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Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Indianapolis Colts

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Friday 19 October 2007 at 11:28 pm
This game is for first place in the AFC South.  The Colts are 5-0 and the Jaguars are 4-1 on the season.  The Colts have won both of their road games this season but they’ve been close.  Also, remember what the Jags did to the Colts last season in Jacksonville…….a 44-17 Jags romp!  The game pits two teams with contrasting styles of play as the Colts are a more finesse team while the Jaguars like to bring the pain.

The Jaguars gave up a ton of rushing yards in the first game of the season against the Titans (282 yards) but they have tightened up the run D only allowing 50.0 yards rushing per game the rest of the year.  Joseph Addai will be back for Monday Night’s game so it will be strength against strength.  The Colts have only allowed 3 sacks this season so Peyton Manning could have enough time to throw the ball downfield to Reggie Wayne, Marvin Harrison and Dallas Clark.

The Jaguars are going to attack the Colts on the ground without a doubt.  Maurice Drew (307 yards rushing) and Fred Taylor (297 yards rushing) should get their yards despite the improved run defense of the Colts.  David Garrard (104.7 QB Rating) has been outstanding this season despite not having any standout receivers.  He has done a great job of spreading the football around this season and he will likely try the same thing on Monday Night.

PREDICTION:  The Jaguars will be sky high for this game and they’ll take the fight to the Colts.  JAGUARS 27, COLTS 24.

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Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Thursday 11 October 2007 at 10:20 pm
This will be a key battle in the AFC South as the Texans are a surprising 3-2 on the season and the Jaguars are a solid 3-1.  The Texans are a little banged up still on offense and that’s not a good thing when you’re playing the Jaguars defense.

The Jags have tightened up their run defense after allowing the Titans to run for a stunning 282 yards in the season opener.  The Jags have only allowed 46.3 yards rushing per game the last three weeks.  The Texans must still attempt to run the ball or Matt Schaub will be under a siege of blitzes.  The Texans are hoping that Ahman Green can play as that might be able to help them have balance in the offense.  If Green can’t go the Texans will likely throw the ball really often.  TE Owen Daniels, Kevin Walter and Andre’ Davis will put some pressure on the Jags defense but CB Rashean Mathis is one of the best cover corners in the NFL so Schaub should steer clear of dealing with him too much on Sunday.

The Jaguars prefer to run the football and it will be interesting to see how that plays out.  The Texans run defense is much improved this season as they are allowing 91.4 yards rushing per game and 3.8 yards per carry.  Still, look for Fred Taylor (207 yards rushing), Maurice Drew (182 yards rushing) and QB David Garrard (108 yards rushing) will put a lot of pressure on the Texans’ front 7.  In the passing game look for Garrard (105.4 QB Rating) to be efficient against a defense that is allowing 213.2 yards passing per game.  The amazing thing about Garrard’s passing success this season is the fact that he’s moving the football around as only two receivers have caught 12 or more passes this season for the Jags.

PREDICTION:  The Jaguars are on a roll and look for it to continue this Sunday.  The combination of their running game and defense will be too much for the Texans.

 

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Friday 5 October 2007 at 10:33 am

This game will be a battle of two teams that prefer to run the football and play defense.  Both teams are on two game winning streaks and the Jaguars have had two weeks to get ready for this football game.  But, it’s at Arrowhead Stadium which should work big-time in the Chiefs favor.

The Chiefs run defense is soft as they allow 118.0 yards rushing per game and 4.2 yards per carry so expect the Jaguars to attack them on the ground.  Look for Fred Taylor (156 yards) rushing and Maurice Drew (100 yards rushing) to battle the solid linebacking crew of the Chiefs early and often.  The Chiefs must also spy on QB David Garrard who is not scared to run the ball.  He has 21 carries for 99 yards (4.7 ypc) so far this season.  The Chiefs have a solid pass defense as they allow 167.8 yards per game and they hold opposing QBs to a 62.6 Rating so far this season.  The dangerous thing about the passing game of the Jags is that Garrard that he spreads the football around because he doesn’t have a #1 WR.

The Chiefs would be smart to attack the Jags thru the air.  The reason for that is because the Jags have a solid run defense as they have only allowed 64.5 yards rushing per game over the last two games.  But, you just know that Edwards will give the football to Larry Johnson often as he has 263 yards rushing this season.  If the Chiefs’ offensive line gives Damon Huard time to throw the ball he should have success.  With Dwyane Bowe (18 rec, 299 yards, 3 TDs) and Eddie Kennison returning this week the Chiefs should be able to put pressure on the Jags defense down the field.  That will also open up the middle of the field for TE Tony Gonzalez (21 rec, 238 yards, TD) who should have a big game.

PREDICTION:  Look for this to be an outstanding football game.  But, I think the Chiefs will feed off of the home crowd and beat the Jaguars by a field goal.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Denver Broncos

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Friday 21 September 2007 at 3:37 pm

Both of these football teams have good defenses as the Jaguars allow 299.0 yards per game and the Broncos allow 218.5 yards per game.  The Jaguars will attempt to get their running game back on track against the Broncos who have problems stopping the run as they allow 156.0 yards rushing and 5.1 yards per carry.  With that in mind look for Fred Taylor (72 yards rushing), Maurice Drew (63 yards rushing) and David Garrard (47 yards) to challenge the Broncos linebackers early and often in this football game.  Still, the Jaguars will have to throw the ball a little bit or the Broncos will bring an 8th man in the box to stop the run.  Garrard (101.8 QB Rating) has thrown the ball well but none of his receivers will likely get open against Dre’ Bly and Champ Bailey.  The Broncos are only allowing 62.5 yards passing and a QB rating of 38.2 against!

The Broncos will also try to run the football a lot against the Jags defense which is allowing 182.0 yards rushing per game and 4.9 yards per carry!  Travis Henry (267 yards rushing, 5.4 ypc) has to be licking his chops for a chance to attack the Jags defense, but the Jags defense is much better than they have shown so far this season.  The problem for the Jags is that the Broncos can also throw the ball.  WRs Javon Walker (220 yards), Brandon Marshall (134 yards) and Brandon Stokley (108 yards) have all had good starts catching passes from Jay Cutler.  Still, the Jags haven’t allowed a TD pass this season and they have sacked the QB 9 times already.

PREDICTION:  I think both teams will be able to run the football.  So, the tiebreaker could be which team has more success throwing the football.  With that in mind I will take the Broncos by a field goal in a low scoring football game.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Atlanta Falcons

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Thursday 13 September 2007 at 10:15 am
The poor Atlanta Falcons.  They ran into a defensive buzzsaw last week in Minnesota and now they will have to deal with the talented and angry defense of the Jacksonville Jaguars.  The Falcons will definately try to run the football against the Jags who allowed 282 yards rushing on 49 carries last week (5.8 ypc) against the Tennessee Titans.  Warrick Dunn rushed for 55 yards on 22 carries (2.5 ypc) against a tough Vikings defense but Coach Petrino wants to expand Jerious Norwood’s role in the offense.  Dunn is starting to look beat down and old while Norwood has an extra spring in his step.  Norwood carried the ball 5 times for 33 yards (6.6 ypc) last week and he also caught 2 passes for 24 yards.  If the Falcons can get the running game going it would likely slow the pass rush down a little bit which would enable them to throw the ball down the field a bit.  More than likely the Falcons will concentrate on getting the ball to TE Alge Crumpler against the young safeties of the Jags.  Joey Harrington must not get happy feet if the Jags are bringing a blitz as he threw two pick sixes last week against the Vikings.

This is a game built for the Jaguars to punish someone.  They are likely angry after the Titans came into Jacksonville and pushed them around.  That will not happen this week against the Falcons.  Look for the Jaguars to get back to basic football as they will attack the Falcons soft run defense repeatedly.  The Falcons allowed 139 yards rushing on 27 carries (5.1 ypc) last week against the Vikings.  Look for the running game to be a time share between Fred Taylor (16 yards) and Maurice Jones-Drew (32 yards) pounding away at the Falcons defense.  LB Keith Brooking will likely be the main man that the Jags need to block to run amok on the Falcons defense.  Look for the Jags to throw the ball a little bit more than usual on first down to trick the Falcons defense.  They really need a receiver to step up and be the main man starting this week.

PREDICTION:  After this game the Falcons will be looking forward to there bye week because they won’t lose.  The Jaguars will stuff the Falcons running game and run all over them.  The Jags should win this football game by at least 10 points.

 

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