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What do the Jaguars need to do to avoid a Texans upset in Week 3?
The Jacksonville Jaguars lost in Week 2, but enter their second home game of the 2023 season as a significant favorite.
With the rebuilding, 0-2 Houston Texans coming to EverBank Stadium, the Jaguars should get back in the win column Sunday. The easy games are not always that easy, though.
Last season, the Texans — who finished 3-13-1 — came to Duval in October and handed a bumbling Jaguars team a 13-6 loss.
Here are five things the Jaguars need to do Sunday to avoid a similar fate in Week 3:
4 things the Detroit Lions need to do to beat the Seattle Seahawks in Week 2
Momentum and hope are high coming off a hard-fought week in week one against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Detroit Lions hope to improve to 2-0 on Sunday with a victory against the Seattle Seahawks.
The Seahawks are coming off a very disappointing week one that was highlighted by their quarterback Geno Smith dealing with Aaron Donald and the Rams pass rush all game. After an offseason that saw them extend their quarterback and become one of the more complete rosters in the NFL, a loss to a bewildered Rams team in week one wasn’t on the table.
With the Lions looking to win against a Seahawks team attempting to prove their week one performance was a fluke, these keys to victory have extra importance.
What do the Commanders need to do to ensure a victory over the Broncos?
The Washington Commanders have an opportunity to begin the season 2-0 on Sunday as they travel to Denver to face the Broncos. It will be a celebratory day in the Mile High City as the Broncos welcome back their Super Bowl XXXII championship team. Several Denver legends will be in attendance, including John Elway.
The Broncos are looking to avoid dropping their first two games under new head coach Sean Payton — both at home. Denver lost a heartbreaker to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 1.
How can Washington defeat Denver?
We’ve identified four keys to victory for the Commanders in Week 2.
There are several things that Alabama’s defense will need to do to be successful on Saturday against No. 11 Texas.
Alabama’s defense was one of the key reasons for why Alabama was able to knock off Texas in 2022. Things were not always pretty, but it proved to be enough in the end.
With a new defensive coordinator at the helm for Alabama, it is crucial that the defense comes ready to play. Texas has one of the more high-octane offenses in college football in 2023. The Longhorns are led by junior quarterback Quinn Ewers, junior wide receiver Xavier Worthy, and junior tight end Jatavion Sanders.
There is reason for concern given the amount of knowledge that Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has on Alabama’s defense. Sarkisian became quite familiar with Alabama’s defensive philosophy after having coached against in practice for three seasons. Sarkisian served as Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2016, 2019, and 2020.
Needless to say, Alabama’s defense will need to execute and come ready to play on Saturday night.
Roll Tide Wire breaks down Alabama’s defensive keys to the game against Texas.
The Jaguars are a road favorite against the Colts in Week 1. What do they need to do to get the job done?
The Jacksonville Jaguars open their season Sunday on the road against the Indianapolis Colts.
It’s a matchup most are expecting the Jaguars to win after taking the AFC South title last year while the Colts finished with only four wins. Jacksonville has third-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence fresh off a Pro Bowl campaign and Indianapolis has fourth overall pick Anthony Richardson making his NFL debut.
There’s plenty of reason to think the Jaguars should win, but how can they get the job done Sunday?
Here are five keys to Jacksonville starting its season 1-0:
There are several things that Alabama’s defense will need to do to be successful on Saturday.
Things will look and feel a little different on the Alabama sidelines in 2023. That is because Alabama hired Kevin Steele to be its defensive coordinator in the offseason. Steele is no stranger to coaching under Saban, as he did so in Saban’s first season with the Tide in 2007.
He will have plenty of talent to work with on the defensive side of the ball. The Crimson Tide returned six starters from a season ago. Alabama was also able to sign the No. 1-ranked recruiting class in the country in 2023.
Alabama will have to showcase why it has the potential to be one of the best defenses in the country. It all starts on Saturday against Middle Tennessee State.
Roll Tide Wire breaks down Alabama’s keys to victory against the Blue Raiders.
What the Alabama offense needs to do to create success against Middle Tennessee State.
The long-anticipated start to Alabama’s 2023 football season has almost arrived. On Saturday night from Tuscaloosa, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] will lead the Alabama Crimson Tide onto the field inside Bryant-Denny Stadium to kick things off against Middle Tennessee State.
Throughout the week we have been breaking down this matchup and despite Alabama being the overwhelming favorite, there are plenty of opportunities for the players on this team to create an identity and remind folks who the Crimson Tide truly are.
As we get closer to kickoff, let’s take a look at some of the offensive keys to victory for the Crimson Tide over the Blue Raiders.
Getting the ball to the club’s most explosive players is probably a good idea, and a departure from what went wrong in 2021. | From @cdpiglet
The Dallas Cowboys throttled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night, ending many bad streaks for the organization. Dallas has a poor history over the past 25-plus years, so much so that even though Dallas was a 12-5 team facing off against an 8-9 opponent, many prognosticators chose the Buccaneers to beat them.
The Cowboys vanquished the most accomplished quarterback in NFL history and set up a rematch with the team that eliminated them from the playoffs last season. The 49ers came into AT&T Stadium and physically dominated Dallas, rushing for 169 yards while only allowing 45 yards to Cowboys running backs on 16 attempts. Dak was sacked five times and pressured over 20 times. The game wasn’t even as competitive as the final score of 23-17 would indicate that it was.
But this is a new season, with different versions of these teams. Here are the keys to the Cowboys upsetting the 49ers in San Francisco.
What do the Jaguars need to do Saturday to spring the upset?
The Jacksonville Jaguars are riding high with a six-game win streak that was compiled with comeback after comeback. But make no mistake, they are David coming to Arrowhead Stadium to take a shot at Goliath on Saturday.
The Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs are a win away from their fifth straight AFC Championship appearance. They led the NFL in total offense for the third time in five weeks, and they rested last week after earning the bye that comes with the No. 1 seed in the conference.
When the Chiefs hosted the Jaguars in early November, they cruised to a 27-17 win. But as Jacksonville has found out multiple times in 2022, beating a team twice in one year is rarely as easy as it sounds.
So what do the Jaguars have to do to keep their miraculous season alive? Here are three keys to springing the upset Saturday:
Things are much different than they were in Week 1, for both teams. Here are three factors to help Dallas reverse the outcome. | From @cdpiglet
As bad as last Sunday’s loss against the Washington Commanders looked, the team came away healthy and the result had zero impact on the overall standings for the Dallas Cowboys. Both the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers won their respective games in Week 18, so Dallas was destined to play Tampa Bay regardless. The Buccaneers lost their season finale as well, resting their starters for most of the game and insuring quarterback Tom Brady the first losing season of his career.
Neither of these teams are the same as they were in their Week 1 matchup. Tampa Bay, for a multitude of reasons, doesn’t have one of the best defensive units in football any longer, the Cowboys have Michael Gallup and T.Y. Hilton at receiver instead of Dennis Houston, and Dallas is down two starting cornerbacks in Jourdan Lewis and Anthony Brown.
The keys to victory in Week 1 mainly focused on both offensive lines, whether it was running the football for the Cowboys, or handling Micah Parsons for the Buccaneers, but is that still the case for their playoff matchup? Here are the keys to the Cowboys living to play another week this season with a win over Tampa Bay.
