Week 3: Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts 1PM E.T.

[Bad meets Evil]

[Adrenaline_Flux]

If Blair Walsh misses a 55 yard field goal (which would be a miss the majority of the time by any kicker) then we would be 2-1 with 2 game winning touchdowns from Gabbert to Shorts. Take that however you want to.
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[iPwn]

Does this season feel a lot like 2004 to anyone else?
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[Tugboat]

What a strange game. Kind of the opposite end of the spectrum from the heartbreak of week 1. Had that feel of a losing game for 59 minutes...only to have Shorts pull a victory out of his butt in the last minute. Hard to even say they really earned the victory today...or at least, in the case of the offense...but heck, i'll take it.

The Good:
-Shorts coming up clutch with the last minute catch...again! A couple catches does not a stud make...but he looks better than Robinson, and at this point...i think he has to be given a shot as a starter.
-MJD looks like he's shaken off the rust and carried the team today.
-On a related note, the gongshow o-line actually opened up some decent holes in the run game.
-Having Cox back does so much for the secondary. It just settles everyone in their proper place on the depth chart. Mathis looked really good today as well.
-Tackling as a whole was improved from the last two weeks. Hopefully that continues.


The Bad:
-The defense looked a lot better, but there are still big holes and at times the Colts just moved the ball at will. Not even close to an 'elite' defense that might make up for a less than elite offense.
-The passing game. What a disaster. We're not going to stumble into a whole lot of wins with that kind of effort through the air. Obviously the line's poor play limited what we could do, but the problems were all over.
->Receivers. Not separating well enough, not making the big plays, not earning any respect from the defense, and most of all...not catching the ball. The drops were bad, and made a rough day even worse.
->Gabbert. Yes, there were times where he had zero time to do anything, times where receivers weren't getting open or couldn't hold on to the ball...but there were also plenty of times where he had completely viable opportunities to make things happen. Plays where he'd have a receiver very open, and decide to check it down or try to force it to a WR he'd locked on to anyway. Often made the wrong read, chickened out on anything remotely deep, and just generally looked gunshy, afraid to pull the trigger.

The Ugly:
-The o-line overall. Pass protection was largely a joke, and it obviously limited what we could do today. It's just ugly with this makeshift group in there, and even if/when we get healthier, i think there's still a ton of work to do with getting things to where they need to be.
-Can we PLEASE have real refs back soon? It's cool that they're trying real hard, but it's just bad.



As a whole, it's great to see them get the win, but this team has a lot of work to do, is still way short on talent, and i think 90% of this thread really reflects that. At the end of the day, it's always nice to win, but it's a bit hollow for me when you consider the way they played as a whole. One great play doesn't change that.

It's great that MJD and some decent defensive play carried us to a win...but given MJD's age and the wear and tear he takes carrying this team on his shoulder...where does leave us for the future? We're still very much a rebuilding team, and MJD isn't going to be around to be the crowning jewel in the finished product. After all, Indy are very much a 'rebuilding' team as well right now...but they're essentially a year into their rebuild. We're how many years in now? and they still gave us everything we could handle and nearly more.


Sorry, i know this is pretty negative. Doesn't really reflect my perspective at the moment when Gabbert sacked up and tossed it to Cecil Shorts III for the win and i jumped off the couch and cheered like an idiot...but taking a step back, that's the overall impression i'm left with, and it's frustrating that it's still not all that positive.

[McMorrow_922]

excited to see cox an mathis on Aj Green.
Im from Ohio sobi watch jags an flip an.check on.browna. if the browns can put up a ton of pointts vs this defense so can we.
Gabberts better then weeden. thia bengals team has won.2 shoot outs. we gotta prevent the shootout game with are defense and score an we win.this game. dalton ooves airing it out to Green. we should have 2-3 picks this game ImO.
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[Its A Sabotage]

[iPwn]

[Tugboat]

[AngryPirate]

does anyone have a link to the jaguars announcers call for Shorts TD?
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[KhanYouDigIt]

[iPwn]

I saw that, and didn't even bother to look at it.
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[jagman777]

I was in tallahassee all weekend for the clemson game, but as i watched the gamecast on my phone, it was like I could really see the defense let andrew luck go down the field on the defense in the waning seconds, all too similar to week one.

I just put the phone down when I saw they got in FG range. My friend asked if we won a few minutes later, and I said no. He checked his phone and was like, "we won.."

Even though I couldn't watch you, you still played with my heart, jags.
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