Big Cat Country
The Jaguars are coming off a disappointing loss to the Seahawks. Liam Coen’s team forced 0 turnovers, took 7 sacks, and committed 10 penalties on Sunday.
“It’s on me,” Coen said after the game. “It’s an undisciplined operation at the moment, and it’s on me. It’s got to get fixed.”
“I thought it was a very honest locker room in there in terms of understanding, guys, that we will not beat good quality teams like this, whether you’re home, on the road, in London, on the west coast. Doesn’t matter, if we continue to hurt ourselves and have these self-inflicted wounds, that ultimately is on me.”
As Week 7 approaches, we rounded up the latest NFL power rankings to get a sense of how the Jaguars are viewed nationally.
Talented, young teams six days removed from defeating an active dynasty are prone to letdowns. Let’s see how the Jags rebound against the potentially depleted Rams to conclude their three-game “homestand” in London.
From Josh Kendall and Chad Graff:
Fantasy focus: Travis Hunter. The rookie wide receiver/cornerback was one of the biggest risk/reward picks of the fantasy season. So far, the reward hasn’t arrived. Hunter has played 241 offensive snaps and 203 defensive snaps, but those defensive snaps aren’t helping his fantasy numbers. He’s averaging 6.62 fantasy points per game, which ranks 212th in the league, because he has only 20 receptions for 197 yards and no touchdowns. His ADP was 73rd. To make matters worse, on Sunday, he lined up offside and negated a 54-yard touchdown pass to Brian Thomas Jr.
A correction was overdue.
Trevor Lawrence’s growth at quarterback isn’t being helped by an offensive line that got him sacked seven times against the Seahawks. The Jags didn’t open up much for the rushing attack, either.
Trevor Lawrence is 0–22 as a Jaguars starter when his team does not force a turnover. While this is a loaded statistic and includes a stretch of absolutely disastrous Urban Meyer-led football, it does support the notion that this team was leaning heavily on all of the extra possessions provided by Anthony Campanile’s defense.
Coming off the emotional Monday night win over the Chiefs, the Jaguars’ sloppy loss to the Seahawks stings a little, especially just before shipping off for London. There were too many sacks, too many missed connections in the passing game and too many crippling penalties. The ‘Hawks took away the Jags’ ground game, including Trevor Lawrence as a scrambler, and made them one-dimensional. It was tough to generate much pass rush on defense with Travon Walker limited, and Jacksonville’s streak of forcing turnovers ended. In fact, the Jags haven’t played great defensively over the past few...
