Which matchups between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Minnesota Vikings will decide Sunday's game?
Each week, games are decided by which teams have an advantage on each side of the ball. Who has the better pass-rush? Whose receivers can win one-on-one?
As a result, we will take a look each week at which matchups are the most important for the Jacksonville Jaguars to win. This week, we start it off with the three key matchups between the Jaguars and the Minnesota Vikings.Josh Hines-Allen gets a chance to face a former teammate in Vikings' left tackle Cam Robinson this week. Hines-Allen is getting better and better as the season goes on, while Robinson allowed seven pressures in his Vikings debut.
"I think he's, in addition to the whole thing they have going on in Minnesota, now you have this elite pass rusher one side that's playing the run really well, doing a lot of things. I mean, Coach Flores even talked about it the other day," Jaguars offensive coordinator Press Taylor said on Thursday.
"He's got the splash playability, but it's the down-in, down-out type of thing that he's doing that their defense as a whole really does. Then when it comes to third down and it's obvious pass situations throughout the course of the game, now you know you've got this guy over there that's a matchup possibility as well as all the threat of pressure.”The Jaguars are not a defense that usually has its cornerbacks -- namely Tyson Campbell -- shadow opposing No.
“No, we're going to be who we are. We're going to play like we've been playing. There'll be sometimes where, critical situations and things like that, he'll be on him. But we're going to be who we are and continue to stay the course and continue with this defense," Jaguars defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen said on Thursday.John Shipley has been covering the Jacksonville Jaguars as a beat reporter and publisher of Jaguar Report since 2019.
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