Jaguars’ short week got a little shorter last night
The Jaguars already had a short week between a Monday night road game at Buffalo and a Sunday early-afternoon game at Houston.
It got even shorter after last night’s 47-10 blowout loss to the Bills.
As noted by Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the team plane had mechanical issues. Takeoff was delayed until after 1:00 a.m. ET.
The Jaguars have plenty of work to do, and not much time to do it. They need to figure out what went wrong last night, how to address those issues on the fly, and how to prepare to face a Texans team that will be trying to turn the page on a 34-7 loss at Minnesota.
The difference is that the Texans had an extra day to prepare. And they don’t have to travel for the Week 4 game.
Sunday’s game becomes critical for the Jaguars, and particularly for coach Doug Pederson. With another loss, and given the things owner Shad Khan said about the 2024 Jaguars less than a month ago, a coaching change could happen, as soon as next Monday.
Battle Red Blog Groupthink: Texans Loss Changes Perspective
How has the writers opinion changed on the Houston Texans after the disaster loss to the Vikings.
The Houston Texans got bulldozed by the Minnesota Vikings with their backup quarterback Sam Darnold. The Texans offense collapsed in on itself like a sand castle. From the penalties to the poor execution on third down, it was simply an unprofessional outing by Bobby Slowik, Laremy Tunsil, C.J. Stroud and the entire Texans offense.
By mid way through the fourth quarter the gig was up and I was ready to call it. I asked the group for their thoughts on the game and how it changes their perspective on the season.
The game isn’t over but it’s already lost. How does this game against the Vikings change your perspective of the Texans this season and what are you concerned about moving forward?
The offensive line play is my biggest concern moving forward. There’s too much money and draft capital sunk in to play this badly. Scouting needs to change. All these mamby pamby pass protectors need to grow some balls and move some people. Committing upwards of a half dozen penalties on their own is a travesty. I feel better about the season just because the division is so bad. We still have the weapons to beat most teams but this might be an offseason fix.
