The prevailing theory headed into the second half of the season was that the Jaguars schedule contained a bunch of winnable games, beginning with Baltimore today.  Thus far, it has proven true.

 

My thoughts.

 

1.  Jason Meyers, I take back what I said after you shanked that 26 yard FG.  Way to redeem yourself for this game.  Still owe us another game winning FG, but good job closing this game out.

 

2.  I am not one to criticize play calling much, but I didn't care for the play selection in this game.  I thought the team operated too much out of the spread, and runs to the left were nearly non existent.  As aggressively as the Ravens were playing defensively, I would have liked to see more screens to RBs and quck hitting running plays.

 

3.  I thought Bortles did not have a good game.  Lots of his passes were batted at the LOS, and his holding onto the ball excessively long led to an unnecessary sack and INT.  He was also behind on some key throws to Julius Thomas and Marqise LeeHe did throw two TDs, but missed an easy 3rd TD when he didn't see Marcedes Lewis wide open.  Her also had a near INT dropped on that last drive.  But, the last drive, he did what the team needed to do to get in position to have his face mask twisted.

 

4.  Once again, I thought the run defense did a good job overall.  However it seems to have come at the expense of pass defense.  The Ravens had repeated success with play action bootlegs to the right.  The Jaguars really didn't shut that down until the end of the game.

 

5.  Great game by Davon House with 2 INTs and a pass defensed.

 

6.  Myers' game winning FG and Marshall's recovery of the Ravens' muffed punt notwithstanding, I thought the Special teams once again had a bad bad game.  Way too many return yards allowed.  What is it going to take to get good kick coverage?

 

7. Way to tough it out Hurns, who had some clutch catches in the game.  Also, a hearty welcome back to the Albino Tiger, who had a drop or two to add to his late catches.

 

8.  Nice to have an Alualu positive play sighting on the fumble recovery.

 

9.  Bottom line:  Glad to see the Jaguars pull out one of these close games, even though like in the Buffalo game, they seemed to try hard to give the game away.  Now let's try to put two in a row together this tThursday against the loathsome tacks.

 

 

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