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O-Zone Late Night, Week 16: Raiders 19, Jaguars 14

O-Zone Late Night, Week 16: Raiders 19, Jaguars 14


LAS VEGAS, Nev. – This is getting a bit repetitive.

Actually, it has become a lot repetitive.

The Jaguars on Sunday lost to the Las Vegas Raiders, 19-14, at Allegiant Stadium. And while there were details that were different than many of the team’s previous 11 losses this season, the big-picture elements were largely the same.

Rookie wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. is really good.

And not much else on this team is right now.

They couldn’t make big plays at big times. The secondary isn’t good enough. The offense isn’t consistent enough. This time, there were too many penalties at critical times.

Again and again. Too repetitive.

Johnny, watching one of the bottom three teams in the league slice up the Jags defense doesn’t even hurt anymore. Is it over yet? I’m almost looking forward to convincing myself that next year will be better….

Sunday was not a particularly good day for the Jaguars. It was not a particularly compelling game. It was not cool. Fans did not like it.

This team is a dumpster fire. Run for two yards, throw incomplete, throw incomplete, punt. Against the (second) worst team in the league. How did we fall into this abyss of crap?

How did they get to where they were Sunday? Backups at most of the skill positions on a team that wasn’t great offensively even before injuries forced the Jaguars to play backups at most of the skill positions. Start there. You don’t have to stay there. But start there.

Roger from Whitehouse, FL

Are you sure interceptions aren’t in the playbook?

Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones did not throw an interception Sunday.

Tom from The Mean Streets of Nocatee

OK, let’s try this again. We have to watch three more weeks of this?

This was again the much-ballyhooed, sometimes-premature, oft-entertaining First Email of the Game. Fans don’t have to watch, but Jaguars fans at the time…

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