Jaguars, Eagles re-watch takeaways from Week 9

It seems that the 2023 second half slide for the Jacksonville Jaguars never ended, with the final eight games of 2023 closely mirroring the first 9 matchups of 2024. The defense has taken a step back, even with changes in scheme, alignment, and primary coverage types while the offense has both gotten more explosive and inefficient. The Jaguars played a prototypically Jacksonville game in Sunday’s defeat to the Eagles, starting off slowly to the tune of an early third quarter 22-0 deficient, storm back through the air via hurry up offense and a splash defensive or special teams play, then crumble in the redzone with the game on the line. This has been the playbook for the Doug Pederson-led Jacksonville Jaguars, sans the magical 2022 second half of the season, and it remains so today. Let’s get into some takeaways from the Jaguars’ 28-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

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