Going to this game. I'm actually from Canada so it's part of a road trip.

I found it amusing that Jax's first two games are at home against Carolina and Miami. I'm sure it's no accident to have them open the season against teams that are just down the road to help ticket sales.

The Jags don't have a comparable player to Alfred Morris do they?

 

It feels like that because anyone honest with themselves knows a quality opponent would have put us away pretty early.

At this stage, I personally would never go on record with us beating anyone by double digits. There's still a lot of attempted kinks to work out. These games are going to be a grind early on in the season.

 

TJ Yeldon looked decent yesterday, but they got down big early so they went away from him.

 

I think we're destined to start 2-0 in such a way that you'd think we are 0-2 by the tenor of the complaining fans.

Which is perhaps the mark of a team that is actually pretty good.

 

Oh right. We're already pretty good. We definitely sent a message throughout the rest of the NFL yesterday.

 

I think the defense will show up sooner next week and play better against another below average offensive team.

On offense, I think the Jags have a little better defense than the Redskins, but I also expect Tannehill and the offense to play better overall. I don't see the Dolphins blowing out the Jags, but I do think they should be able to win a little more easily than they did yesterday.

Dolphins 23--Jags 13.

 

We sent a message last year and what did that get us?

 

I was being sarcastic. LOL

 

One thing I think that we will improve on next week is our tackling. We were horrendous tackling against Washington. It was - to me - the most worrisome part of the game yesterday. Listening to a radio talk show yesterday, they mentioned that players don't do much hitting during the offseason and that is why we see such bad play on the Defense a lot in the opening week of the season and that it should improve in the next few weeks.

 

So was he.

Last year we started out the season by pretty soundly defeating the New England Patriots in Week 1 to the tune of 33-20. Where'd that get us? We were an 8-8 team.

 

I know

 

Better tighten up quick. Buffalo looked sharp on O & D yesterday.

 

I'm expecting improvement in a few particular areas next week, particularly the passing game and run D. The LBs being exposed won't do.

 

They looked like a hungry pitbull yesterday. They absolutely smacked the Colts around.

 

I don't think we are as bad as we looked yesterday, nor do I believe Buffalo is as good as they looked against the Colts. It's all about matchups. The Colts will still win their division, they just matched up poorly with Buffalo. We will get better, I think...I hope, anyway.

 

I see people are already doing the move of predicting a double digit road win next week, just like they did for yesterday.

 

Carolina are a struggling team this year, IMO.

I mean you see that wide open perfect throw to Ted Ginn for a touchdown that Ginn just straight up flubbed?

That's what the Panthers are. Tough defense, good quarterback, absolute SH-T around him.

I'm not sure I should be concerned about the Jaguars. Incidentally they're doing the same thing with Jared Odrick that Kevin Coyle mistakenly did with him in 2012. And it isn't going any better, if PFF is to be believed. I'd be a little concerned about Allen Robinson, as he had a bad game and will be looking to bounce back. I could see our corners being weak against his size and strength. Denard Robinson is probably the guy to fear more than Yeldon. And Bortles' overall escapability as well.

 

What does it matter? What we predict as fans has no effect whatsoever on what happens on the field.

 

I really have to go back like last year and wonder how much of the Defenses struggles yesterday can be attributed to Kevin Coyle? Our defensive line has better personel than we showed yesterday. I do have concerns about the linebackers, coverage mostly, but I just do not see how those guys could have been made non factors most all day unless there was something really wrong schematically.

Any of you more knowledgeable guys have any thoughts?

 

Who said it matters? This a message board dedicated to our favorite team, nothing we talk about here matters.

My point is, many people are down because they predicted a road blowout, then after seeing that road wins are hard to come by, are predicting another road blowout

 

I projected a road blowout against the Skins and I'd project the same against the Jags, for whatever that's worth. Not sure what is being argued though.

 

Definately harder to win on the road, everyone knows that. It's just the way the team came out flat yet again that is troubling everyone. Tannehill didn't have his A game (whatever that is) and the D should be embarrassed for giving up over 160 rushing yesterday.

 

You see some people predicting a big road win this week like they did last week . Not all .

 

Did I say all? Have you seen double digit win predictions on this site for the redskins and jax matchups (and specifically on this thread for Jax), yes or no?

 

Incognito looked good yesterday.

 

the Redskins are a very good zone blocking team and that wrecked what our dline does. Alfred Morris is also a higher class of running back than anything jax has. I'm much more confident about this game then I was about the skins. I'm choosing to spin the nail biter against Washington as a good thing. It was a wake up call for the team and still a W on the books.

 

yes we showed we can win on the road, even if we get outgained by close to 100 yards and TOP close to 40:20, we also showed that we can overcome adversity being down 10-0 and still winning the game

 

As for all this bills talk, let's wait til opposing defenses have some tape on Tyrod Taylor before crowning them just yet.. I personally think the colts are overrated. They get blasted in the afc championship game on the ground and they...sign an aging rb, aging wr, and then draft mostly offense to boot. Yes, they're giving Andrew luck weapons but come on now, there's another side to the ball. I actually expect the Jets will have very similar success against them this week.

Rex has always been very good at season openers, season closers, and playoffs. It's the other 14 weeks, when he can't get his guys pumped up as much and the season starts to drag and they have to play road games, that Rex's teams start to fizzle.

 

We must win every game or we suck!


I was upset at the half but like I posted I figured we would win but would be a grind.

It's game one and in the past these were the games we would lose. We were supposed to win and we did. I feel whoever or however they are game planning we need to adjust for the first two series. We constantly come out and look lost and sluggish. If we script it than stop! If not start! Lol something is better than the slow starts.

I would honestly do a few tosses to the running backs, screens to get a few first downs and get in Rythum it's what the pats do and seems to always work!

 

I don't see Buffalo fizzling out at all this year. They could win twelve games with New England winning twelve as well and us winning ten but missing the playoffs lol.
Jacksonville is a team we are supposed to beat, but we've seen us lose to an 0-8 Tampa Bay team, and a New York Jet team led by Geno Smith.
Blake Bortles looks like a horrible quarterback to me. Lets not make him look like Mark Brunell from the mid 90's next Sunday.

 

Against BAD teams.

 

You know how this works. We "overcame adversity" vs. bottom shelf competition and the Bills don't get any cred for stomping an AFC contender with Tyrod Taylor starting.

 

first of all, all the games no matter who played who were tight yesterday, besides the titans and cincy game, every game was close and how bad washington really is, is still to be determined

 

I think everyone is probably most disturbed by the run defense. That's the development that ran completely counter to everyone's expectations and I think they just...can't...get over it.

The defense allowed 10 bloody points and forced two interceptions, but it doesn't matter because they allowed 160 on the ground whereas everyone thought signing Ndamukong Suh would mean we never allow 100+ on the ground to anyone.

If you want a real world testament to how much more important the passing game is as opposed to the ground game...there you have it. Skins had about as much ground success as you could want short of anything ridiculous. Ten points. That's all it got them.

 

They looked downright scary yesterday, I'm hoping they just had a good game, because if this is what we can expect from them, they're a SB contender and every team in the league should be on watch for them, so I'm hoping that was just a good game.

Watched the Jets game too, and they also looked good, that run game looked good, they had a lot of help from the Browns, but they looked pretty solid.