Field Gulls
The Seattle Seahawks live to make the home crowd disappointed. While they forgot that they’re not supposed to do that at Lumen Field, it is truly astonishing what they’ve managed to do away from Seattle under Mike Macdonald. A whopping 10 wins out of 11 on the road, the latest of which came 20-12 over the Jacksonville Jaguars, who’d won three in a row prior to Sunday. The Jags fans might be disappointed but a 4-2 start with wins over the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers should provide some perspective on how well they’ve performed to start the year.
And yet, the Jaguars didn’t win this game, which means it’s Enemy Reaction time. We don’t have the Jaguars on much, and that’s because these teams only play each other once every four years. It seems like the fans also are in mild mode instead of constant rage mode like, say, other teams the Seahawks are more familiar with. Jaguars game thread comments are courtesy of Big Cat Country.
The Jaguars continue to commit penalties. Their 10 against Seattle was their third game in double-digits and ran their season total to 52, a whopping 13 more than opponents.
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It has to get fixed or all of the good vibes of starting 4-1 will soon be extinguished. These Jaguars aren’t built to overcome self-inflicted setbacks like 10 false starts, six illegal shifts (five declined), two offensive offsides and, new to the party against Seattle, two illegal formations.
Yes, the Jaguars had trouble lining up.
How can they expect to put together a drive, much less win a game, if they can’t accomplish the most basic of football tasks aside from clapping when the quarterback yells, “Break!”?
They can’t.
Coen will have the long flight to London Monday night/Tuesday morning to think about his approach heading into Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. Nothing should be off the table, whether it be pulling a player after a penalty (as unlikely as that would be) or simplifying the “undisciplined operation.”
The season is riding on it.
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