If there was an early indication of how the AFC Championship game against the Patriots would go it was how the Jaguars would survive the original onslaught from New England. Gillette Stadium can be a tough place to play when the Patriots are rolling and the noise meter is rising. Giving New England the ball […]
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It was very business like when the Jaguars departed the busses at their team hotel in Providence this afternoon. That’s not unusual. The team’s goal this week has been to keep their routine the same. “At the end of the day you just gotta play ball,” said the Jaguars Calais Campbell. “The game is the […]
There’s been a lot of talk this week about getting “respect” for the Jacksonville Jaguars. A 3-13 team in 2016, the Jaguars are on the verge of their first Super Bowl appearance, playing in their third AFC Championship game in franchise history. But the Jaguars are still suffering from what they consider a lack of […]
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There’s a reputation in the league that follows the Jaguars defense. Tough, talking, swagger, fast and relentless. They’ve put up historic numbers this season. While that’s the exterior, the public persona, the spirit and emotion of that side of the football is embodied in Linebacker Telvin Smith. A fifth-round pick out of Florida State, Smith […]
It’s almost unbelievable how they’ve turned it around from a three-win team to go the AFC Championship game. The common denominator has to be Tom Coughlin but it also has to be Doug Marrone. They’re two in the same. They are committed to winning. They’re different personalities but they see that at the end of […]
If there’s one thing that Doug Marrone has learned in his years of coaching in the NFL it’s that it takes 53 guys, not just the starting 22 to compete. Injury, slumps, whatever, not every player is playing at his best on every play. So Marrone sees the big picture when it comes to who’s […]
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When it comes to the subject of leadership, perhaps no group is easier to study than football coaches. At one point, fans in Jacksonville had Steve Spurrier, Bobby Bowden, Vince Dooley and Howard Schnellenberger or Jimmy Johnson leading the major college programs they followed. All very successful, all very different in philosophy and personality. Although […]
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I’ve been to Oviedo but I’m not sure I remember it. Apparently, that’s not unusual. “Kind of like Yulee but not that far away,” is how one Orlando native described it. They have a Target, a mall, movie theaters, all the things you’d expect of a suburb community. South of Sanford and northeast of Orlando, […]
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It was thirty minutes of the unexpected in the first half between the Jaguars and the Steelers. Getting the ball first, the Jaguars looked like world-beaters on offense marching right down field in eight plays covering 66 yards and scoring on 4th down to take a 7-0 lead. Leonard Fournette dove in from the one […]
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It should be a little colder than expected for the Jaguars/Steelers game on Sunday. Temperatures in the teens during the game could impact play; with the thought the Jaguars should get the worse of it. “It’s just a couple hours of sacrifice,” Linebacker Telvin Smith said after the team arrived in the Steel City. “Just […]
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They’re not sure if it’ll be week 7 or 8 but the Jaguars will face the Philadelphia Eagles in London this fall. The game will be one of three in London for the NFL in 2018 including two at Wembley and one at the new home of Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane. The exact date […]
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You never know how the big stage will affect teams and athletes when they’ve never been there before. Against the Bills, the Jaguars looked like they weren’t sure they belonged in the NFL playoffs in the first half. On offense they were horrible. Between play calling and execution, they couldn’t get out of their own […]
In his five years as an owner in the NFL, Shad Khan has been surprised more than once. On and off the field he’s seen things he didn’t expect. But the business as a whole is different than the one he saw from the outside. “It’s much bigger than I expected,” Khan said on Thursday […]
It’s never an easy process but the fifteen finalists for the Class of 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame are particularly qualified this year. For the second straight year, the Jaguars Tony Boselli and Jacksonville’s Brian Dawkins are among the final fifteen. That means they’ve made it from the 108 eligible players this year through […]
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For a young team that doesn’t have much playoff experience, the Jaguars will lean on their veterans who have been there and a coaching staff that has been around the league a while. Head Coach Doug Marrone doesn’t have that much postseason experience as a player or as a coach, but his staff, including Keenan […]
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After a New Year’s Eve flight home and a look at the 15-10 loss to the Titans aboard the Jaguars charter, players didn’t see it much differently than when the left the field in Nashville: That’s over, it’s on to the playoffs. “It’s what you fight so hard for, it’s what camp is all about, […]
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While the loss to the Titans might have “done it’s job” according to the Jaguars players in the locker room in Nashville, they know losing two straight going into the post season isn’t ideal. “We better bounce back,” said tight end Marcedes Lewis. No do overs next week. Too many mistakes that we can’t have. […]
Whether they call it “a game of inches” or “on any given Sunday” or “playing above the x’s and o’s,” there’s an intangible you can feel when a team is playing winning football. It’s an edge, a little hop, a swagger in the body language that’s easily identifiable. On their run to the playoffs, the […]
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It’s not that the Jaguars beat the Houston Texans easily to qualify for the post-season for the first time since 2007, not even how they dominated all over the field winning 45-7. It might be who’s making plays for the Jaguars that are the biggest surprise. Midway through the first quarter Marqise Lee left the […]
There actually is a strategy to keeping Russell Wilson in check. The problem is Wilson is so good, so smart and such a good athlete that executing the strategy is a problem. For the Jaguars defense, a combination of straight up field, stay-in-your-lanes rush, backed by the linebackers spreading across the field and man-to-man by […]
Heartbreaking Loss In AFC Championship Ends Jaguars Season
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIf there was an early indication of how the AFC Championship game against the Patriots would go it was how the Jaguars would survive the original onslaught from New England. Gillette Stadium can be a tough place to play when the Patriots are rolling and the noise meter is rising. Giving New England the ball […]
Jaguars In NE: “We’re Ready To Go”
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIt was very business like when the Jaguars departed the busses at their team hotel in Providence this afternoon. That’s not unusual. The team’s goal this week has been to keep their routine the same. “At the end of the day you just gotta play ball,” said the Jaguars Calais Campbell. “The game is the […]
Respect For The Jaguars? We Don’t Care, We Live Here
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisThere’s been a lot of talk this week about getting “respect” for the Jacksonville Jaguars. A 3-13 team in 2016, the Jaguars are on the verge of their first Super Bowl appearance, playing in their third AFC Championship game in franchise history. But the Jaguars are still suffering from what they consider a lack of […]
Telvin Smith Brings Talent, Heart
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisThere’s a reputation in the league that follows the Jaguars defense. Tough, talking, swagger, fast and relentless. They’ve put up historic numbers this season. While that’s the exterior, the public persona, the spirit and emotion of that side of the football is embodied in Linebacker Telvin Smith. A fifth-round pick out of Florida State, Smith […]
Tom Mcmanus Says The Jaguars Will Win
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIt’s almost unbelievable how they’ve turned it around from a three-win team to go the AFC Championship game. The common denominator has to be Tom Coughlin but it also has to be Doug Marrone. They’re two in the same. They are committed to winning. They’re different personalities but they see that at the end of […]
Hard Work No Stranger To Marrone
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIf there’s one thing that Doug Marrone has learned in his years of coaching in the NFL it’s that it takes 53 guys, not just the starting 22 to compete. Injury, slumps, whatever, not every player is playing at his best on every play. So Marrone sees the big picture when it comes to who’s […]
Marrone: Right Guy, Right Place, Right Time
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisWhen it comes to the subject of leadership, perhaps no group is easier to study than football coaches. At one point, fans in Jacksonville had Steve Spurrier, Bobby Bowden, Vince Dooley and Howard Schnellenberger or Jimmy Johnson leading the major college programs they followed. All very successful, all very different in philosophy and personality. Although […]
Blake, Teammate, And That’s How He Likes It
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisI’ve been to Oviedo but I’m not sure I remember it. Apparently, that’s not unusual. “Kind of like Yulee but not that far away,” is how one Orlando native described it. They have a Target, a mall, movie theaters, all the things you’d expect of a suburb community. South of Sanford and northeast of Orlando, […]
Jaguars Come Alive, Upset Steelers, Head To AFC Title Game
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIt was thirty minutes of the unexpected in the first half between the Jaguars and the Steelers. Getting the ball first, the Jaguars looked like world-beaters on offense marching right down field in eight plays covering 66 yards and scoring on 4th down to take a 7-0 lead. Leonard Fournette dove in from the one […]
Jaguars In Pittsburgh, All Business
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIt should be a little colder than expected for the Jaguars/Steelers game on Sunday. Temperatures in the teens during the game could impact play; with the thought the Jaguars should get the worse of it. “It’s just a couple hours of sacrifice,” Linebacker Telvin Smith said after the team arrived in the Steel City. “Just […]
Jaguars To Play Eagles In London
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisThey’re not sure if it’ll be week 7 or 8 but the Jaguars will face the Philadelphia Eagles in London this fall. The game will be one of three in London for the NFL in 2018 including two at Wembley and one at the new home of Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane. The exact date […]
Jaguars Beat Buffalo With Defense,”Grit”
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisYou never know how the big stage will affect teams and athletes when they’ve never been there before. Against the Bills, the Jaguars looked like they weren’t sure they belonged in the NFL playoffs in the first half. On offense they were horrible. Between play calling and execution, they couldn’t get out of their own […]
Khan, “I’m very, very bullish on Jacksonville.”
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIn his five years as an owner in the NFL, Shad Khan has been surprised more than once. On and off the field he’s seen things he didn’t expect. But the business as a whole is different than the one he saw from the outside. “It’s much bigger than I expected,” Khan said on Thursday […]
Boselli, Dawkins Finalists For 2018 Hall Of Fame
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIt’s never an easy process but the fifteen finalists for the Class of 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame are particularly qualified this year. For the second straight year, the Jaguars Tony Boselli and Jacksonville’s Brian Dawkins are among the final fifteen. That means they’ve made it from the 108 eligible players this year through […]
Marrone’s Routine Stays The Same
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisFor a young team that doesn’t have much playoff experience, the Jaguars will lean on their veterans who have been there and a coaching staff that has been around the league a while. Head Coach Doug Marrone doesn’t have that much postseason experience as a player or as a coach, but his staff, including Keenan […]
Jaguars Home, Have Already Moved On
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisAfter a New Year’s Eve flight home and a look at the 15-10 loss to the Titans aboard the Jaguars charter, players didn’t see it much differently than when the left the field in Nashville: That’s over, it’s on to the playoffs. “It’s what you fight so hard for, it’s what camp is all about, […]
Jaguars Look Ahead To Playoffs
/in Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisWhile the loss to the Titans might have “done it’s job” according to the Jaguars players in the locker room in Nashville, they know losing two straight going into the post season isn’t ideal. “We better bounce back,” said tight end Marcedes Lewis. No do overs next week. Too many mistakes that we can’t have. […]
Jaguars Limp Into Playoffs
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisWhether they call it “a game of inches” or “on any given Sunday” or “playing above the x’s and o’s,” there’s an intangible you can feel when a team is playing winning football. It’s an edge, a little hop, a swagger in the body language that’s easily identifiable. On their run to the playoffs, the […]
Jaguars Dominate Texans 45-7, Qualify For Post-season
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisIt’s not that the Jaguars beat the Houston Texans easily to qualify for the post-season for the first time since 2007, not even how they dominated all over the field winning 45-7. It might be who’s making plays for the Jaguars that are the biggest surprise. Midway through the first quarter Marqise Lee left the […]
Jaguars Make Big Statement Beating Seattle, 30-24
/in Football, Jacksonville Jaguars/by Sam KouvarisThere actually is a strategy to keeping Russell Wilson in check. The problem is Wilson is so good, so smart and such a good athlete that executing the strategy is a problem. For the Jaguars defense, a combination of straight up field, stay-in-your-lanes rush, backed by the linebackers spreading across the field and man-to-man by […]