Jaguars defense shines once again... in a loss

by Alfie Crow on Sep 26, 2011 9:01 AM EDT in Jacksonville Jaguars Post Game

The Jacksonville Jaguars defense once again held the opposing team's offense to under 300 yards of total offense. Cam Newton, who had 400+ passing yards in his first two games was held to only 158 passing yards and one touchdown. Fortuntely for Newton, the Jaguars defensive plays showed why they are not offensive players, dropping potential interception after potential interception. While the Jaguars pass rush lacked at times, as the game wore on they were able to flush Newton out of the pocket and force him into some bad throws. The defense had no sacks and only one quarterback hit (according to ESPN, he was clearly "hit" more than once), but the team was also without their leading sacker in defensive end Matt Roth.

"We probably dropped four interceptions today, so as a whole, on defense we felt we played a good game. We knew [Newton] uses tight ends coming into this game along with Steve [Smith]. We feel we did a pretty good job in the passing game," Jaguars corner back Rashean Mathis told Tania Ganguli after the game.

Against the run, the Jaguars continued to be stout. The Panthers had 107 rushing yards on 28 carries, but for the most part were stuffed time and time again. The Jaguars defense allowed only 16 points, despite the Panthers having excellent field position most of the day. The Jaguars defense is the only defense in the NFL thus far to not allow 300 yards of total offense in the first three games of the season. Against the Panthers, the team allowed only a single drive longer than 50 yards.

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Looks like we fixed the defense

Unfortunately our offense and special teams have regressed.

by Sloppy12 on Sep 26, 2011 9:20 AM EDT reply actions

regressed?

That is offcially the understatement of the century.

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Its what happens when guys hang around longer than they should..ala JDR and Turk

by chrisltr22c on Sep 26, 2011 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions

LOL

by FgallosJAGS on Sep 26, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Ummm...Shean, their TE scored the TD

and the 2 point conversion.

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by JPQ! on Sep 26, 2011 9:27 AM EDT reply actions

Greg Olsen

by FgallosJAGS on Sep 26, 2011 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions

We seem to have no answer for the TE..it is almost comical at this point.

by chrisltr22c on Sep 26, 2011 9:29 AM EDT reply actions

Smith fell on the TD to the TE at the end, but he was the only LB who could cover.

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by Alfie Crow on Sep 26, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

and Russel Allen

on the 2 point converstion……this team has ZERO depth.

Russel Allen is awful…..he should even be on an NFL roster.

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions

shouldn't

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions

everyone

we all knew this wasnt going to be our best season.

can we watch and just enjoy the great game of football being played by our favorite team on earth? Go jags! ALWAYS TEAL AND GOLD

by UCLAllDay on Sep 26, 2011 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

Let me know what was “enjoyable” about the dumpster fire yesterday.

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by Alfie Crow on Sep 26, 2011 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Shutting down Newton was

Our offense…eh

Alex Gordon is really good
Blaine Gabbert is really good
MJD is really good
Never forget Matt Treanor

by tiquanunderwear on Sep 26, 2011 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

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by Gabbert2Shorts on Sep 26, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Ill 2nd That......

HOrribly boring game to watch……the only great thing about it was being at a sportsbar so i could watch the other entertaining games that were on.

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Lets see....

What was enjoyable….
1. Watching BG make throws no Jag has made in years
2. Watching MJD break off a few runs and runs after catch
3. Watching the d-line stuff run after run, and also flush Mr. Newton out of the pocket
4. being the first defense to hold Cam in check
5. Moving the ball damn near the length of the field in under 1 min at the end of the first half
That’s a quick five. There were plenty more. Plenty the team did wrong too, but hardly a dumpster fire. By the way, depending what is in the dumpster, that fire could be pretty exciting. I guess it just depends on how you look at it!

by GAJAGFAN on Sep 26, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions

2 TD's in 3 Games

Thats patheticly boring……..time to modernize this offense or we will continue to sink.

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

This is the first game.....

that the Jags had a chance to game plan with a true modern era NFL QB. There were signs of change, but there needs to be more. I say look to next week for a different plan than we have seen in a long time.

by GAJAGFAN on Sep 26, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions

I was hoping

an errant Cam Newton throw would hit Del Rio in the head and knock some “offensive-minded” some sense into him.

Jaxson>>>

by iodrew on Sep 26, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

I would say....

he had some closer to Del Rio than the intended receiver! As I said above, wait till next week.

by GAJAGFAN on Sep 26, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

I hope you're right.

Losing a game with 27 points accrued is much better than losing with 10 points, keeping your opponent in it the whole time when you could have kept few drives alive.

Jaxson>>>

by iodrew on Sep 26, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Dumpster fire’s are only exciting when things you want to burn are burning.

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by Alfie Crow on Sep 26, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Or when you are homeless in the winter....

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL!!!

by kjones407 on Sep 26, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

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by Gabbert2Shorts on Sep 26, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Let's see what wasn't enjoyable

1. Watching WR drop said passes, numerous times.
2. Watching MJD runs happen in between the 20 yard lines.
3. Watching Newton, escape and juke his way out of sacks.
4. Who cares, we lost.
5. Ok, if the Panthers could tackle, he would have been stopped short by 2 yards (but hey, good catch and score)

It was part of the landfill on fire, is what it was.

by Slawsc on Sep 26, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Were allowing the 4th least total yards

I think this defense is legit, but if they are REALLY good they’ll play well enough for us to have a chance next week

Alex Gordon is really good
Blaine Gabbert is really good
MJD is really good
Never forget Matt Treanor

by tiquanunderwear on Sep 26, 2011 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

Frankly its probably skewed

btwn our special conceding such good field position and all the turn overs agst the Jets in our territory…….our defense doesnt have to give up to many yards.

Lets see how the D looks after 16 weeks.

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I will take 16 points every week from the D

Alex Gordon is really good
Blaine Gabbert is really good
MJD is really good
Never forget Matt Treanor

by tiquanunderwear on Sep 26, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions

exactly.

by Slawsc on Sep 26, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

But they held those teams to field goals or forced them to punt frequently

So no, that is not a good argument.

The Panthers scored 16 points, and to your point about Allen, you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. He is a good reserve player, had good coverage on the play (he was beaten by a superior player on a nice throw) and simply came up short, and is solid against the run.

So let yourself be happy and refrain from the ridiculously sensationalist comments “he shouldn’t be on an NFL roster”

And furthermore, the tight end beat us but he certainly didn’t take over the game. He doesn’t score if Smith doesn’t slip.

That is pretty ridiculous man. Watch the game and pay attention instead of griping about how boring it was. Clearly, you have no appreciation for good defense and were too busy watching some scoring fest to notice how well your team played in that phase.

Thanks for this article Alfie.

by smy on Sep 26, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

They will, but our offense wont help them out, thus the Saints will probably put up 27 points..

by FgallosJAGS on Sep 26, 2011 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Houstons D was ranked better than ours and NO put up 40...

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

shootout, they were always throwing..when the Saints are up 17 on us, they will be running the ball not throwing.

by FgallosJAGS on Sep 26, 2011 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Who will be running? I hope you mean the Jags because the saints are def throwing.

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Im saying if the Saints got up to a 14 point lead fast, they will turn to the running game to run the clock..meaning not 40 points, u can look at it both ways.

by FgallosJAGS on Sep 26, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah no... Maybe if they get a 28 point lead.. Unlike JDR Sean Peyton goes in for the kill.

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 27, 2011 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions

This is what made it so frustrating last night. The defense is vastly improved,

the “Cam Newton Show” was shut down and the Jags scored almost no points, again.

Jaxson>>>

by iodrew on Sep 26, 2011 9:53 AM EDT reply actions

Next week will be the real test of how much the defense has improved

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by JagsAlex87 on Sep 26, 2011 10:02 AM EDT reply actions

The truth will come out next week......

either were improved or the Saints will torch us for 50 points.

What do we think the over under is?

by GoJAGSGC on Sep 26, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

The current line is:

Jags +7.5 and the o/u 46.5

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by JPQ! on Sep 26, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

If I was betting I would take the over..

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions

If they weren't playing in a monsoon...

Cam Newton would be on life support right now. Mincey had a serious rush behind him, but couldn’t plant and explode due to the horrible drainage conditions of BoA Field. He might have split cam in half.

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by JPQ! on Sep 26, 2011 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

This just in.

To match the great defense, the Jags have the second fewest amount of points in the league: 29, behind the the Chief’s 27.

Jaxson>>>

by iodrew on Sep 26, 2011 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

Blain Gabbert will change that...

starting next Sunday!

by GAJAGFAN on Sep 26, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

this is going to take some time....

we desperately need a WR!

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by Gabbert2Shorts on Sep 26, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Gene needs too be on the phones right now!!!

Trade deadline is approaching. Fix this issue, or watch this team have a top 5 draft pick.

B.MILLS

by B.Mills on Sep 26, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

We have a good, new, starting QB.

Let’s see how the receivers respond in dry weather. I’m giving the corp one more chance.

That’s not to excuse anyone from yesterday’s rain, but there was a lot of pressure on the abbreviated passing game to perform.

Jaxson>>>

by iodrew on Sep 26, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Maybe West can get up to speed quickly..

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

YEA GENE

MOSS MOSS WE WANT MOSS or Fred Taylor jk

by Marqice. on Sep 26, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

If it was not apparent before.....

it is now! BG will get the ball there. These guys need to catch it.

by GAJAGFAN on Sep 26, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Garrard threw a "softer" ball than BG... The recs will have to adjust to that...

Personally I feel we have a good shaot at beating NO if we execute on O and play good D..

But that can be said about every game I guess…Still like our chances..

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Gabbert also has to be better on deep throws

Hill made a nice grab along the sideline but the ball took him out. Blaine throws high a lot and he needs to work on his deep/mid accuracy.

There were a bunch of drops, but honestly, did you see the field?

That’s what happens in those conditions.

by smy on Sep 26, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree.. Blain has to refine his touch passing.... Hopefully we have a dry field next week to see what Blaine has learned so far.

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by SALTWATERJAG on Sep 26, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Blaine's deep balls......

still seem much better than David’s.

by GAJAGFAN on Sep 26, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I just don't agree

I believe they will be, but DG just didn’t throw deep much until this preseason, and I think everyone remembers that sample as though it was how he always played.

Gabbert should be a much better QB, but David was good and I am still not convinced the move was best for the team. I am willing to be convinced but I haven’t seen it yet.

by smy on Sep 27, 2011 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions