The day after: “We’re still learning…”

JACKSONVILLE – Work must be done, and Doug Pederson will approach the bye that way.

While Pederson as an NFL head coach at times has given teams entire bye weeks off, he won’t be doing so in his first season with the Jaguars.

So, work will continue this week at TIAA Bank Field.

“We’re a young football team,” Pederson said Monday, a day after a 27-17 loss to the AFC West-leading Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. “We’re still learning and it’s a great opportunity for us as a [coaching] staff to continue to teach and coach and get through the tape with our players in the next couple of days.”

The Jaguars (3-7), after six losses in seven games, have a bye this week and will play host to the Baltimore Ravens (6-3) at TIAA Bank Field Sunday, November 27. Pederson said the Jaguars will practice Tuesday and Wednesday before being off Thursday through Sunday as mandated by NFL rule.

“We’re not game-planning anything, but we’ll go back and really go through this first part of the season and reteach and relearn and show them,” Pederson said. “You’re a little bit calmer this time during the bye than during a game-plan week. It’s a great opportunity for these guys to continue to learn.”

Pederson at times scheduled entire bye weeks off while the Philadelphia Eagles’ head coach from 2016-2020.

“Especially with our younger players, I think it will be good and beneficial to work with them and kind of keep their development and growth coming,” Pederson said. “At the same time, or older players – the starters – it’s a time to sort of rest and heal and get ready for this back-half push.

“I will talk to them about how to handle their business with the four days off I have to give them. It’s all about being a professional. How we handle it can affect next week for sure, but it can also set a standard for the rest of the year.”

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