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noname2200 on 28 August 2016
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RolStoppable said:
noname2200 said:

It might just be the games I watched, but he wasn't particularly impressive until the game was wrapping up and his team was down two scores. There was an article I read (paywalled, unfortunately) pointing out that about a fifth of his pass attempts, a fifth of his yardage, and a quarter of his touchdowns came in the final five minutes of the game with his team down by two scores or more. The final results may have been close, but I strongly suspect opposing teams were often playing Prevent Defense more often for him than for many others. I concede though that "garbage time" was probably not the best word to use.

Now, you're right that the team was young, so maybe the team improves. I just wonder if they'll have what it takes to become decent, since the franchise hardly has a history of success. Also, Florida teams tend to default to "Crappy," soooo....

Let me try again. When I said that they failed to close out games, I meant that they lost games that they should have won. I was talking about games where the Jaguars were in the lead and then ended up losing.

An example that works for this is the London game they had against the Bills. The Jaguars were up by three scores at one point, but then the offense and defense couldn't pull off what was necessary to play it home. In the end they still won the game because of a bad penalty call or a bad non-call (either way, the refs messed up), but they weren't that lucky in a few other games.

Of course they got slaughtered in a few of their losses too, but more experience in how to win a football game could have earned them a better record. Last year they didn't look like the usual Jaguars who win three or four games in the whole season if the stars align for them. They were a good bit better, so what I think the analysts are banking on is that the team can take the next step this year. Win more of the winnable games which might be good enough in the abysmal AFC South.

Hmm, might just be the sample size of the games I saw then. I don't exactly make a habit of seeking out Jags games. And it's true the South is weak. Also, the AFC South sucks.