The groundswell of momentum and excitement the Jacksonville Jaguars built through the end of September dampered quite a bit Sunday when they opened October with a 29-21 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Jacksonville couldn’t stop the run at all, allowing Eagles running back Miles Sanders to have a career day with 134 rushing yards and two touchdowns. The Jaguars offense, on the other hand, looked like it was playing with a football that was rolled in a tub of Vaseline.
The good news is that on a day when seemingly nothing went right for the Jaguars after the first quarter, they still only lost by one score to an undefeated team. The bad news is that the duds outnumbered the studs this week: