(10-17-2022, 12:58 PM)Jaguar Warrior Wrote: We ran the ball terrifically. We stopped the run perfectly. We still lost the game.
Run the ball, stop the run, win the game is an out-of-date model, at least if you are the Jaguars.

Therein lies the problem though. They were down to their 3rd string RB yesterday. They had to have known they were going to scheme something up passing wise to make Ryan's life easier. For some reason, they just failed in stopping that easy underneath nonsense to Pittman. 

Pittman is way too damn big to be giving clean, 5 yard off coverage releases to like that. A slant for a guy of his size even when in man-to-man coverage is tough to beat. So, the fact that they let his big [BLEEP] get away with that most of the game is on the coaching staff for failing to adjust. 

The front four was atrocious as well. I get that Ryan was doing the three step, quick, in and out stuff. I get that. However, again, why did we not press more earlier on from the secondary? Just didn't make any sense. 

It's almost as if they were expecting Ryan, a 15th year veteran, to just drop back with no effective pass rush and make mistakes with the football against zone coverages. That clearly didn't work. 

We not only ran the ball effectively, Lawrence basically played a perfect game from a QB perspective. He did everything you're supposed to do right yesterday. This team, like most new teams in new systems with new faces involved. They don't know how to pull through in situational football yet. That comes from being there, losing some and winning some in those moments. This team hasn't been in these situations since 2017. 

So, it'll come.

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