JagsTexans response

The main reason the Jaguars kept going to the fade route near the goal line is they had so much success with it last week in practice. According to quarterback David Garrard, the same play where the Jags failed to complete a pass three times to Matt Jones and another time failed to complete it to Ernest Wilford worked all 12 times they tried it in practice. All for touchdowns with the ball near the goal line. So when something works that well in practice, you want to give it a shot in the game. But after going 0-for-4 on the play against the Texans, they may not go to the well so often in future games. On three of the four passes, Garrard failed to throw a catchable ball. Jones had a reasonable shot at one of the jump-ball throws, but couldn't bring it in.

Gene Frenette

Jaguars vs. Texans

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Game 2: Jaguars vs. Falcons

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Jag fan from '95 asked about why the Jags didn't kick a FG on 4th-and-10 from the 19: Kicker Josh Scobee injured his quad muscle when his foot hit the ground during pregame warmups. He was hobbling so bad even after extra points. They determined he'd try no field goals beyond 25 yards, which is why he kicked a 22-yarder and one extra point, but never was on the field for kickofffs.

James asked why the Jags don't have a backup kicker on the roster: Generally, teams only keep one kicker because there's only 53 on a roster and 7 get deactivated on game day. Depth is usually a much greater need in other areas that coaches don't want to use up a game-day roster spot on a kicker that isn't likely to play. It's rare when placekickers get hurt, but in this case, it cost the Jaguars a valuable three points. But given the way the defense played SUnday, it's questionable whether a healthy Scobee would have altered the outcome because the offense never got in position to score in the entire second half.

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Gene Frenette
Sports columnist
Florida Times-Union