The Jacksonville Jaguars Must Look Forward Facing the New York Jets
By Kathy Clark
It’s time for Jacksonville Jaguars fans and sportswriters to move on from our previous Sunday debacle. We have gnashed our teeth, wrung our hands, and blasted our quarterback. A new week equals new game. Let’s look at the New York Jets.
The Jets
The Jets are a bit of a mystery team. The Jacksonville Jaguars don’t play them frequently and they aren’t good enough to be on national TV very often. At the present time, their record is a lackluster 1-2. Not only that but they lost to the Cleveland Browns. Jet fandom appears a bit depressed since no team wanted to give the Browns their first victory in forever.
On a positive note, they drafted Sam Darnold, considered the most NFL ready quarterback in the draft by many pundits. On the other hand, his first NFL pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Fansided’s Matt Verderame rated him the 26th quarterback in the NFL and stated the following:
"Darnold will be a good quarterback. He has the requisite arm talent, he’s a smart kid, and he’s built to last in the league……The Jets could help out by blocking somebody but let’s not expect too much."
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The Jets are said to have a decent defense. In fact, their defense is rated third in the AFC. The Jets keys to victory include stopping the Jaguars running game, keeping them from passing down the field, and containing Blake Bortles in the pocket.
It’s important to understand that this will be every team’s keys to victory until the Jaguars prove this plan won’t work.
The Jaguars
The Jaguars defense is solid and will have an excellent plan to defeat the Jets. A rookie quarterback has them licking their chops.
In contrast, the offense must come up with a new scheme. The offense must start by reestablishing our running game. Fournette or not we must run the football. It is unreasonable to put the game on Bortles shoulders. He is a game manager and not a game changer.
The wide receivers must run disciplined routes and avoid dropping passes. The receivers are young and inexperienced but in fact, have played football for most of their lives. There is really no excuse for this.
They were successful the first two games and should be successful again.
Another key point is the play of the offensive line. Left tackle Cam Robinson is gone for the season and we must move on. The line did a mediocre job last week and that resulted in a win for the Titans.
They must improve this week and they will. The Jets defense is not as impressive as the Titans defense.
The Final word
The Jaguars can be 3-1 at the end of the first quarter of the season by defeating the New York Jets. That is incentive enough to play well.