Chiefs-Jaguars 5 questions with the enemy: Who’s the best player on the Jaguars’ roster?

On Monday, the Kansas City Chiefs are on the road to face the Jacksonville Jaguars. We welcome Gus Logue of Big Cat Country — our sister SBNation site covering the Jaguars — for Five Questions with the Enemy.

1. The Jaguars are off to a 3-1 start. What has been the key to their early success? Do you see them as a playoff contender?

Takeaways have been the biggest key. After forcing an NFL-low eight defensive turnovers last year, Jacksonville already has a league-high 13 through the first four games of the season. That’s an unsustainable rate, but the defense isn’t reliant on turnovers; Houston is the only team this season with a lower rate of scores per drive allowed. Anthony Campanile’s unit ranks second in EPA/play allowed and fourth in success rate allowed, per rbsdm.com, which has indeed set the Jaguars up for contention.

The Liam Coen era has started about as well as we could’ve hoped. They did luck out a bit by playing a San Francisco 49ers team already devastated by injuries, so I’d say they’re in the “frisky Wild Card team” tier rather than “realistic Super Bowl hopefuls.” Monday night will tell us for sure.

2. Travis Hunter didn’t play on defense in the second half against San Francisco. Was the coaching staff saving him for the offense? Do you expect him to return to a more balanced snap count on Monday?

Coen said after the game it was more about getting playing time for Jarrian Jones and Montartic “Buster” Brown, who missed several weeks with a lower leg injury but is well-regarded inside the building. I think that was part of the reason — with the other part being that Hunter didn’t play particularly well. He allowed a third-and-2 conversion to Ricky Pearsall on the final play of the first quarter and stuck to offense from that point forward.

Hunter played six defensive snaps in the season opener, then 43 in consecutive weeks and then 9 last Sunday. That number should be somewhere in the middle for Week 5, and it’ll be dictated by how he and Brown perform. As for the other side of the ball, Hunter’s usage has remained steady with snap counts of 42, 42, 37, and 38. He’s had a “wow” moment on offense in two straight games. Hopefully, those will start coming in bunches.

3. Despite the winning record, Trevor Lawrence and the offense still seem to be out of rhythm. What needs to happen for things to finally click?

Lawrence is good for about two blatant misfires and three questionable decisions each game — and he’s only 1-11 on deep throws this season. He certainly shares some blame for the Jaguars being a below-average passing unit — but I’d mostly pin it on the receiver room. The Jaguars have dropped 13.4% of Lawrence’s passes (13 total) per PFF. The last quarterback to see a worse drop rate over a full season was David Blough in...