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JACKSONVILLE
JAGUARS
COACH
Urban Meyer(1st season with team)
LAST SEASON
1-15 (4th in AFC South; no playoffs)
Record since 2011: 44-116 (2-1 in playoffs)
2020 TEAM STATISTICAL LEAGUE RANKINGS
2020 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING OFFENSE
30th of 32 (19.1 ppg)
RUSHING
James Robinson: 240 carries, 1,070 yards, 7 TDs, 76.4 ypg
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SCORING DEFENSE
31st of 32 (30.8 ppg)
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RUSHING OFFENSE
29th of 32 (94.9 ypg)
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PASSING OFFENSE
21st of 32 (231.2 ypg)
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PASSING
GardnerMinshewII: 216-327,2,259 yards,16TDs,5 ints,268 ypg
SCORING
James Robinson, RB: 48 points (8 TDs, 3.4 ppg)
Stats from pro-football-reference.com
A ‘wallowing’ pace
Meyer laments preseason game plan, so different from college
By Mark Long
Associated Press
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Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence throws a pass against the Browns in a preseason game
Aug. 14 in Jacksonville, Fla. DON MONTAGUE/AP
acksonville Jaguars coach Urban
Meyer isn’t enjoying the preseason.
Limited snaps for starters. Significantly fewer plays than in college. Vanilla
game plans because veteran assistants don’t
want to show too much.
It’s been an adjustment for the longtime
college coach who is making the jump to the
NFL following another brief retirement.
“So much I hear, ‘We can’t show this, can’t
show this, can’t show this,’” Meyer said. “I
don’t want to get into it, but I want to go
some tempo and I’m used to some certain
things. You’ll see more of it as we get moving
forward.”
“What you saw (against the Browns) is not
what we’re going to be,” Meyer said. “I get it.
We’re right out of the shoot. I think sometimes coaches (say), ‘We can’t show this, we
can’t show that,’ and I’m like, ‘Why? Tell me.
Explain to me why.’”
The Jaguars managed 302 yards in a
game that opened with Jacksonville’s starters going against Cleveland’s second- and
third-team units. Jacksonville had 120 yards
and no points at halftime, including just
85 yards from its first-team offense led by
rookie quarterback and No. 1 overall draft
pick Trevor Lawrence.
The outcome was even more lopsided
than the final score considering the Browns
failed to convert a fourth-and-6 play from
the 6 in the second quarter and gave up a
touchdown with 26 seconds remaining.
Meyer called his offense a “wallowing”
effort.
Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell
acknowledged having “some conversations” with Meyer about potential tweaks
this week, but he quickly added “we’ll see
what happens in the game, basically.”
Bevell seemed less concerned than Meyer
about the offense’s lackluster output.
“It wasn’t unexpected,” Bevell said. “I kind
of felt the game would go a certain way. We
were asking the guys to do certain things.
I thought they played well in some areas.
There’s obviously some things we can do
better. The protection of the quarterback is
a major emphasis for us.”
Jacksonville certainly doesn’t want to get
Lawrence hit or hurt in a somewhat meaningless exhibition. Lawrence admittedly
held the ball too long on several throws. He
completed 6 of 9 passes for 71 yards in two
series. He was sacked twice, including on his
first play. He also recovered his own fumble
on the 7-yard loss.
“I think the whole game experience for
him was a really important part for him to
have,” Bevell said. “He’s just had NFL training camp, NFL OTAs, so that was his first
opportunity to get in there where actually
those guys could tackle it, right? So that
really changes the dynamic of it. And so he’ll
continue to get better each and every time
that he goes out there.”
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Sept. 12
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Sept. 19
WEEK 3
Sept. 26
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Sept. 30
WEEK 5
Oct. 10
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1 p.m.
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Oct. 31
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Jan. 9
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Note: This section was printed before final roster cuts, so personnel are subject to change; all times are Eastern and subject to change