Monday: Bortles remains starter
14 HRS AGO - Jaguars Head Coach Doug Marrone on the possibility of replacing QB Blake Bortles following a sixth Expand
14 HRS AGO - Jaguars Head Coach Doug Marrone on the possibility of replacing QB Blake Bortles following a sixth consecutive loss: “We’re not going to do that…” Collapse
Jaguars sign offensive lineman Corey Robinson
16 HRS AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed fourth-year offensive lineman Corey Robinson. To make room on Expand
16 HRS AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed fourth-year offensive lineman Corey Robinson. To make room on the roster, the Jaguars released quarterback Landry Jones.
We have signed fourth-year OL Corey Robinson.To make room on the roster, we released QB Landry Jones. pic.twitter.com/pz6zOVI3rm— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) November 19, 2018
Robinson has appeared in 24 career games with eight starts after originally entering the league as a seventh-round (240th overall) selection in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. Robinson spent three seasons in Detroit and was traded to the Carolina Panthers. Robinson appeared in one game for Carolina prior to being waived on September 25.
He played college at South Carolina, totaling 38 career appearances with 35 starts. Collapse
Calais Campbell was called for the weakest penalty ever
18 HRS AGO - Early in the second half, with the game seemingly in hand thanks to a Herculean defensive effort Expand
18 HRS AGO - Early in the second half, with the game seemingly in hand thanks to a Herculean defensive effort by the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Pittsburgh Steelers got the ball at their 45-yard line — their best starting position of the day so far.
It’s first down and Ben Roethlisberger drops back to pass. He sees Antonio Brown over the middle and awkwardly tries to force it in there. Myles Jack makes a hell of a play and picks the ball off.
But wait. Penalty. 15 yards. Interception gone. First down Steelers.
Let’s look at the replay on that roughing the passer penalty called by Calais Campbell. Yup, just as I suspected — absolutely garbage call.
#Jaguars DE Calais Campbell got called for roughing the passer on Ben Roethlisberger on this play. It was a 15-yard penalty and wiped out a Myles Jack interception.This is not roughing the passer. pic.twitter.com/cGvz3tnG5u— Ryan Day (@ryaneatscake) November 19, 2018
It’s such an egregiously bad call.
“I try to play football the only way I know how Collapse
Mumblings of The Village Idiot: The watershed moment
20 HRS AGO - Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and face the strange. Watershed.
I fear the use of this word is Expand
20 HRS AGO - Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and face the strange. Watershed.
I fear the use of this word is innacurate. I fear what happened this past Sunday at TIAA Bank field was, in fact, nothing more than another stone in the path to a true watershed moment. Why the concern? When Jack Del Rio was fired the hope was the Jaguars were moving upward from Jack’s management of a team grounded in .500 production. Then came the pedigree of Gus Bradley with his “everything is awesome” approach to coaching. Finally, and validated by the 2017 season, was the success surely to be achieved by the reintroduction of Tom Coughlin into the leadership hierarchy.
Yet, here we are. Staring down the barrel of another offensive rebuild, stepping over the corpses of draft and free agent decisions that failed to produce playmakers at wide receiver or quarterback.
The phrase “watershed moment” has two historically popular meanings. First, originating in the 19th century, it references an “epochal moment”. Something that Collapse
“BLAKE BORTLES IS WORSE THAN JAMARCUS RUSSELL!”
22 HRS AGO - The season is over. The playoffs ain’t happening. We are angry. We are frustrated. We are Jaguars. Expand
22 HRS AGO - The season is over. The playoffs ain’t happening. We are angry. We are frustrated. We are Jaguars. Good morning, everyone! Are you upset at your hometown Jacksonville Jaguars? Maybe it’s the idiotically short-sighted decisions of the front office. Maybe it’s the fact that we refuse to bench a right-handed Tim Tebow. Whatever you’re mad at, we at Big Cat Country want you to know we hear you and we accept you.
From now until the end of the season, we’ll be taking your anonymous rants, ravings, vent sessions, and suggestions on how to get better after every game. The DMs are open at @BigCatCountry.
This week — the Jaguars just gave up a 16-point lead to blow it in the final five seconds and lose their sixth game in a row!
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“BORTLES AS QUARTERBACK. THIS MAN IS THE MOST ASS MOTHERF*CKER TO EVER TOUCH A FOOTBALL IN THE HISTORY OF EXISTENCE. THIS DUDE IS F*CKING WORSE THAN JAMARCUS RUSSELL. JOHNNY UNITAS WOULD BE A BETTER QUARTERBACK AND HE’S DEAD. THIS SHIT IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS Collapse
View from the O-Zone: Brutal, painful, tough
1 DAY AGO - Oehser: The Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday was as tough as could possibly Expand
1 DAY AGO - Oehser: The Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday was as tough as could possibly be imagined – and it felt a little inevitable, too Collapse
Fire everyone
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars should request for the NFL to realign them back to the AFC Central.
The Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars should request for the NFL to realign them back to the AFC Central.
The Pittsburgh Steelers came back from down 16-0 in the third quarter to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars on a last second quartback rush from two yards out by Ben Roethlisberger, 20-16.
The defense played nearly flawless for three and a half quarters, with Jalen Ramsey owning Antonio Brown and registering two interceptions, Barry Church’s old ass also even got a pick, that’s how dominant they played, but it wasn’t enough.
Leonard Fournette ran his ass off and showed explosiveness and power once again after being out with a hamstring almost all of 2018 thus far, but it wasn’t enough.
It wasn’t enough, because this team continues to trot out a quarterback who cannot complete a forward pass, read a coverage, and avoid running into sacks after two seconds in the National Football League. Period.
This loss is the worst regular season loss I can think of in at least a decade. It falls on this Collapse
Jaguars respond to Jalen Ramsey trade rumors
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars have responded to an ESPN report put out by Adam Schefter saying the team Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars have responded to an ESPN report put out by Adam Schefter saying the team was thought to be in the market to trade Jalen Ramsey this offseason.
“The Jaguars have zero intention of trading CB Jalen Ramsey. There is no truth to this rumor.”
Here was the full Schefter quote, thanks to John Shipley of The Palatka Daily News.
“Every offseason we get a player whose name comes up in trade talks that surprises you. And the belief around the league this offseason is that Jalen Ramsey could be sent packing. Now again, his contract is in a situation where the Jaguars either have to make him the highest paid cornerback in the game or they’re going to have to move on. Jalen Ramsey himself has tweeted about the fact that ‘you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone’ and this season has not worked out the way the Jaguars liked. There are multiple executives who think that Ramsey could be shopped this offseason.”
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Jaguars vs. Steelers: Week 11 Live Blog
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers meet in a rematch of last season’s Divisional Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers meet in a rematch of last season’s Divisional playoff game. Follow along all day for coverage and our live commentary before and during the game. Feel free to leave commentary, and stay with us following the game for post-game recaps. The Jacksonville Jaguars host the Pittsburgh Steelers in anticipation of their sixth loss in a row this season.
Follow along with us as we bring you coverage throughout the day and in the post-game and try not to cry as grown men.
Live Blog
11:41 AM: Here’s the inactive list. AJ Bouye returns, and Marcel Dareus and AJ Cann will play after being Questionable on Friday. Also, a one-eyed meerkat starts at left tackle..I mean Ereck Flowers.
The following players are inactive in today's game against the Steelers. pic.twitter.com/sWbrNDPY8q— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) November 18, 2018
11:40 AM: Good morning, I guess. The Jaguars already made news today as Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that the Jaguars would Collapse
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Is Malik Jackson’s time as a Jacksonville Jaguar coming to an end?
15 HRS AGO - Exactly eleven months ago today, Jaguars defensive tackle Malik Jackson was named to the 2017 Pro Expand
15 HRS AGO - Exactly eleven months ago today, Jaguars defensive tackle Malik Jackson was named to the 2017 Pro Bowl, along with teammates Jalen Ramsey, A.J. Bouye, Calais Campbell, Telvin Smith, and Yannick Ngakoue.
On Sunday in a rivalry game against the Pittsburgh Steelers to keep the season’s hopes on life support, Jackson watched those five teammates take the field to start the game while he stayed on the sideline in his first non-start since 2014.
Malik Jackson told reporters that they should go talk to the starters. He didn’t start today. Obviously not a fan of the move.— Cole Pepper (@ColePepper) November 18, 2018
“I want 90 of it. I want all 90.”
That’s what Malik Jackson said during his memorable introductory press conference as a high-prized free agent signing on March 11, 2016. With the writing being on the wall with his Week 11 benching, it is certainly looking like he will fall about $36 million short of that goal.
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Mike Tomlin didn’t make any halftime adjustments
19 HRS AGO - When the Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to snatch a victory out of what looked like certain Expand
19 HRS AGO - When the Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to snatch a victory out of what looked like certain defeat, us fans were left scratching our heads.
How did they do that?
Why is our offense so bad?
What can we even hope for with Blake Bortles in at quarterback?
After a first half where the Jaguars produced 156 yards you’d think the Steelers coaches would make some defensive adjustments.
Nope.
When speaking with the media after the game, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said the team didn’t make any adjustments
“We didn’t make any adjustment, seriously,” Tomlin said. “I found my comfort in the fact that we were stopping them.”
With the passing game producing just 31 yards at halftime, it’s no surprise that Tomlin thought adjustments were unnecessary. He had zero faith in the Jaguars offense to produce any meaningful yards that would lead to significant points. And in the law of averages, no matter how good a defense is, they’re going to give up a touchdown or two to a Hall of Fame Collapse
What we learned: Steelers 20, Jaguars 16
21 HRS AGO - Senior writer John Oehser examines what we learned in the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Expand
21 HRS AGO - Senior writer John Oehser examines what we learned in the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville Sunday Collapse
Jalen Ramsey “battling” to hold in emotions
23 HRS AGO - Jalen Ramsey wants to win and more news for your Monday morning! Jalen Ramsey “battling” to hold Expand
23 HRS AGO - Jalen Ramsey wants to win and more news for your Monday morning! Jalen Ramsey “battling” to hold in emotions
It appeared the Jacksonville Jaguars had finally shaken a decade of ineptitude with their division title and playoff run last season, but the franchise has bottomed out in 2018 after their sixth consecutive loss. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who was once in tears on the sideline after a loss as a rookie, is having a hard time dealing with the collapse.
“I’ve been pretty pissed off,” Ramsey said after Sunday’s 20-16 loss to Pittsburgh at TIAA Bank Field, which was sealed on Ben Roethlisberger’s 1-yard touchdown run with five seconds to play. “I’m not going to lie to you. I have. Shit, man, I’ve been battling with my emotions, trying to hold them in.”
The Jaguars need to fire everyone
The Jacksonville Jaguars should request for the NFL to realign them back to the AFC Central. The Pittsburgh Steelers came back from down 16-0 in the third quarter to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars on Collapse
Sexton-Oehser quick thoughts: Steelers 20, Jaguars 16
1 DAY AGO - Senior writer John Oehser and senior correspondent Brian Sexton both offer three quick thoughts on Expand
1 DAY AGO - Senior writer John Oehser and senior correspondent Brian Sexton both offer three quick thoughts on the Jaguars’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville Sunday Collapse
Game report: Steelers 20, Jaguars 16
1 DAY AGO - A quick look at the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at TIAA Bank Field in Expand
1 DAY AGO - A quick look at the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville Sunday Collapse
6 bold predictions for Jaguars vs. Steelers
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars (3-6) are hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2-1) in a game where the Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars (3-6) are hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2-1) in a game where the loser is likely to cause their fan base to go absolutely insane.
Happy Sunday!
Before the game begins, we wanted to ask the Big Cat Country team (and you!) a simple question:
“How will the Jaguars do against the Steelers today?”
Alfie Crow (@AlfieBCC)
The Jaguars will win.
Ryan Day (@ryaneatscake)
Make it stop. For the love of God make it stop.
Steelers win 27-20
Jon Kurland (@BCBCouch)
I feel more confident about this game than in any game in the prior five-week span, in that the Steelers are absolutely going to embarrass this team. The Jaguars already won by getting this crap storm off of Sunday Night Football, and sparing all of us national ridicule.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Steelers win 31-20
Ryan O’Bleness (@ryanobleness)
The Jaguars have historically played the Steelers tough but obviously these two teams are headed in different directions. The Steelers have won five in a row after a slow Collapse
Why does Dave Caldwell want to trade away his only good first round pick?
1 DAY AGO - Adam Schefter said on ESPN this morning the word around the league is that the Jacksonville Expand
1 DAY AGO - Adam Schefter said on ESPN this morning the word around the league is that the Jacksonville Jaguars may consider trading Jalen Ramsey this offseason.
Really. A real thing said.
Jaguars likely to consider trading CB Jalen Ramsey in offseason, per league sources.https://t.co/WzlgVgVRiO— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 18, 2018
Tom Coughlin, the same man who extended right-handed Tim Tebow and drafted a fragile running back over two ascending quarterbacks, wants to trade Jalen Ramsey. One of the few competent things about the team and they want him gone because of his mouth.
Blake Bortles and Taven Bryan are some of the worst players on the team, but they toe Tom’s company line and are complete doofuses, so their spots are fine.
Dave Caldwell, the same man who drafted one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL at third overall and drafted a mega bust defensive end from Florida, wants to trade away literally his only good first round pick ever.
The bad players on this team Collapse
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A.J. Bouye says “real” fans will respect how the Jaguars played
16 HRS AGO - This is... confusing. The post game interview is always an emotional time. It’s why reporters push Expand
16 HRS AGO - This is... confusing. The post game interview is always an emotional time. It’s why reporters push for quicker access and a team’s public relations staff would rather have players shower and leave, especially after a loss.
After the Jacksonville Jaguars lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in their biggest home letdown in franchise history (yup) several players talked with something of a chip on their shoulders. Malik Jackson was surly about not starting, Jalen Ramsey said he’s “battling” emotions, and A.J. Bouye... well, he talked about “real” fans who will respect what the team did despite the loss.
Minutes after the game, Bouye was asked to reflect on the loss. Here are Bouye’s comments:
“I’m proud of our boys; we fought hard,” Bouye said. “We tried to come out with a win for the fans but the real ones will respect what we did. We’ve bounced back and I know everything hasn’t been pretty in the last few weeks, but that was a tough-fought game against a team who’s been rolling and we did Collapse
Bortles to start against Bills
18 HRS AGO - Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone said on Monday afternoon during his press conference Expand
18 HRS AGO - Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone said on Monday afternoon during his press conference with the media that the team would not bench quarterback Blake Bortles for this weekend’s game against the Buffalo Bills.
It wasn’t expected that the Jaguars would bench Bortles for the Bills game, so who cares.
Really, who cares?
Season’s over. Blake stinks. They still roll him out there.
Hooray. Collapse
Sexton-Oehser: Back and forth
19 HRS AGO - Senior writer John Oehser and senior correspondent Brian Sexton look back at the Jaguars’ 20-16 Expand
19 HRS AGO - Senior writer John Oehser and senior correspondent Brian Sexton look back at the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 11 and forward to Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York Collapse
Just bench Blake already
21 HRS AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars blew a 16-0 lead against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday because of Expand
21 HRS AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars blew a 16-0 lead against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday because of quarterback Blake Bortles. Point blank. There is no more dancing around it or hedging anymore. The Jaguars lost because Blake Bortles is bad and it’s painfully obvious that the coaching staff has zero belief in his ability as a passer.
The Jaguars passed the ball a total of 18 times and it felt like at a certain point they decided they weren’t even going to play around anymore and even try to pass it. Late in the game there was one specific play that was just the epitome of what the day was.
How does #Jaguars QB Blake Bortles not throw a quick slant to WR Donte Moncrief at the top of the screen? How does he take a sack to move out of field goal range up 16-6?This was his worst play Sunday. pic.twitter.com/KZoJxBldx7— Phillip Heilman (@phillip_heilman) November 19, 2018
Man, what in the hell. You’re looking right at the wide open guy?
Also, in one of the most disrespectful calls I’ve Collapse
Game that was: “I’m always going to bounce back”
1 DAY AGO - Senior writer John Oehser examines the game that was in the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Expand
1 DAY AGO - Senior writer John Oehser examines the game that was in the Jaguars’ 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville Sunday Collapse
5 players who stood out in loss vs. Steelers
1 DAY AGO - The defense lost last week. The offense lost this week. Fire everyone. The Jacksonville Jaguars Expand
1 DAY AGO - The defense lost last week. The offense lost this week. Fire everyone. The Jacksonville Jaguars went out and absolutely dominated on defense. They forced four three interceptions, they kept the Pittsburgh Steelers offense in check for the vast majority of the game, and... well... it didn’t matter because the offense — specifically the quarterback — couldn’t get it done.
And here we are, losers of six straight — seven on the year — and out of the playoff race.
Who stood out in the Week 11 matchup? In honor of how many seconds the Jaguars trailed today, here are the five who stood out.
1. Blake Bortles
Just a week removed from playing a very good game against the Indianapolis Colts, the team showed they have no faith in Blake to win the game — and for good reason! He takes sacks when he shouldn’t, he misses wide open receivers, and he overthrows his deep targets. He only had 18 attempts in which to stain the game and he still did it. The offense went three-and-out on their five final Collapse
Jaguars vs. Steelers inactive players
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars have ruled seven inactive players against the Pittsburgh Steelers Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Jacksonville Jaguars have ruled seven inactive players against the Pittsburgh Steelers including wide receiver Rashad Greene who had a horrendous fumble at the end of last week’s matchup.
Jaguars inactives vs. Steelers
QB Landry Jones
WR Rashad Greene
RB Dave Williams
CB Quenton Meeks
LB Martrell Spaight
DT Eli Ankou
OL Josh Walker
All in all, not surprising. It’ll be interesting to see how the team does with its top three cornerbacks back together — Jalen Ramsey, A.J. Bouye, and D.J. Hayden haven’t played together at the same time since Week 2. Collapse
The Fantasy Life: Week 11 start/sit
1 DAY AGO - Life is just a fantasy, can you live this fantasy life?
Some players are must starts (Aaron Expand
1 DAY AGO - Life is just a fantasy, can you live this fantasy life?
Some players are must starts (Aaron Rodgers, Alvin Kamara, and Rob Gronkowski, to name a few), but here we work to give you value and over-performers, depending on what type of fantasy format you are playing. At this point we are breaking up start/sit for Thursday and Sunday/Monday games. We apologize to those who must have complete lineups in by Thursday’s game.
Matt Phillips is a multiple fantasy football champion, and co-host of the podcast “Pigskin Dynasty: Your Podcast for All Things Fantasy Football”. You can find him on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Podbean, and other podcast mediums. He also has live episodes on Facebook every Sunday morning at 9:00 am EST.
Matt responded to my lack of faith in Andrew Luck. I fully expected this.
Let me start out by saying that Brian means well. He is one hell of a writer, and turns my words into a magical reading. One might think an award winning author wrote. He is blinded by his Collapse
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