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The Jacksonville Jaguars Have A Weird Defense — On Paper
by CHASE STUART on OCTOBER 4, 2017
The Jacksonville defense ranks 32nd in rushing yards allowed and rushing yards per carry allowed, making it the worst rushing defense in the league by either measure. Some of this is the result of the small sample size of a four-week season: Bilal Powell had a 75-yard fluke touchdown run on Sunday against the Jaguars, and backup Elijah McGuirehad a 69-yard run a couple hours later that, while not fluky is probably not going to happen every four games.
But that’s not what’s weird about the Jaguars defense. What’s weird is that opposite the worst rushing defense in the league is the stingiest pass defense , in terms of both yards (meaningless) and ANY/A (very meaningful). The Jaguars lead the league in sacks, with 18, while ranking 3rd in passer rating (which doesn’t include sacks). So this is a really strong pass defense, at least through four games.
In theory — more on this in a minute — a team shouldn’t be really good at pass defense and really bad at rush defense, absent some extreme roster composition. And withCalais Campbell ,Yannick Ngakoue Malik Jackson ,Paul Posluszny ,Myles Jack andTelvin Smith, the Jaguars front seven has more than enough talent to turn this thing around. If I had to guess, the rush defense will improvement significantly, while the pass defense will still play like a top-10 unit the rest of the way. In other words, this should be a really good defense, not just a really great pass defense.
The Jacksonville Jaguars Have A Weird Defense — On Paper
by CHASE STUART on OCTOBER 4, 2017
The Jacksonville defense ranks 32nd in rushing yards allowed and rushing yards per carry allowed, making it the worst rushing defense in the league by either measure. Some of this is the result of the small sample size of a four-week season: Bilal Powell had a 75-yard fluke touchdown run on Sunday against the Jaguars, and backup Elijah McGuirehad a 69-yard run a couple hours later that, while not fluky is probably not going to happen every four games.
But that’s not what’s weird about the Jaguars defense. What’s weird is that opposite the worst rushing defense in the league is the stingiest pass defense , in terms of both yards (meaningless) and ANY/A (very meaningful). The Jaguars lead the league in sacks, with 18, while ranking 3rd in passer rating (which doesn’t include sacks). So this is a really strong pass defense, at least through four games.
In theory — more on this in a minute — a team shouldn’t be really good at pass defense and really bad at rush defense, absent some extreme roster composition. And withCalais Campbell ,Yannick Ngakoue Malik Jackson ,Paul Posluszny ,Myles Jack andTelvin Smith, the Jaguars front seven has more than enough talent to turn this thing around. If I had to guess, the rush defense will improvement significantly, while the pass defense will still play like a top-10 unit the rest of the way. In other words, this should be a really good defense, not just a really great pass defense.
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