By: Noah Trombley
The Jacksonville Jaguars lost 21-37 in their opening week game against the Houston Texans and there’s a lot to talk about after this opening game however I am only gonna discuss one thing and that is Urban Meyer should already be kicked to the curb as the Jaguars head coach.
I know it’s only week 1 and you can’t judge new head coaches too harshly after only one game at the NFL level but this game was an absolute travesty by Urban Meyer and proved he cannot coach at the professional level.
Firstly the Jaguars had 5-7 dropped passes by wide open receivers during the course of this game. So many balls were delivered perfectly by Trevor Lawrence and they just dropped the ball and never seemed to recover from these mistakes. These are receivers and running backs who last year would catch almost anything thrown at them and have proven they can be reliable weapons and here they are dropping anything and everything thrown at them. That to me points to coaching and preparation and it seems that Meyer did none of these.
Secondly, the Jaguars were penalized 10 times for 82 yards in Sunday’s game. Four of them were holding calls and then another 3 were for illegal shifts and illegal formations which indicates that either the playbook is too ambitious or there’s no communication between players on where they need to be and what’s the snap count or anything like that. That points straight to the head coach as it is his job to have these players ready and to have them understand the playbook and to have the communication going between everyone and it looked like Meyer had nothing like that going on his team.
Lastly, the Jaguars defense was just atrocious against what shouldn’t be an amazing offense down in Houston. Quarterback Tyrod Taylor went 21 for 33 with 291 yards and 2 touchdowns, the jags couldn’t stop him all day he looked like Patrick Mahomes out there. The Jaguars defense looked absolutely lost out there, no one knew their assignments or which holes to clog up.
Meyer is already on very thin ice and this debut game could not have gone any worse, he’ll have to really step up his game plans if he wants to avoid an early exit.
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