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Location: Jacksonville, Fla. | Stadium: Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (67,164) | Chairman/CEO: Wayne Weaver | General Manager: Gene Smith
Coach: Jack Del Rio | League Championships: 0
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Jaguars report: Inside slant
 

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The Jaguars have to hope the cure for their sagging defense is coming to town Sunday - the Kansas City offense, which is 30th in the league.

The 1-6 Chiefs have yet to score a rushing touchdown, the offense has not scored more than two touchdowns in a game and Matt Cassel has been sacked 24 times in six games.

On top of that, running back Larry Johnson will miss the game because of a suspension. He'll be replaced by second-year back Jamaal Charles, who has 116 yards in 23 carries.

This could provide a boost for a Jaguars defense ranked 24th overall, 25th against the rush and 26th against the pass.

Jacksonville has two major problems on defense - the pass rush and tackling.

The Jaguars have just five sacks in seven games. By contrast, quarterback David Garrard has been sacked 17 times.

And the tackling was a major problem against Tennessee, which rushed for 305 yards, including 228 by Chris Johnson.

Coach Jack Del Rio said the key for the team is to develop consistency.

"How do you develop consistency?" Del Rio asked. "I think that's what everybody wants to know. I think that's what we're all searching for. I know it starts with accountability, hard work, perseverance, those are some of the things we'll be looking for."

Del Rio said that execution is a key.

"I think clearly the execution was not what we expected. Number 28 (Chris Johnson) is a pretty special back. He had some sensational runs, but as a defense we're got to be able to get him on the ground. There wasn't anything schematically that was problematic for us, it was really a simple matter of matter of leverage and tackling," he said.

Del Rio showed he was serious about improving the tackling when he put the players in full pads for Wednesday's practice, something he rarely does during the regular season.

Now the question is whether the tackling improves, particularly in the secondary.

Rashean Mathis, who sat out the Tennessee game with a broken left index finger, had a message for his teammates in the secondary Wednesday.

"I talked to my secondary group. We're the last line of defense. If we make a mistake, the world is watching. The world will see if someone else makes a mistake and it's up to us, being the best athletes on the field, to cap that mistake made in front of us," Mathis said.

The Jaguars will find out Sunday if they got the message.

SERIES HISTORY
8th regular-season meeting. The Jaguars lead series 5-2, including a 17-7 victory in 2007. Since taking over in 2003, coach Jack Del Rio is 2-1 against the Chiefs, with a 22-16 victory in 2004 and the victory last season. The Chiefs' only victory over Del Rio came in 2006, a 35-30 win in the 2006 season finale when Garrard was yanked for Quinn Gray in the second half.

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November 8, 2009 4:14 pm
Kansas City didn;t beat the Jaguars like a "drum".  Sorry!  The Jaguars are now 4-4 but we once again gave up over 250 passing yards.  The run defense didn't look bad holding Jamaal Charles to under 40 yards.  We only gave up one pass for over 40 yards ...(more)
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November 9, 2009 2:10 pm
(POLL) Not of the game, of the season. We are now approaching the second half of the season, and the Jaguars are off to a respectable 4-4 start. We can sit here and be like wow, we could be 5-3, or 6-2, or 2-6, but there is no need for that because we are 4-4. I think that is incredible. I will look at it like the glass is half full. Last year we ...(more)
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November 2, 2009 10:46 pm

Well since this year isn't go so well I will look to the Jaguars past and reminisce of better times.
Some week 9's in past that we won.

1998: We beat the Baltimore Ravens 45-19.  ...(more)

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October 27, 2009 10:11 pm
(POLL) 1. KC is coming off the bye week pissed like a mo-fo and will be excited to win for coach Haley after he got embaressed by his "franchise player" LJ.

2. Jammal Charles and Kolby Smith will be running the ball and the o-line will be healthy again. LJ will be suspended or benched. Both positives.

3.
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November 9, 2009 12:02 pm
(POLL) After the Titans game, JDR went back to the 4-3 defense for the Chiefs. Granted they are the Chiefs, the Jaguars played pretty well defense and FINALLY put pressure on the QB. Once again, granted it was the Chiefs.

W
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November 8, 2009 4:49 pm
Jaguars fans, Congrats on your 24-21 victory over the Chiefs! It was a truely good game. A close game. Had me worried at the end because the Chiefs tried like heck to pull off the upset. But you guys played great and held on for the win. Good luck next week when you take on the ...(more)
JSB
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November 3, 2009 5:23 pm
    If we aren't kidding ourselves, the Jaguars are in
    trouble.  From the pre-season, it was pretty clear that the
    Offense would be able to 'hold their own/ dominate', and this
    Has been true [caveats below].
      &n
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October 11, 2009 6:49 pm
I don't care who posts whatever kind of feelings on this thread.  I'm keeping this at the top of the list until Jack gets fired.  Jack is a failure at his job.  He's failed to prepare this team to play a Seahawks team that's really not that great.  What's worse is they look like world beaters.  He says he's taking o ...(more)
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November 4, 2009 12:47 pm
Jacksonville - Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio doesn't want David Garrard checking out of running plays anymore.

Garrard changed the team's play from a run to a pass a few times during the first half of Jacksonville's loss to
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November 2, 2009 1:19 pm
sorry but we do....we have zero heart, horrible and slow quarterbacking, and defense that allows holes that a truck could get thru.....Jags are garbage and to any teams who have 0, 1 or even 2 wins right now....schedule the jags and I guarantee you a victory.....all you have to do is go up 3-0 and the game could just end b/c the players stop playing....they make me sick
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October 30, 2009 6:32 pm
(POLL) So while arguing whether or not Fla was part of "The South" with a friend the only thing unable to answer was where Jacksonville resided. Being from GA, we always grew up with the understanding that fla was NOT in "The South" and that it was more an eastern version of california.
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November 6, 2009 1:32 pm
Bob Sanders out for the season LOL. Elbow surgery. This guy is constantly on the list of top 2 or 3 safety's in the league. Hell if you knew you could only play 2 games a year, I am sure they would play lights out for those two games. And he wasen't even that impactful in his games this year.
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November 5, 2009 5:56 pm
Now we're on the cover of espn.com.  The Jaguars days in Jacksonville are numbered.  You can feel it when they quote Wayne Weaver.  He's outta here.
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November 1, 2009 8:14 pm

It is time that the Jaguars draft a QB in the next draft.  Every year I pray that we get a new QB but we don't, therefore we don't win many games.  The years we have had good QB play we have done well.  David Garrar ...(more)

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November 3, 2009 8:05 pm
I'm listening to Jack Del Rio's press conference and somebody's asking him how he can improve the team's tackling.  He says they are considering going to live tackling in practice.  What?! They don't tackle in practice?  What the....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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