Why Jacksonville Jaguars Will Win the AFC Wild Card
You have as many road wins over teams that made the NFL Playoffs as the Los Angeles Chargers do.
Yeah, the Los Angeles is 5-4 on the road this year. Those five wins? Indianapolis, Arizona, Atlanta, Cleveland, Houston.
It seems like a million years go when Jacksonville roared past the Chargers for a 38-10 win in Week 3, but that was when there was a glimmer of what might be coming … sort of.
The Jaguars took the momentum from that home victory and lost five straight games, but all of a sudden things started to shift. Trevor Lawrence became more confident, the offense started to take a few more chances, and everything was a bit more efficient.
For all of the good things the Chargers do, they don’t run the ball effectively enough – at least outside of Austin Ekeler in the red zone – and they can’t stop anyone’s ground game.
Travis Etienne didn’t get a whole lot of work against Tennessee, but he was on a tear for the three games before that. There’s a good enough rotation of backs to take the heat off of Lawrence and the passing game, and …
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