{"id":429257,"date":"2026-10-16T06:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429257\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:10:27","slug":"quick-thoughts-before-jaguars-week-6-against-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429257\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Thoughts Before Jaguars’ Week 6 Against Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE \u2013 Senior writer John Oehser, senior correspondent Brian Sexton, team reporter Kainani Stevens and correspondent John Shipley offer quick thoughts on the Jaguars as they prepare to play the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium<\/a> in London, United Kingdom Sunday<\/p>\n

Clean it up.\u00a0The 4-1 Jaguars hold a two-game division lead entering Sunday \u2013 and while much pre-game focus is on the game’s AFC South ramifications, a focus around the Jaguars is fixing what should be fixable issues. The Jaguars this past Sunday needed something of a late-game miracle for their third consecutive victory, 19-17 over the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> \u2013 needing that miracle mostly because they struggled with penalties for a second consecutive week and struggled in the red zone more than any other game this season. They not only had a kickoff return for a touchdown nullified by penalty, but they also had two drives reach the 1-yard line without points. The good news is the offense moved well and the victory may have been one-sided if not for the errors. The better news is that the Jaguars under Head Coach Liam Coen<\/a> are historically a very good red-zone team \u2013 and they improved penalties dramatically last season after they were an issue early. The Texans are too good and too dangerous to give away points as the Jaguars did Sunday. Getting back to their normal red-zone efficiency and reducing penalties as they have done previously under Coen will be critical for the Jaguars Sunday.Budding star.\u00a0The Jaguars’ Offensive Most Valuable Player through five games? The thought here is it’s wide receiver Parker Washington<\/a>. The surprise player offensively may be rookie wide receiver Josh Cameron<\/a>, who in fact has been more than a surprise and is emerging as one of the team’s most capable offensive weapons. Cameron, a sixth-round selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, has two touchdown receptions this season and missed an opportunity for a third against the Eagles when quarterback Trevor Lawrence<\/a> missed him on a would-be first-half touchdown. Cameron also narrowly missed a highlight play when a questionable holding penalty on linebacker Jack Kiser nullified his 90-yard return for a touchdown on the opening kickoff. Cameron is more than big moments. He’s a tough, reliable player who is fast earning the trust of Lawrence and the coaches. The best in this vein is yet to come, and the Jaguars could have yet another rising young skill player.Critical juncture. This one has a playoff feel. Why? Perhaps it’s because the only chance the Texans realistically have of making the playoffs is to win Sunday and move closer to the Jaguars in the AFC South. Or maybe it’s because the Jaguars lost a 19-point lead in Houston last November to allow the then-3-5 Texans to climb to 4-5 instead of punting them out of the playoff picture. The Texans are better than their 1-4 record even if their only victory was against the 0-5 Tennessee Titans. Houston has long held the high ground in the series, and this game feels like one we’ll point to, win or lose, for the rest of the season \u2013 not unlike last year’s second matchup.The Jaguars need their ground game this week.\u00a0Candidly, even if left tackle Anton Harrison<\/a> was playing, the Jaguars offensive tackle tandem would be the underdogs against Texans defensive ends Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter. Anderson is the NFL’s best defensive player through five weeks, and Hunter feeds off the protection schemes that slide toward Anderson. Harrison’s absence, coupled with right tackle Cole Van Lanen<\/a> still working his way back from offseason knee surgery, highlights the matchup. The Jaguars ran effectively last Sunday, but penalties negated many of their successful second-half runs and pushed the Jaguars into long-distance situations. They can’t afford for that to happen Sunday. They must rely on running backs Bhayshul Tuten<\/a> and Chris Rodriguez Jr.<\/a>, which means the offensive line must have a good plan to handle Anderson and Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE \u2013 Senior writer John Oehser, senior correspondent Brian Sexton, team reporter Kainani Stevens and correspondent John Shipley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3214,881,168069,116,118,117,880,883,3215],"class_list":["post-429257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-category-waste-pro","tag-front-page-headline","tag-houston-texans-at-jacksonville-jaguars-2026-reg-6","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-news-front-page-headline","tag-news-jaguars-news","tag-news-quick-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429257","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=429257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}