The Jacksonville Jaguars’ first preseason game is in the books as they traveled to Canton to play the Las Vegas Raiders in the Hall of Fame Game Thursday. Unfortunately, the team couldn’t start things with a win after falling to the Raiders by the score of 27-11, but as fans are aware, the preseason is about evaluations more than anything.
The game wasn’t one where there were a lot of offensive highlights, but it’s worth mentioning that the Jags played a very limited amount of their starters on that side of the ball. At the same time, fans were hoping for a stronger game from the team’s young players, but there are plenty of preseason games left for them to improve.
While the Raiders finished the game with 27 points, the bulk of the highlights for the Jags came on the defensive side. Unlike the offense, the defense played a good bit of their starters, although it was for a limited amount of time.
As there is in every game, there were good and bad takeaways from Thursday’s game. Here are five we gathered as the Jags took the field for the first time under Doug Pederson: