“Let’s just go out there loose and have some fun and see what happens and I thought that’s what we did today”. One of those teams surprisingly still in the mix are the 4-7 Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Kendall Reyes had a sack and batted down a Bortles pass. And although Jacksonville’s quarterback often had plenty of time to throw, he was forced to move around in the pocket and buy that extra time for himself-it wasn’t given.
San Diego offensive guard D.J. Fluker was ruled out of the game on Friday.
“I was surprised (the Jaguars didn’t score more touchdowns) because we just have to execute better in the red zone”, Yeldon said. Second year upstart Blake Bortles has executed the Jags offense brilliantly. Each of the snafus came on third down and resulted in a loss of down, meaning the Jaguars had to settle for field goals. From the time you start playing football, you can’t throw the ball forward past the line of scrimmage. Rivers and the rest of the Chargers are going to be under a lot of pressure today and they will make a few mistakes. However, there is a disconnect come game day, and if McCoy doesn’t know the answer, who does? “Quit being an idiot? There were plays out there and we left them out there and I think that’s the challenge”.
“No I don’t believe so”, responded Bradley when asked if he felt Bortles was second-guessing himself inside the red zone. “He was extending the play, competing and trying to do that and just lost sight of it”.
Bortles incomplete pass to Marcedes Lewis. The San Diego Chargers used a sterling performance by Philip Rivers, who carved up the Jacksonville Jaguars’ secondary for 300 yards and four touchdowns in a 31-25 win over the Jaguars on Sunday afternoon. Rivers completed 6-of-9 passes for 61 yards on the game-sealing series, but he made a big play with his feet, too. “Even more so, now that we played them again”.
Cornerback Dwayne Gratz (sprained ankle), defensive end Ryan Davis (knee soreness) and wide receiver Bryan Walters (back soreness) also suffered minor injuries but were able to play through them on Sunday.
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When Bradley was grilled about the Chargers lack of success on run defense, he explained why the team didn’t run the ball as much as they probably should have. On three of those drives, the Jaguars were forced to settle for Jason Myers field goals.
