On Sunday, Gene Frenette writes, a dreadful Jaguars defense took a trip back in time to the worst moments of the Gus Bradley era.
That feel-good story line the Jaguars created from last week’s spirited comeback win over the Baltimore Ravens, it all evaporated with an abominable road showing and NFL-record 20th consecutive loss to an NFC opponent.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff too often had his pick of open receivers, either because the Jaguars’ pass rush outside of Chad Muma was non-existent or the coverage from Darious Williams, Tyson Campbell and Tevaughn Campbell wasn’t tight enough to get Detroit off the field.
Allen didn’t sugarcoat what he thought about the defense doing nothing to slow down Goff or receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and ex-Jaguar DJ Chark or what can be done to recover from this atrocity. No argument there. With a chance to pull within two games of the AFC South-leading Tennessee Titans, who lost 35-10 to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Jaguars allowed the most points since their 50-10 road debacle on January 2 to the New England Patriots. There’s plenty of collective egg to be wiped from the faces of the offense as well. It managed just 266 total yards against a Lions’ defense that was dead last in multiple categories and allowing nearly 150 yards more per game.
Let’s be honest about one thing: the Jaguars’ defense, ranked 24th and falling, probably isn’t going to get much better the last five weeks. The jerseys of opposing quarterbacks are getting cleaner, not dirtier, as the season wears on.
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