The Jaguars are hoping an extra day will give them the right amount of time they need to avoid a TV blackout for their home opener against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.

The NFL granted the hometown team a 24-hour deadline extension Thursday. The team now has until 1 p.m. Friday to sell about 5,200 tickets.

So far, the Jaguars have sold nearly 46,000 tickets.

The combination of it being the season opener, great weather, a new starting quarterback and a very special day in America to mark the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 has the Jaguars front office optimistic that there will not be a blackout.

Dash Nietling calls himself a big Jaguars fan but hasn't been to a game in three seasons.

"I don't want to go to the game if we don't have a good team," Nietling said.

But he wants to watch the game on TV, which may be difficult if the game isn't televised.

"Unfortunately, the lockout played a big part in what's happened this year, and that, coupled with the economy, has made it a tough year," Jaguars Vice President of Sales and Marketing Macky Weaver said. "But it's a tough year not only for Jacksonville, it's other markets."

Weaver says ticket sales have been steady the past few days.

"We've had a lot of people buy tickets on behalf of firefighters, police and military through donations, so we think that's going to continue to happen over the next day and a half, and if that takes place, I think we're going to be at a number where I can convince (team owner) Wayne (Weaver) that we're going to sell the rest of the tickets through the weekend," Macky Weaver said, alluding to Wayne Weaver buying the remaining tickets to sell on Saturday and Sunday.

Last year, there were no blackouts in Jacksonville. The year before, seven out of eight games were blacked out.

This year, to help avoid blackouts, the front office is pushing Flex Packs, which includes a ticket to the Titans game Sunday and three other games of choice, which will save fans about $5 a game.

Aaron Sedgwick picked up his Flex Pack on Thursday.

"Just looking forward to seeing real football get started," he said. "College was last week. That was exciting, but I'm ready for the NFL to get going."

"For a Sept. 11 game in Jacksonville, Fla., to have the high temperature at 88, 89 degrees, that's very much a positive," Macky Weaver said.

He said a full stadium gets the team riled up for the game.

"The impact of the adrenaline that that has when you come out of that tunnel and this stadium when it's full versus when you come out and it's not full, it's a big difference," Weaver said. "It fires them up. It makes them want to play harder for the hometown fans, and that's what we want to continue to do."

Weaver said this is a game fans will want to attend.

"It is a special day, opening weekend, our hated rival Tennessee Titans, and then all the aspects of 9/11 that will take place during the game," he said.

A flyover will be included as one of the pregame festivities.