Hays Carlyon’s Jaguars Blog

By Hays Carlyon The inside track for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs: Gone. The chance to make a definite statement about being a legit contender: Squandered. The opportunity to provide the city with a signature home victory: Blown. The Chiefs owning the Jaguars: Very much alive. The Jaguars still can’t play close to a crisp offensive game when they see the Chiefs. Sunday’s 17-9 disaster was the most galling of […]

By Hays Carlyon INDIANAPOLIS – I sat down to write about my concerns for the Jaguars offense after a 31-21 win over the Colts on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The offensive line looked overmatched, the play calling was puzzling at times and the offense didn’t execute well in short-yardage situations. The Jaguars were 3-of-12 on third down and 1-of-3 on fourth down. Then, it hit me. I had an […]

By Hays Carlyon The NFL is a 51-49 percent league. Coaches can’t allow tendencies to be formed. Keeping your opponent off guard is a difficult, but required, element to winning in the NFL. The Jaguars defense can throw that tenet out this week. Forget running any man coverage schemes against Indianapolis when the season opens Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Jaguars coach Doug Pederson and defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell need […]

By Hays Carlyon Hooray, the preseason is over. The Jaguars made it out of the finale without any substantial injuries in a 31-18 win over Miami on Saturday night at EverBank Stadium. The offense found its rhythm immediately, putting together two impressive drives with the starters. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence helped lead the offense to 12 first downs on their first two possessions. You’ve got a problem, Indianapolis. And Houston. And […]

Jaguars sign kicker McManus, cut Patterson By Hays Carlyon The Jaguars continued to beef up a good roster on Thursday, signing veteran kicker Brandon McManus. The 31-year-old McManus has made 223 field goals in his career, including 40 from at least 50 yards. The Jaguars cut kicker Riley Patterson to make room for McManus. The 23-year-old Patterson was 30 of 35 on field goals last season for the Jaguars, including […]

Draft fallout: Projecting Jaguars 53-man roster By Hays Carlyon The largest Jaguars draft class in franchise history will shortly make its way to Jacksonville. A whopping 13 players were selected by general manager Trent Baalke and coach Doug Pederson. The team entered the draft with nine picks but traded back four times, netting another four selections. For fun, let’s project what the Jaguars 53-man roster looks now with the draft […]

Jaguars can chase one seed with favorable schedule By Hays Carlyon Backroom deals are done in all walks of life. The NFL is no different. You help me. I help you. It’s as old as mankind. I can’t help but think of this when looking at the Jaguars schedule. It’s so cushy. There’s nothing I would change about it. It’s like the NFL gave the Jaguars a blank form and […]