LONDON – Senior writer John Oehser, senior correspondent Brian Sexton and team reporter Kainani Stevens offer quick thoughts on the Jaguars’ 35-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in a 2025 Week 7 game at Wembley Stadium.

John Oehser, Jaguars Senior Writer…

Ouch. This was tough, and so much went wrong so fast it made analyzing precisely what went wrong tricky. The Jaguars allowed a sack on the game’s first play, with punter Logan Cooke punting 27 yards to end the series. That set up a 60-yard Rams touchdown drive, all of which set the tone for a miserable Jaguars first half – and the first game this season in which they gave themselves no chance. The Jaguars had no answer – i.e., no pressure – for Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and a precision offense that had 17 first-half first downs and one first half punt – and Stafford finished with five touchdown passes. The Rams led 21-0 at halftime, with the game basically decided, and it was hard to say the Jaguars deserved to be closer. The Jaguars’ penalty difficulties also continued, with 55 in the first half for 66 yards – including one that negated a punt return for a touchdown by wide receiver Parker Washington. That call and a couple of others could be debated, but those penalties didn’t feel as if they defined this game. Fans disappointed with this result had every right to feel this way. This was rough.
Press repeat. Sunday marked the Jaguars’ second loss in as many weeks, each with strikingly similar themes. The Jaguars for a second consecutive week forced no takeaways, and again couldn’t pressure the quarterback enough to affect the game. They also allowed seven sacks on quarterback Trevor Lawrence after allowing seven in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks the week before – and while they rushed for 94 yards, just 26 came in the first half. Penalties and drops again notably hurt, with too many of the former and 13 of the latter for 119 yards. Head Coach Liam Coen said this week that the Jaguars’ “game-wreckers” in recent weeks were the Jaguars themselves rather than their opponents, and his Saturday message to the team was specifically about doing the things necessary to stay on schedule offensively. “We didn’t do any of that,” Coen said. As the Jaguars enter a Week 8 bye, that remains an area that must get fixed. The faster, the better.