Meester, who helped the running game reawaken from its early-season coma.

The Jags lost Meester for two months after he broke an ankle early in training camp. With Dennis Norman filling in for him at center, Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew averaged only 93 yards combined per game -- an average that drops if you take away Jones-Drew's 52-yard touchdown run, his only big play of the season up until that point.

So what happened when Meester was back under center? Taylor averaged 15 yards per carry on a dodgy groin -- or as Fred called it, his "adductor area" -- and Jones-Drew has his biggest game of the season so far -- 12 carries, 125 yards, 2 TDs, plus four catches for 59 more yards.

Clearly, if anyone should be named Meast of the Week, it's Meester. Not only did he help Taylor and Jones-Drew gain more than twice their season average up until Sunday, but he may have saved a lot of fantasy owners' bacon. If the Jags run wild again when they face the Colts next Monday night, you'll know the biggest reason why.