Following a devastating loss to the Houston Texans, the Jacksonville Jaguars are now 5-4 on the season.
Despite having a 29-10 lead at one point in the second half, the Jaguars fell in Houston by a score of 36-29.
With the clock having just hit zero, let’s take a look back at the Jaguars’ performance.
– A brutal fourth-quarter performance by the Jaguars, and that starts with the offense. Including the final possession, the Jaguars ran a total of nine plays on three drives, which included two three-and-outs.
– The Jaguars’ defense, meanwhile, was on the field for roughly 11 minutes that quarter, and that came after a 13-play scoring drive by Houston.
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– With those short drives by Jacksonville’s offense, Houston ended up running 14 more plays than the Jaguars did.
– Following last week’s performance against the Raiders, it certainly looks like Cam Little has found his groove after an up-and-down start prior to the bye week.
– It was tough sledding for the Jaguars’ offense — although it’s been that way for most teams against this Houston defense. Trevor Lawrence threw for 158 yards, while as a unit, the Jaguars averaged 3.9 yards per play.
– A positive is that the offense did turn takeaways into points. A defensive turnover and a special teams turnover became 10 points for the Jaguars’ offense. Jacksonville then scored off a fourth-down stop by the defense.
– Penalties on the offensive line were a problem for Jacksonville. In part, one has to think that going up against such a disruptive defensive front contributed to that.
– Jakobi Meyers led the Jaguars in receiving in his debut with the team, totaling 41 yards on three receptions. This included a contested catch for a first down and a reception of 23 yards.
– Parker Washington was the catalyst behind two touchdowns, including a terrific catch in the first quarter, and then he had another punt return touchdown as well.
– Jarrian Jones started at the nickel for Jourdan Lewis and made several splash plays, including an interception, a pass breakup, and a tackle for loss. According to PFF’s early tracking data, he allowed 67 yards on five receptions with a penalty.
– The Jaguars’ offense did find themselves in the red zone four times in this game, however, they came away with only two touchdowns.
– Jacksonville’s defense allowed a hefty five red zone visits and four touchdowns. Along with Houston’s red zone success, their offense was also quite good on third downs — a product of their run game success and staying ahead of the sticks.
– Houston averaged nearly six yards per rush as a team. With the Texans trailing by multiple scores for much of the game, they could not lean into that element, but as the score tightened, there were more opportunities for Woody Marks against a Jaguars’ defense that was on the field a lot.
– The pass rush has been inconsistent this season for Jacksonville. ESPN credited the Jaguars with a modest two sacks and four quarterback hits on 45 pass attempts from Davis Mills.
– By PFF’s data, Trevor Lawrence was under pressure on over 50% of his dropbacks. The Jaguars run game also averaged fewer than 4.0 yards per rush as a team.
– Tim Patrick saw his share of playing time and was second on the team in snaps at the receiver position. With Ezra Cleveland out, Cole Van Lanen started at left guard. We also saw Chuma Edoga on a few occasions as a sixth offensive lineman.
(Please note that this article will be updated.)