NFL

By Hays Carlyon The Jaguars have played a bad football team and a mediocre one. They have been outscored 60-34. The Jaguars have faced a double-digit deficit for virtually the entire second half of both outings. Denver took a 17-7 lead early in the third quarter of Sunday’s 23-13 win over the Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field. The Jaguars aren’t going to be a good football team. They aren’t even […]

By Hays Carlyon   HOUSTON – Drops. Penalties. Inability to line up. Turnovers. Defensive miscues. All doomed the Jaguars in a 37-21 disaster to Houston that opened the regular season Sunday at NRG Stadium. This was as bad an opener as a team can have. Most NFL games are lost, not won. The Jaguars lived that saying in one of the most mistake-filled performances in recent memory (which is a […]

By Hays Carlyon   First-round running back Travis Etienne has already been lost for the season with a foot injury. The Jaguars simply can’t afford much more attrition. That’s a tough ask with a new 17-game schedule launching Sunday at Houston. But who are the 10 players the Jaguars simply must have available on a weekly basis? Let’s rank them. Talent as well as depth at a position are paramount […]