Jaguars fall to Bears 23-10: Welcome to a losing season

by River City Rage on Dec 7, 2008 4:37 PM EST in Jacksonville Jaguars News

DEFEAT

And then it was official:

The Jacksonville Jaguars will finish no better than 7-8 after losing to the Chicago Bears 23-10. I, for one, am disgusted by the performance. It's cold, the playoffs are gone, but going out there and playing without a shred of dignity is simply outrageous. I especially don't understand the lazy effort by the receivers. With the accumulation of game tape, the coaches are going to know who gave up and who tried to prove their worth.

Then again, we've got a lame-duck defensive coordinator and more than a few assistants that might be packing their bags. Could the whole damn thing be rotten from top to bottom?

There were some bright spots, both Groves and Harvey had their moments, though against the worst Left Tackle in football they should have blasted Orton a few dozen times. The Running Game broke 100 yards, with about 50 each for Fred and Maurice. The Wide Receivers couldn't do a thing, David Garrard went to halftime having only completed 4 passes, all to Maurice Jones-Drew.

Game Balls

Fred Taylor became the 16th in all time rushing yards passing O.J. Simpson. He also ran like he had something to play for, unlike just about everyone else today.

Gerald Sensabaugh gets the defensive game ball, he's playing like he's looking for a contract, which he is.

Where do we go from here?

The Green Bay Packers are next on the Jaguars schedule, followed by a short week against the Indianapolis Colts. I remember not many months ago thinking that December 18th would be when the Jaguars and Colts would decide the AFC South in Jacksonville on Thursday night. Now I just hope we show enough dignity so I don't have to hear too much trash-talking from Stampede Blue.

Your thoughts?

Tweet Comment 9 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

They can't talk too much considering we already beat them

"I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your mouth."-Bill Hicks

by Jonathan Loesche on Dec 7, 2008 4:40 PM EST reply actions

WR play?

I was in the library all day so I could only keep up by GameTrack and Vik’s blog. One thing that Vik kept typing was that the WRs were jogging there routes and looked as if they didn’t want to play. Did this happen?

by BurritoBrosShits on Dec 7, 2008 4:57 PM EST reply actions

Yes but only a little

and only because we were only running and everyone knew it.

by Ewdtrey on Dec 9, 2008 4:02 AM EST up reply actions

Harvey played well!

by harveyismyboy on Dec 7, 2008 5:35 PM EST reply actions

plus, he did well with the bears running mostly...

But I’ve had it with quite a few of our coaches and players… Del Rio made a few horrendous calls.

Going for it on 4th down instead of a field goal in the 3rd quarter was the dumbest thing ever, then he challenged a clear incompleteion.

We could’ve been at 6-20 and then look what happend, we scored a touchdown and it woulda been 13-20 instead of 10-20… a one score game. He didn’t know how the game would turn out, and that’s why he shoulda taken the points.

by silencecs on Dec 7, 2008 7:14 PM EST reply actions

Is there anyone out there.......

That doesn’t think Derek Landri should be waaaay more involved in that DL??

He played good today, and last game, and last game and….

by jaxjags.. on Dec 7, 2008 7:14 PM EST reply actions

I've been raving about the guy

since the first game he played in this year. Rob Mierer looked old in the preseason. And Henderson has looked injured for a large portion of the season minus maybe the Steelers game and the Lions game plus maybe one more.
I thought Landri would have gotten a lot more play time considering we had 3 DT’s active for the game.

by Ewdtrey on Dec 9, 2008 4:06 AM EST up reply actions

I would be hilarious if we swept the Colts this year.

Unlikely I know, but it would be pretty funny wouldn’t it? I can’t believe it has come to this, it’s like we get worse every week. I can’t stand it when we sabotage ourselves every single game. I just don’t understand how a professional football player can’t give evrything they have. Don’t they realize that more results=more cash. Am I going to be all alone in the stands next weekend?

by rusty904 on Dec 8, 2008 9:41 PM EST reply actions