Jags Postgame

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I thought it was a good win. It's hard to know how a team will come out in week 1 - the first time a true game plan is put together, and all the starters are in for the majority of the game.

Considering all the new pieces I was pretty impressed with how the offense performed. When was the last time this team scored two TDs on their first two drives, and then ended the same game with a kneel down?

I thought the defense was pretty good collectively. They gave up 22 points, but 10 of those came off turnovers. Some individual players got beat, but the players on the other side are trying to make plays too. It happens, and will happen again.

Some keep talking about all the plays Jacksonville left out there, but so did Washington. "If Etienne made this catch, or if Lawrence didn't over throw this guy, if they didn't miss that FG..." I mean Washington turned the ball over three times, had dropped balls and penalties that killed drives, and still won. Don't get me wrong, the middle of the game was rough (Punt, Fumble, Punt, Punt, Interception, Interception), but the beginning and the end was very nice (TD, TD.....TD, TD, Kill the clock).

Nit-pickers will be nit-pickers, and that's all good. There's always room for improvement, but I think the Jaguars will be better than last year, and they will beat some good teams. It was a worthy opponent to start the season, and we got the W.

Agree with your overall point. It's a week to week league, so I'll take the W, not matter how. Sure you'd like to dominate from start to finish but that was a highly entertaining game, and I'd rather have them show some fight and come back from behind !

Carson Wentz gave us a highlight of who he is, capable of amazing throws, and will make some ugly mistakes every now and then. The second INT isn't that bad IMO, risky throw but not every Dlineman makes that catch...

Positives:
+ Receiving corps, it's what we expected and more
+ Oline played well. I like Schweitzer and wasn't a fan of automatically handing the starting job to Turner... But after seeing him in action, I love Trai Turner already, even banged up (pretty banged up I guess cuz they had + Saahdiq Charles in there for some snaps, and he flat out sucks, no more excuses) he played well and made some physical plays out in space. And I just love how he looks, the man is a cube, a tough mfkin cube
+ Darrick Forest his hard hitting ability was obvious from the little we saw him last year, but he's making plays against the pass too, love it
+ Dline, obviously Allen is a monster, Payne made some plays, Toohill and Smith-Williams are quality rotational guys
+ Defense made some plays when we needed
+ Offense is gonna be exciting to watch

Negatives:
- Missed tackles, I like Holcomb but that missed tackle on Robinson's TD was unacceptable
- Defense is mediocre, LB play will be underwhelming, secondary will be frustrating all year long. Honestly, barring a dramatic turn around I want JDR gone at the end of the year, and if it gets ugly I'd be ok with a mid-season firing