The Jaguars are 0–4, closing in on a dubious 20-game franchise losing streak. Their head coach, Urban Meyer, has lost only four or more games in a season twice in a lengthy coaching career that has spanned more than two decades.
There are times this season when Jacksonville has looked completely adrift on the field. Week 1 against the Texans was, unquestionably, the product of a collegiate head coach’s underestimating the extreme intricacy and perfection necessary to defeat even one of the worst teams in the NFL (one that, in some ways, seems to be actively trying to lose).