This game was personal.
Normally, you get bulletin board material from players to other players. Rarely do you get bulletin board material from coaches to other coaches.
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San Francisco defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said the Jags were good at legal sign stealing. Liam Coen downplayed the situation on Friday, but you could tell even by his answer it was bothering him. After the game, Coen looked like he had a few words for Saleh on the field.
I love it, and I bet the guys on the team love it, too.
The Jags played like a team that wanted to have their coach’s back. Even with some injuries adding up throughout the game, the Jags never missed a beat.
The defense ... The only word that does it justice is “Sacksonville.” That Sacksonville defense has been often imitated, never duplicated, but this defense is on that type of run.
This is four straight games with three or more turnovers. I don’t throw that around lightly but the only other time a Jags defense has had 10 or more turnovers through the first four games of the year was in 2017. So that’s the bar, and this defense is there. They are making plays left and right. Devin Lloyd is playing the best football of his career right now. I mean, that guy is a football magnet. He had the first two-interception game of his career on Sunday.
Next up for the Jags is a date on “Monday Night Football” at the ‘Bank. If before the season started I told you one team would roll in a 3-1 and the other would be 2-2, most people would have guessed the Chiefs were 3-1. Well, we all would have been wrong.
I am a firm believer in measuring stick games. The 49ers game was a good measuring stick to see where the Jags are. I’d say they passed that test. Until further notice, the Chiefs are still a huge measuring stick sort of game. I’d say that is an even more important test since they are the gate keepers of the AFC.
Right now, the Jaguars are in their toughest stretch of their season. San Fran, Kansas City, Seattle, and the LA Rams. That is a gauntlet. How the Jags handle this stretch could set the tone for the rest of the season. So far, they are passing the test.