(10-10-2022, 09:55 AM)EWingerDinger Wrote: Jacksonville Jaguars (12)

It would have sounded absurd entering the season to say the Jacksonville Jaguars have one of the best NFL defenses in 2022. Entering Week 5, though, Jacksonville ranked sixth in Football Outsiders' DVOA defense ratings.6 mins ago

We do have a top 10 defense statistically overall, however, they have given up points on key drives during our losses which needs to be acknowledged.  If there are reasons why, like being gassed, that’s fine, but we should be looking at the situations to gain full or better understanding of what’s going on rather than strictly looking at rankings and box scores. 

Yesterday there were two drives given up at key times in the 2nd half which drastically affected the outcome.  1 being rookie Stingley making the mistake of bringing his interception out of the back of the end zone and getting tackled on the 2 yard line.  You’d think our D would be able to get a stop and give us the ball back with good field position, but that’s not what happened.  The tinhorns drove to midfield before being forced to punt.  I believe the punt was fair caught around our 8 yard line.  That drive effectively flipped the field which was huge for them as it compounded Trevor’s mistake in the end zone.

The 2nd I’ve already harped on elsewhere which was the Walker penalty (effectively a turnover) and ensuing drive down the field for a TD.

Both of these were failures in the 2nd half by an otherwise good defense.

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