Jacksonville Jaguars fall to Arizona Cardinals 31-17, Jaguars fall to 0-2

This match was a rollercoster, and was part times in there where I was thinking what the hell I’M doing. But in the end it was bit better.
O-line is concern. Pass rush is concern. Mentality is an issue.
I want to see Dillard and Mike Thomas next week.
I hope no good playing playmaker injured.
That blocked filed goal was a killer. Warner stats were another killer for us.
Houston is on the horizon, then the Titans, then the Seahawks. If something not get quick fixed, the 0-5 is more and more a possibility-sadly!

And one more thing: Patience please, don’T wanna fire almost everyone around the team this week!!!!

Arizona was a tough match up, they needed to make some adjustments. And it looks like they did.

Well it is only week 2. Hopefully we will do better Week 3.

Oh we play the Texas, and they just beat Tennessee.

So does JDR still think we are dumb, and have we lost our brains for just keeping it real about our inconsistencies?

By the way, In Gene we trust (Right).

I was delirious after the FG got blocked, its all a blur from there.

Instead of getting worse picks it seems like we’ll be getting better ones.

… is that we actually DO have an offensive weapon other than Mojo. And, we need to use him… often. I understand that David was getting major major pressure all game, but we are dead if we continue to use Mojo for 90% of our offense while ignoring players like sims-Walker and Holt.

Defense is a major concern. We leak yards like crazy – run or pass, we can’t seem to stop anyone.

Terry’s recap of the game.

With Hayward out for the season, I knew that things would be tough for the defense. It’s a common theme around BCC that we want the defensive line coach gone.

To call the Jaguars’ attack a pass rush is an insult to pass rushes everywhere. It’s plain sad. Was Shack really this bad? Did he really misjudge Harvey and Groves this badly? Why did the Jaguars mortgaged an entire draft for two pass rushers than can’t rush the pass? Calais Campbell would’ve been better, it seems.

And the offensive line….I don’t understand. It’s a miracle Garrard is in one piece and somehow managed nearly 300 yards and 2 touchdowns. If Andy Heck is a genius, now would be a great time for him to show that.

just watched the highlight on nfl.com

I’M GONNA BLOW UP if anyone disses Garrard for his performance. For the 100th time, the guy makes magic happen with nothing. Pressure every other play from all sides and he still has a better than average game. Our line sucks, period.

Put Tra in.

it’s could be a rough game next week against the Texans… versus the Titans, Matt Schaub was 25/39 for 357 yds and 4 tds; Andre Johnson was 10 for 149 yds and two td’s…

let’s pick apart this Cardinals game for 24 hrs, then move the hell on to the next game? (i know it won’t happen, but… whatever)

is it came down to a few plays…

1. a missed pass interference call…
2. turns into a 17-3 game instead of a 10-6 game…
3. and as far demoralized as we were (there was about 8,000 fans left at this point) if nate hughes catches an EASY TD to bring us within one TD with 4 min (and 3 TO) left…we have a shot!!

I’m officially on the Fire Del Rio bandwagon

I know there’s this movement to make teal our color… but the heat is supposed to be our advantage.

(and I asked Vic about it, I’M curiuos if he answer it)
Who is the better passrusher who is a real threat:
Calais Campbell (50th selection 2008) or Derrick Harvey (8th pick of the draft 2008, traded away for him almost half of last years picks.)? Yeah, Shack Harris picked good guys (MJD, Mathis, Durant, Ingram) but the way he screw up this team is simply devastating. I know the anger grows against Jack Del Rio, but let’s be honest, if the you know what don’t work you could have the best designed playcallings in the world, it will not work.
As Vic likes to says: IT’s players not plays! And if you not have players, well you’re in trouble… Like the Jaguars pass rush now…

Sell enough tickets to make it to the 2011 draft and all will be fine. Thats the solution, but thats also the problem. Accept this season for what it is. Be optomistic, but don’t feed yourself a lie about the quality of players we have on our team. You dont have to be some heralded sports analyst to see that the Jags do not, and have not been winning individual matchups.

Bottom line is we dont have an identity right now. Not one of you can say what we do well as a team……aside from kick field goals. In 07’ we rode Fre d&Maurice, 05’ it was defense…..Yes we have good linebackers, but in a traditional 4-3 scheme the Line and Secondary take prescedence over LB’s. The offense is hodgepodge right now trying to take form.

On another note help might be on the way. I think the Navy is supposed to be relocating an Air Craft Carrier to NAS I believe. (not sure when) but with that carrier comes about 5000 people with about at least a third bringing families along. That could help a little, some of them will attend a jags game.

The Jaguars just can’t get ANY breaks…

The Cardinals first drive had a fumble that was recovered by the Cards on the one yard line…next play TD.

Rashean Mathis, who’s having a probowl season already, hits Anquan Boldin on the Cards next play and causes a fumble…the ball goes out of bounds…Cards score a FG

The Zebras misses a blatant PI call on Holt…next play block FG returned for TD for the Cards…

The Jags are about to score and Troy Williamson gets hurt after he fumbles the ball…

It’s just not a lucky day for the Jags today. We all know the rookie T’s are going to struggle; having to play the Colts and Cardinals back to back (meaning; high flying offense in which they score in bunches) forces you to throw more (Garrard had 40+ attempts).

I don’t think its time to hit the panic button yet…The Jaguars just have to get some breaks and they need to protect DG more.

I hear a lot of pull Monroe for Tra Thomas. FYI Tra has a bad back that has slowed him down in TC. Trust me, Monroe is there best option. I doubt Tra could survive the entire game. He’s a safety blanket at this point in his career.

I actually think most of us have become desensitized by so much bad WR play in years past:

Strike 1: On the drop by Hughes, Garrard evaded the pressure, ends up throwing off one foot mid-tackle, between two defenders, and hits Hughes mid stride in the end zone… and the ball bounces off his HEAD. His HEAD. HIS HEAD!!!

If they guy wore a kickers mask we’d might have had touchdown!

Strike 2: The receivers gave up improvising while Garrard still had the ball. The death look he sent down the right side of the field was memorable. I was so pissed watching it. I’m not sure who the recipient of that glare was but he deserved a boot in the ass. I hope one of our coaches gave it to him when the camera wan’t looking.

Strike 3: Sure the games out of reach by then, but our darling MSW jogs – HE JOGS – back to a pass, all but pulling up while letting the db blow by him for the int.

And these are just the three plays of many that stand out to me the most, there were at least a handful more. These WR’s are mailing it in, lack of ability is problem, but giving up on plays and jogging and/or watching where there’s a live ball? This is why you fire people. Cut a WR, fire a coach, I don’t care, but the anger should be on the WR core today. The line still get’s a pass because I at least think they are trying, I don’t buy that anymore with the receivers on our roster, they need to dragged through the mud.

I’m not saying we have to panic, but it’s getting close to send a message time, and this is where mine is heading. A nice little WR contract we can throw under a bus to get peoples attention. I’d serve notice tomorrow, and dare them not to show up in Game 3.

Garrard would have been at about 350 yards, 3 TD, and no interceptions if our receivers just weren’t embarrassing, I’m not even saying good, just not embarrassingly bad. He’s a good QB, and we’re lucky he’s back there because he’s a great fit for a bad line, he’s professional, and just skilled enough to make a game of it most nights. Hopefully we get good enough to start making it easy for him. Until then, he’s a nice big mobile guy who can take the hits he’s bound to take with our line.

Good or bad, no team can live off the year before.

We were great in 2007 and awful in 2008, but all that matters is how you look on each new Sunday (Monday nighters are a dream at this point). Based on our first two games of this year we need to start taking chances. Simplify the play book and include more downfield shots, try an exotic scheme, use more gimmicks, it doesn’t matter what we do as long as it’s not what we’re doing right now. Defense may win games, but offense is what sells tickets. You can’t expect people to pay to sit in 90 degree weather while they drink $6 beers for 4 hours watching MJD run it up the gut while Garrard throws 5 yard dump passes.