Quote:Leaving the stadium after yesterday's defeat, I was not ready or willing to even think of positives after such a heartbreaking loss. How do you lose when you hold Rodgers to less than 200 passing yards and Bortles throws for more than 300? It would have been one of the top 3 memorable home games in Jaguars history had they pulled it out at the end. That being said, there were some signs yesterday to give optmism to the fans. First the negatives:


1, No pass rush. Fowler's pre-season gave us false hope that he'd be a huge addition this year. I do think he;ll get much better, but we probably won't see much impact this season.

2. Running game- Offensive line pass protected well, but Yeldon had little running room.

3. Inability to close the game- Good teams find a way to win games like this and it was there for the taking.

4. Cyprien's missed tackle- He must make those plays, period.


Positives:


1. Beachum is very solid and may turn out to be one of the best free agents ever.

2. Special teams were excellent, especially the kickers.

3. Julius Thomas is back. Add him to the wide receiving corps and this offense will be hard to stop. Robinson got held all day

and needs to get those calls.

4. Secondary covered great and Prince was expecially solid.


Forecast:


Due to the lack of pass rush, this team will end up at 8-8. Combine that with all the youth and it will take 1 more year to make the playoffs, but the future is very bright. DO NOT sell your soul to the devil and pick up Hardy, They will end up regretting it.

The game was a little sloppy. There were some mistakes that cost us, a few bad calls by the Refs as well.


It wasn't fun to watch my team lose in a game that they easily could have won but I'm not too worried. It was the first game of the season with a lot of young guys.


This team will tighten it up and is only going to get better every game. The sooner we see that pass rush start to hit home, the better though.

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