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A. J. Cann Jersey , for the first time in seemingly forever, the Jacksonville Jaguars had some lofty expectations entering the 2018 season — both from the franchise itself and the fans. Fast forward through the first eight weeks of the 2018 NFL season, and Jacksonville finds itself with a 3-5 record following this past Sunday’s 24-18 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in London. Suffice it to say, this is not the start that anybody had in mind for the Jaguars. After a 3-1 start to the season, the Jags have now dropped four straight games for a variety of reasons. A lot has been said about Jacksonville’s playoff chances now that the team is two games under .500, but while its chances are slim, it’s not an impossible feat. The club is far from being mathematically eliminated. If my manual research is correct, then there have been 14 teams that have started 3-5 (or 3-5-1 in the case of the 2014 Carolina Panthers) that have made the playoffs since the NFL went to a 12-team playoff format in 1990. It has been accomplished by five teams in the previous five seasons. The last time this happened was in 2015, when both the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans made the playoffs following a 3-5 start. Actually, the Chiefs started the season 1-5 and reeled off 10 straight wins to finish 11-5 — anything is possible in the NFL.The Jaguars are actually one of the teams that are on this list. In 1996
Youth Ronnie Harrison Jersey , Jacksonville started 3-5 (well, actually 3-6) and went on to not only make the playoffs, but win two playoff games. With that said, the Jags have started 3-5 in four additional seasons, and failed to make the postseason in any of those years.The Jaguars are technically still “in the hunt” for the 2018 playoffs, and the AFC South could still be won. Jacksonville still has four divisional games left, including two contests against the Indianapolis Colts and one game each left versus the Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans. The Texans are currently in sole possession of first place with a 5-3 record. Jacksonville’s best shot at the playoffs is winning the division. According to Playoffstatus.com, the Jags have just a 10 percent probability of making it into the first round of the postseason. However, the website shows just a one percent chance of making it in as the No, 5 seed (first Wild Card spot) and just a three percent chance of making it in as the No. 6 seed (second Wild Card spot). The chances bump up a little bit to four percent for the No. 4 seed (last-ranked division winner). There is also a two percent chance for the No. 3 seed
Youth Marcell Dareus Jersey , while the No. 1 and 2 seeds both show less than a one percent probability. Any way you slice it, it doesn’t look too promising, but it’s not hopeless. So, it has been done before, and it is not out of the questions to start 3-5 and enter postseason play. With that said, a lot needs to change with this Jaguars team in order to get there. Let’s hope the issues on the field, and the focus and cohesion in the locker room, are fixed during the bye week. It will be interesting to see how the final half of the season shakes out for the Jaguars and the rest of the AFC South. The Jacksonville Jaguars dropped their seventh straight game on Sunday, this time losing to the Buffalo Bills 24-21 in a game that wasn’t really that close. The loss means that the Jaguars have not won a game in two full calendar months, as their next game takes place in December against the Indianapolis Colts.It was the second week in a row that quarterback Blake Bortles struggled to make the simplest passes and it was clear the coaching staff had no confidence in him to do so. At one point down 14-0
Barry Church Jersey , the Jaguars threw the ball just once (a screen) on a long touchdown drive. They felt more comfortable just continuously running the football rather than let Bortles drop back. Last week I asked if they didn’t trust Bortles enough to where it was made a point to not let him throw unless absolutely necessary and I’m still waiting for an answer, since head coach Doug Marrone after the loss on Sunday said he never considered benching Bortles in favor of backup Cody Kessler.Marrone has been asked two weeks in a row if he considering benching Bortles and even announced that Bortles would start last week leading up to this game. This all feels and seems incredibly weird and logic defying. I don’t think Kessler is any good either, but after seven losses in a row and it being painfully clear you do not trust the quarterback and the quarterback doesn’t seem to trust himself... how can you not even be considering a change just for the sake of trying something different to get out of the slide?I wondered this last night and I figured it came down to three things.They know Cody Kessler is worseWhile Kessler looked fine in the preseason and even produced a spark against the Houston Texans for the half he played, maybe the coaching staff simply knows that he’s just flat out worse. They do seem him every day at practice and sit in with him on meetings. It’s entirely possible that he’s just awful. But then that raises the concern that general manager Dave Caldwell by passed drafting a QB (sorry Tanner Lee, you don’t count) or signing a veteran back up in favor of trading for Kessler... who might be so bad you can’t even bench the starter who looks like a complete lost cause. So if that’s the case, why is Kessler still here?The don’t actually think Bortles is playing that badI cannot imagine it’s this, given how the games are called. It’s clear the do not trust Bortles and they’re not even going to try to do anything in the passing game unless they absolutely have to and even then it’s going to be easy one-read routes or something with an easy checkdown. Maybe they think all the injuries just destroyed everything and how Bortles is playing is the best anyone could hope to play given the situation. I simply think that’s nonsense, but we have to entertain that it could be true.The front office mandates Blake playsThe final possible scenario is probably the worst and most damning one. When Bortles was benched during the Texans game, Marrone said after the game the position was open. Then 24-hours later via a team release, before any practices
Cheap Blake Bortles Jersey , Bortles was announced as the starter going to London and Marrone has said each time he’s asked that he has not considered benching Bortles for Kessler. Why the sudden resistance? You did it once. Bortles has actually played much worse, twice, and you didn’t even consider it?That sounds fishy. Then again, you have to consider that if Bortles is benched again and in the sense that Kessler starts a game, then Bortles is completely done. It means he’s a bust, they screwed up giving him an extension and he shouldn’t be on the team after the season and the person responsible for drafting/extending him should be fired. While many of us may say “DUH!” and feel logically that is obvious, it’s still a massive step for a team to actually admit.Then again, maybe Marrone is posturing and continues to roll Bortles out there to hammer home the fact that he’s weighed down by an anchor and this is the best he can do given the circumstances in the hopes that general manager Dave Caldwell is pushed out and they get a new quarterback that Marrone wants in 2019.
Well A. J. Cann Jersey , for the first time in seemingly forever, the Jacksonville Jaguars had some lofty expectations entering the 2018 season — both from the franchise itself and the fans. Fast forward through the first eight weeks of the 2018 NFL season, and Jacksonville finds itself with a 3-5 record following this past Sunday’s 24-18 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in London. Suffice it to say, this is not the start that anybody had in mind for the Jaguars. After a 3-1 start to the season, the Jags have now dropped four straight games for a variety of reasons. A lot has been said about Jacksonville’s playoff chances now that the team is two games under .500, but while its chances are slim, it’s not an impossible feat. The club is far from being mathematically eliminated. If my manual research is correct, then there have been 14 teams that have started 3-5 (or 3-5-1 in the case of the 2014 Carolina Panthers) that have made the playoffs since the NFL went to a 12-team playoff format in 1990. It has been accomplished by five teams in the previous five seasons. The last time this happened was in 2015, when both the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans made the playoffs following a 3-5 start. Actually, the Chiefs started the season 1-5 and reeled off 10 straight wins to finish 11-5 — anything is possible in the NFL.The Jaguars are actually one of the teams that are on this list. In 1996 Youth Ronnie Harrison Jersey , Jacksonville started 3-5 (well, actually 3-6) and went on to not only make the playoffs, but win two playoff games. With that said, the Jags have started 3-5 in four additional seasons, and failed to make the postseason in any of those years.The Jaguars are technically still “in the hunt” for the 2018 playoffs, and the AFC South could still be won. Jacksonville still has four divisional games left, including two contests against the Indianapolis Colts and one game each left versus the Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans. The Texans are currently in sole possession of first place with a 5-3 record. Jacksonville’s best shot at the playoffs is winning the division. According to Playoffstatus.com, the Jags have just a 10 percent probability of making it into the first round of the postseason. However, the website shows just a one percent chance of making it in as the No, 5 seed (first Wild Card spot) and just a three percent chance of making it in as the No. 6 seed (second Wild Card spot). The chances bump up a little bit to four percent for the No. 4 seed (last-ranked division winner). There is also a two percent chance for the No. 3 seed Youth Marcell Dareus Jersey , while the No. 1 and 2 seeds both show less than a one percent probability. Any way you slice it, it doesn’t look too promising, but it’s not hopeless. So, it has been done before, and it is not out of the questions to start 3-5 and enter postseason play. With that said, a lot needs to change with this Jaguars team in order to get there. Let’s hope the issues on the field, and the focus and cohesion in the locker room, are fixed during the bye week. It will be interesting to see how the final half of the season shakes out for the Jaguars and the rest of the AFC South. The Jacksonville Jaguars dropped their seventh straight game on Sunday, this time losing to the Buffalo Bills 24-21 in a game that wasn’t really that close. The loss means that the Jaguars have not won a game in two full calendar months, as their next game takes place in December against the Indianapolis Colts.It was the second week in a row that quarterback Blake Bortles struggled to make the simplest passes and it was clear the coaching staff had no confidence in him to do so. At one point down 14-0 Barry Church Jersey , the Jaguars threw the ball just once (a screen) on a long touchdown drive. They felt more comfortable just continuously running the football rather than let Bortles drop back. Last week I asked if they didn’t trust Bortles enough to where it was made a point to not let him throw unless absolutely necessary and I’m still waiting for an answer, since head coach Doug Marrone after the loss on Sunday said he never considered benching Bortles in favor of backup Cody Kessler.Marrone has been asked two weeks in a row if he considering benching Bortles and even announced that Bortles would start last week leading up to this game. This all feels and seems incredibly weird and logic defying. I don’t think Kessler is any good either, but after seven losses in a row and it being painfully clear you do not trust the quarterback and the quarterback doesn’t seem to trust himself... how can you not even be considering a change just for the sake of trying something different to get out of the slide?I wondered this last night and I figured it came down to three things.They know Cody Kessler is worseWhile Kessler looked fine in the preseason and even produced a spark against the Houston Texans for the half he played, maybe the coaching staff simply knows that he’s just flat out worse. They do seem him every day at practice and sit in with him on meetings. It’s entirely possible that he’s just awful. But then that raises the concern that general manager Dave Caldwell by passed drafting a QB (sorry Tanner Lee, you don’t count) or signing a veteran back up in favor of trading for Kessler... who might be so bad you can’t even bench the starter who looks like a complete lost cause. So if that’s the case, why is Kessler still here?The don’t actually think Bortles is playing that badI cannot imagine it’s this, given how the games are called. It’s clear the do not trust Bortles and they’re not even going to try to do anything in the passing game unless they absolutely have to and even then it’s going to be easy one-read routes or something with an easy checkdown. Maybe they think all the injuries just destroyed everything and how Bortles is playing is the best anyone could hope to play given the situation. I simply think that’s nonsense, but we have to entertain that it could be true.The front office mandates Blake playsThe final possible scenario is probably the worst and most damning one. When Bortles was benched during the Texans game, Marrone said after the game the position was open. Then 24-hours later via a team release, before any practices Cheap Blake Bortles Jersey , Bortles was announced as the starter going to London and Marrone has said each time he’s asked that he has not considered benching Bortles for Kessler. Why the sudden resistance? You did it once. Bortles has actually played much worse, twice, and you didn’t even consider it?That sounds fishy. Then again, you have to consider that if Bortles is benched again and in the sense that Kessler starts a game, then Bortles is completely done. It means he’s a bust, they screwed up giving him an extension and he shouldn’t be on the team after the season and the person responsible for drafting/extending him should be fired. While many of us may say “DUH!” and feel logically that is obvious, it’s still a massive step for a team to actually admit.Then again, maybe Marrone is posturing and continues to roll Bortles out there to hammer home the fact that he’s weighed down by an anchor and this is the best he can do given the circumstances in the hopes that general manager Dave Caldwell is pushed out and they get a new quarterback that Marrone wants in 2019.