On any 1-5 team, it's an extremely good bet that there are players who aren't doing their job well enough. For the Jacksonville Jaguars, it's figuring out how to get everyone in line, and what to do with those who don't.
After a disheartening loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday, in which Jacksonville blew a fourth-quarter lead at home to a team that came in with a 1-4 record, "accountability" was the buzzword.
They want to figure out a way to get everyone to compete every down nobody letting down for a play or two.
"That comes back and hits you,’’ Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said, according to the Jacksonville Times-Union. “You can’t do that, you can’t do that in the NFL. In the secondary, if a guy gets behind you, there is no excuse. If you lose your eyes, there’s no excuse.’’
But is it a loss of focus or a lack of effort? The former is symptomatic of a young player, sometimes. The latter is more concerning. Defensive lineman Sen’Derrick Marks made some comments to the Times-Union which sounded like either there is a concern about effort on every down, or at least that it could become an issue.
“You see on the film you see a lot of teams where a couple of guys aren’t going as hard,’’ Marks said. “For us, we can’t play that way. The way our defense is set up, everything is tied in together. Some teams play strictly man to man. In our scheme, you can’t do that. Everybody has to work together.”
So what can Bradley do? He talked about how players will react differently to reprimands based on their personality. Almost any player doesn't want to lose their job, however, and it sounds like Bradley might be considering some lineup changes as they prepare to face the Buffalo Bills in London on Sunday.
“If it is a repeated action, then what is accountability? If they repeat it and they continue to play and go out there and play, what takes place? That’s the decisions we have to make this week,’’ Bradley said.
The Jaguars didn't have big expectations this season, but it's still disappointing to be 1-5 with a minus-63 point differential, the worst in the NFL. Bradley talked about coaching up players who make mistakes and getting them to understand that errors and letting down for a play or two can't happen. It goes back to accountability.
"I think players must take responsibility," Bradley said, according to the TImes-Union. "Everybody is involved in that.’’
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