A new Jag! (jax hc09)

[jshrolltide]

As always, you've got some fun ideas aurabolt!

And yeah, I think the first career I evervplayed I had Kerry Dunn. In the right philosophy, he's a very solid player. Not very athletic, but very strong, which makes him a great run stopper.

[Aurabolt127]

Thanks! I'm hoping he develops, he looks good so far.

As for the Colts, guess we'll see when I play them... not like Freeney and Mathis need any more help.

[Aurabolt127]

Jaguars crush Bills, 37-13

Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Buffalo Bills (0-1)	0	6	7	0	13
Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1)	7	7	3	20	37

Team Stats Comparison
	BUF	JAC
Total Offense	257	339
Rushing Yards	138	210
Passing Yards	119	129
First Downs	6	17
Punt Return Yards	15	24
Kick Return Yards	199	56
Total Yards	471	419
Turnovers	6	0
3rd Down Converstion	4-12	4-7
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/2	4/3
Penalties	0-0	5-47
Posession Time	21:44	38:11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BUF	JAC
01:49	(JAC) F Taylor 1 yd td run (Scobee PAT)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BUF	JAC
12:14	(BUF) R Lindell 18 yd FG	3	7
04:55	(BUF) R Lindell 36 yd FG	6	7
00:39	(JAC) M Tuiasosopo 3yd TD pass to M Lewis (Scobee PAT)	6	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BUF	JAC
12:06	(JAC) J Scobee 24 yd FG	6	17
04:08	(BUF) M Lynch 89 yd TD run (Lindell PAT)	13	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BUF	JAC
11:52	(JAC) F Jones 8 yard TD run (Scobee PAT)	13	24
07:10	(JAC) J Scobee 34 yard FG	13	27
02:49	(JAC) F Taylor 1 yd TD run (Scobee PAT)	13	34
00:53	(JAC) J Scobee 28 yd FG	13	37

Buffalo Bills PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M Tuiasosopo 12/20 135 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD F Taylor 21 92 2 M Tuiasosopo 8 20 0 C Boyd 7 46 0 F Jones 7 14 1 G Jones 2 34 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M Lewis 8 85 1 F Taylor 1 13 0 K Davis 1 10 0 G Jones 1 7 0 T Williamson 1 20 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D Smith 7-3 0 1 0 R Green 4-1 1 0 0 B McGowan 1-0 0 1 0 R Nelson 5-0 0 1 0 J Tyron 1-0 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J Scobee 3/3 4/4 13 35 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A Podlesh 4 155 38.7 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J Tryon 1 30 30.0 0 C Gordon 1 26 26.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J Tryon 2 24 12.0 0

Jacksonville Jaguars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T Edwards 8/27 124 0 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M Lynch 19 145 0 1 T Edwards 1 -7 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J Porter 3 40 0 0 R Parrish 2 29 0 0 M Gaines 1 43 0 0 J Reed 1 12 0 0 B Troupe 1 0 0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J Trotter 14-1 0 0 0 K Williamd 10-2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R Lindell 2/2 1/1 7 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B Moorman 2 86 43.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C Jackson 5 125 25.0 0 R Parrish 3 74 24.6 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD R Parrish 1 15 15.0 0

Coach Cotignola is a much happier man this Sunday evening than he was last week. His Jaguars played a much better game than their previous outing, but he admits they still have a long way to go.

"The defense really set the tempo for the game, especially with the turnovers. It was like a boxing match; we'd hit 'em, they'd swing but BAM! we'd counter with a shot before they knew what hit them. I'm really proud of the guys. In regards to the Marshawn Lynch TD run, that was on me. My bad. We had them pinned and I went all in on it. Marshawn's a great, powerful runner and he got us on that one."

Offensively, Fred Taylor's hard running helped lead the offense; while Tuiasosopo played efficient, error free football. Coach was quick to give a little praise to rookie running back Cory Boyd, suiting up this week in place of Adrian Peterson. The run game was pretty average till Cory came in for two series. (7 carries for 46 yards.)

Coach Cotignola did express his frustration with some of his receiver's lack of focus on several dropped passes though. "I might have to take a look at the guys I have and shake things up a bit, where they line up, which routes they run, that kind of thing. They're all really talented players, I just have to get them in the right places at the right times. Whether that's the X, the Z, the unemployment line... (laughs)"

One HUGE factor in the game was the difference in the number and severity of injuries compared to last week. RG George Foster was knocked from the game, and is expected to miss 4 or 5 weeks with a stress factor. TE Kemba Osby will miss one day to deal with a laceration on his hand, and RE Robert Henderson will take a day off to deal with a sore chest. Otherwise, the team got off pretty healthy and it showed. Much nicer than the 8 guys or whatever that got knocked out last week.

Fred Taylor won AFC Player of the Week!

Up next is a divisional battle with the Indianapolis Colts. Led by Peyton Manning, the Colts are one of the Super Bowl favorites. Last year the Colts swept the Jaguars, and they look even more formidable this year with the additions of rookies Sedrick Ellis (starting DT), Clifford Avril (starting ROLB), and Zach Bowman (nickel corner)

Due to injuries to Gilberry (1 wk) and Reggie Hayward (1 week) we're suddenly thin at DE. We've got the rookie Henderson there to back up Brayton; and Roderick Green picked up a sack last week and can start on the other side till Gilberry is back. DT Derek Landri and OLB Dan Cody will also provide depth at DE, as we think they can do a great job - and there's no rush to sign a guy off the street for one week.

[Aurabolt127]

Stupid table flipped my stats and the Bills. Oh well.

[Aurabolt127]

So, while he hasn't been Dan Marino or anything, Tuiasosopo is going to stay the starter - of course, this week we play the Colts. What are the odds he'll have a 300 yard passing, 200 yard rushing game like he did in college once (still the only player to ever do it, and he did it against Stanford too, not some FCS scrub team the "big schools" like to pad their schedule with. Too bad he never got a good shot when he was with my Raiders.) LOL! Yeah, I know - He'll be lucky to get half that yardage... I can dream, right?

The only thing I saw from two games that bugs me a little is that he doesn't have a real strong arm, so it's kind of limiting the chances to really take advantage of Williamson and Avery's awesome speed. In theory, Dixon is the future, so by mid-season if Tui is still set at starter, I might dress Dixon for a few games and let McCown sit inactive, and see if I can give Dixon a few series. His arm is pretty good, def better than Tui's. (just a few though, his injury is LOW.)

The thing with Cory Boyd was true, we really couldn't run much at all, then he comes in and has some huge inside runs -and then suddenly Taylor's hitting yards at a good clip, Felix and my fullback had long runs too. It's like the Bills defense finally just broke. It was cool. I'm going to give him a few more carries and sit Adrian Peterson as an inactive. I'm not ready to cut AP yet, because I'm sure Taylor or Jones is going to get banged up eventually, and he's been learning the playbook.

Going to flop my starters at receiver this week - Going to let Naanee and Matt Jones start, put Reggie Williams as the 3, Williamson as the 4 and Avery as the 5. So far the receivers have under-performed (understatement.) I'm going make it an early mission to try to pass early this game too, although I'm sure against the Colts I'll have to - as we'll be playing catch-up no doubt. Ideally I'd like Naanee and Williamson to start, with Avery in the slot. I just want to get a better look at Jones and Williams, because I'm probably going to try to trade one of them and then pick up a developmental guy to sit as my #5. Most of the time I'm only seeing 3 WRs on the field, (or 2), so 4 is rare and a 5th guy is more of a luxury than a necessity - might as well get a guy who can take part in the return game or something if he's going to be mostly depth.

Defensively, the 6 turnovers last week was awesome. 4 Trent Edwards picks had me standing and cheering and yelling. Crazy too because he's an accurate passer. Forced two fumbles too- one on Lynch, one on Edwards. Guess the Bills might be thinking about moving Flacco up the depth chart a little!

Can't wait to get the next game in...

[Runyourownworld]

I like this one a lot so far. Jaguars are interesting to play with since they can actually run the ball pretty well.

[Aurabolt127]

Thanks! Was hoping to get a game in before work, but not likely now.


HA! I did get a game in! But...it was against the Colts.

[Aurabolt127]

Manning and the Colts turn it on late, destroy Jacksonville 41-14

Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts
Sep 21, 2008	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1)	7	0	0	7	14
Indianapolis Colts (2-0)	0	13	7	21	41

Team Stats Comparison
	JAC	IND
Total Offense	275	374
Rushing Yards	191	119
Passing Yards	84	255
First Downs	17	15
Punt Return Yards	0	36
Kick Return Yards	197	21
Total Yards	472	431
Turnovers	4	0
3rd Down Converstion	5-12	3-11
4th Down Conversion	1-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0	0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/0	3/1
Penalties	2-30	1-5
Posession Time	32:26	27:33

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		JAC	IND
07:34	(JAC) M Tuiasosopo pass to L Naanee 3 yds (Scobee PAT)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		JAC	IND
07:11	(IND) A Vinatieri 51 yd FG	7	3
01:37	(IND) A Vinatieri 40 yd FG	7	6
00:57	(IND) J Addai 8 yd run (Vinatieri PAT)	7	13
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		JAC	IND
12:03	(IND) P Manning pass to R Wayne 25 yds (Vinatieri PAT)	7	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		JAC	IND
12:35	(IND) J Addai 1 yd run (Vinatieri PAT)	7	27
08:12	(IND) P Manning pass to A Gonzalez 32 yds (Vinatieri PAT)	7	34
03:34	(IND) J Addai 6 yd run (Vinatieri PAT)	7	41
01:28	(JAC) M Tuiasosopo pass to M Lewis 24 yds (Scobee PAT)	14	41

Jacksonville Jaguars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M Tuiasosopo 8/22 105 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD F Taylor 13 99 0 F Jones 11 31 0 M Tuiasosopo 6 44 0 C Boyd 3 13 0 G Jones 2 2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M Jones 2 17 0 M Lewis 2 40 1 T Williamson 1 14 0 K Osby 1 6 0 R Williams 1 25 0 L Naanee 1 3 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J Durant 7-5 0 0 0 J Henderson 4-4 1 0 0 R Green 4-1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J Scobee 0/1 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 A Podlesh 5 191 38.2 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C Gordon 5 133 26.6 0 J Tyron 3 64 21.3 0

Indianapolis Colts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P Manning 15/26 266 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J Addai 24 110 3 A Pearman 7 9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A Gonzalez 6 109 1 R Wayne 5 96 1 D Clark 4 61 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD R Mathis 8-1 1 0 0 S Ellis 4-4 1 0 0 S Drummond 3-1 1 0 0 F Keiaho 5-0 0 1 0 B Sanders 1-0 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A Vinatieri 2/2 4/4 10 51 H Smith 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 H Smith 4 170 42.5 1 A Vinatieri 1 35 35.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A Pearman 1 21 21.0 0 C Johnson 1 0 0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Z Bowman 4 36 9 0

A tale of two halves. The Jaguars were able to take an early lead, and keep the game close, but things fell apart quickly in the second half as the Colts dismantled the Jaguars Sunday night.

Marques Tuiasosopo threw two touchdown passes, but fumbled twice and threw two picks as the Jaguars got desperate to try to get back into the game. The Colts offense, stagnate the first half, was unstoppable in the 4th quarter. Colts players suddenly were able to break tackles and making leaping grabs they hadn't done in the early stages of the game.

Josh Scobee attempted a 57 yard field goal that would have made it 13-10, but while it had the distance, it drifted right. After that, the Jags couldn't score till the game was far out of reach. Asked what went wrong, Jags Coach Cotignola responded, "What went right?"

With the loss, the Jags drop to 1-2, while the Colts improve to 3-0. Jaguars DT John Henderson was the lone injury, hurting his torso just before halftime and was out for the game. After sitting out 3 days for a laceration on his hand (makes sense, right?), he returned to practice and will be fine for the game Sunday.

As for the remaining injuries, the only man in the trainer's room is RG George Foster; who is expected to miss another 3-4 weeks. (plus Paul Spicer, who is on IR.)

Up next, another division battle, this time vs. the Houston Texans. The Texans come to Jacksonville with an impressive 3-0 record. Matt Schaub has one of the best receivers in the NFL in Andre Johnson, who, along with Bernard Berrian, Andre Davis and Jacoby Jones, gives the Texans an elite passing attack. Travis Henry is the starter at running back, though Anthony Thomas and Ahman Green are both quality backs as well.

On defense, it's all about Mario Williams. His counterpart is Adrian Awasom, with Amobi Okoye and Frank Okam making a young, but excellent tackle tandem. Boss Bailey, DeMeco Ryans, and Demorrio Williams make up a smart, fast linebacking corps. The seconday shows talent at the corner position - with Fred Bennett and Dunta Robinson, but the safeties are suspect. Tank Williams and Colin Branch are solid, but a step down from some of the competition the Jaguars have faced already. Hopefully it's something Coach can find a way to exploit.

Almost game time. Can the Jaguars pull off the upset here and even their record? Or do the Texans make it 4-0 and leave the Jaguars bruised and battered at the bottom of the AFC South?