[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Fournette had a couple of late-game runs that padded his stats- he was pretty much a non-factor running with only 66 yards. Add in his receiving and he was still under 100 yards with a Huge fumble.

He was a non-factor because they had to stop running. How thin do we really need to parse this out? It's not like they were just out there in the 4th quarter handing him the ball for garbage time yards - when the game mattered he was still getting the ball and in so doing he managed more than 5 YPC. Most RBs 'pad their stats' by larger runs and it was hardly trash carries that got him those.

The fumble I acknowledged, BTW. Wilson was the best player on that defense yesterday and that was a MASSIVE play. It deserves credit and got credit but it was pretty much an individual effort that doesn't obviate criticism of the rest of the unit. Wilson's play was a big time bright spot, though. If he can continue to show out like that after looking good in the pre-season, that would be one of those under the radar finds that great teams often find (and almost always need).

Jags were doing zip the first part of the game until that pass by Foles- which cost him the season. Fuller was right on his ass so I am not sure what else he could have done? This is the NFL- guys make plays.

"Zip in the first part of the game..." - you mean their one drive? The Foles TD came on their second drive and finished a drive that had already moved them into FG range. I'd hardly say they had done zip. And yes, Fuller had good coverage there; never said he didn't. The problem was that Foles had that kind of time despite Clark being singled by a friggen TE. Yeah, Clark eventually got there - too late to prevent the TD. But hey, at least they got a hit on Foles and Jones injured him with a fall that any of use would've screamed bloody murder over had someone done it to Mahomes. THAT'S as close to a feather in their cap you can find - that time a borderline dirty hit injured the QB when our $20 million DE almost beat a tight end in time to prevent a touchdown...but didn't. Okay.

As far as Minshew shredding us- most were dump-offs. Yes. the secondary had communication problems with 2 new safties out there that need to play much better. But most of those yards were in garbage time when Spags called off the dogs and was only rushing 4.

"Dogs" -- there was a difference? And wasn't that the point of getting Clark and why people love Jones? The switch to the 4-3 and Clark acquisition wasn't so we could send Damien Wilson and Anthony Hitchens on blitzes - it was so we can get pressure with 4. Do you really think we're gonna be sending Darron Lee and safeties after the QB most games? They should've still been getting there. "Only rushing 4" is going to be how this defense operates most of the time. It isn't going to be blitz heavy, nor should it be.

Now, how Mahomes dismantled the Jags "awesome" defense- that was a shredding. Chiefs D played much better than the Jags D and it was only the first game of the year- their first game together, on the road and it was hot as hell.

You really wanna compare the respective offensive units? The Jags offense sucks horrifically. You cite holding Fournette under 100 as though the guy is Walter Payton - I reiterate, they were going to try to cut this guy as recently as last year. The WR corps is fringe average on a good day. Of course the Jags D got beat up worse than the Chiefs - their offense sucks and the Chiefs offense is historically great. Duh.