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FILM ROOM: What on God's green Earth are the Jaguars doing?

The Jaguars play prevent defense on third down, preventing themselves the ability to get off of the field.

The Saints took their opening drive to midfield, finally stumbling into a 3rd and 14 situation. The Jaguars, understandably, choose to play soft coverage on this third down in an attempt to limit the Saints to a minimal gain and force a difficult offensive decision on 4th down.

Here's the thing -- the Jaguars had to know the Saints were in a four-down situation. New Orleans was just outside of feasible field goal range.