When the margin of defeat is five points, like it was for the Jaguars Sunday against the New York Jets, it’s easy to point to a handful of difference-making plays.
We know about the four turnovers. But what was missing for the Jaguars’ defense? Execution on these five plays.
1. Third-and-12 from the Jets 47. A middle screen shouldn’t have gained 16 yards, but it did for RB Bilal Powell when LBs Paul Posluszny and Telvin Smith back-tracked downfield and were then rubbed out by two Jets offensive linemen. New York took a 7-3 lead four plays later.