look at this dude<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Jaguars have the best shot at winning the No. 1 seed in the AFC.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville is second to San Francisco in DVOA, and that seems like the right spot. The Jags have blown out the Browns and Patriots, who are 5-1 against everyone else. They won at the Bengals, who had started the season 2-0 and are considered dangerous. The loss to the Broncos was unfortunate, but Jacksonville led 10-3 at halftime and it\u2019s not the first team to fade in the second half at altitude early in the season. Had it not been for that second half at Denver, Jacksonville would have a case to be the No. 1 team in these rankings. The Jaguars are very good.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars have established a clear identity through four weeks: The offense seeks to establish a credible running threat and then works off the efforts of Trevor Lawrence, allowing the defense — a unit that is better than its reputation suggests — to do its job by earning an extra possession or two for Lawrence and Co. In Week 4, that strategy saw Jacksonville build a 10-point lead by halftime and secure a big road win over a talented Bengals team. The Jags\u2019 13 penalties prevented them from enjoying an easier second half, though. That\u2019s something they\u2019ll need to clean up.<\/p>\n
They are a complete team on both sides of the ball. They can win with offense, but the defense is sneaky good and is second in scoring.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville has allowed the NFL\u2019s second-fewest points (53) through four games. The effort is also the franchise\u2019s best since the start of the 2007 campaign. The Jaguars are particularly good at the point of attack. They\u2019re ranked second in rushing defense after the Cincinnati Bengals managed a measly 23 yards during Sunday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n
Four words to describe the first four weeks: Defense is getting overlooked. Heading into this season, there was plenty of hype around Year 2 of the Liam Coen offense. But defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile has made a name for himself early in the season, which could lead to attention in next year\u2019s head-coaching cycle. The Jaguars rank among the top eight in the NFL in sacks, run defense, turnovers, red zone efficiency and third-down defense. With a run defense ranked second in the NFL (74.3 yards per game), Jacksonville has given up just nine first-half points.<\/p>\n
Bend but don\u2019t break? They rank 26th overall in total defense, yet the Jags haven\u2019t allowed more than 20 points in their past 10 regular-season games.<\/p>\n
With their win over the Bengals, the Jaguars are now 11-1 over their last 12 regular season games, the best record in the NFL in that span.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s little shame in allowing a lot of yards through the air to the Bengals. But it\u2019s not ideal that the Jaguars allowed Joe Burrow to throw for 428 yards while Ja\u2019Marr Chase left early due to injury. That said, Travis Hunter played only as a defensive back and looks really good there. Jacksonville appears to be trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n
Where would you rank the team, Jaguars fans? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The respect is finally coming. After taking care of business in Week 4, the Jacksonville Jaguars now sit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,6621,4800,117],"class_list":["post-420373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-power-rankings","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}