JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser examines Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson’s post-game press conference following a 34-14 victory over the Tennessee Titans in a 2023 Week 11 game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville Sunday
- A resilient bunch. What has been a theme multiple times in Pederson’s two seasons was a theme again Sunday afternoon – that the Jaguars under Pederson respond well to adversity. Really well. A 34-3 loss to the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday at EverBank Stadium marked the Jaguars’ fourth loss by 10 or more points in Pederson’s tenure. The team is 4-0 the following week, with Sunday’s twenty-point victory the widest margin of the four victories. “It just goes to show the resiliency of our football team,” Pederson said. “We’ve only been together a short while, but this is a resilient group. They always seem to work themselves back and fight their way back when they have a setback. They’ve done it. They did it again today. Hats off to the leadership of the football team and really each man doing his job, and that’s the type of football that we’re capable of playing.”
- Defensive day. The Jaguars’ defense on Sunday turned in one of its stronger performances of a strong season, not allowing a point until the final play of the third quarter and allowing the Titans 235 total yards with 12 first downs. The yards and first downs were the lowest allowed this season by the Jaguars, who have held six of nine opponents to 20 points or less. The defense forced one of the team’s two takeaways Sunday, a fumble recovery by linebacker Foye Oluokun that led to the Jaguars’ first touchdown. The unit also turned in a key first-half stop when outside linebacker Josh Allen and Andre Cisco combined on a sack to push the Titans out of field-goal range and force a punt. “I don’t think we talk enough about the defense,” Pederson said. “They’re the ones that have kept us in the majority of our football games this season. They did a nice job today….
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