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Studs and duds in Jaguars’ 23-7 loss vs. Ravens

Which Jaguars players stood out most to you Sunday night?

The Jacksonville Jaguars fell to 8-6 on Sunday night when the Baltimore Ravens handed them a third consecutive loss.

It was an all too familiar formula that doomed the Jaguars in the 23-7 loss. Despite finding 333 yards of offense, Jacksonville’s only points came on one 65-yard touchdown.

The Jaguars drove inside the Ravens’ 40-yard line five times and the red zone three times, but somehow finished with zero points to show for it. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence fumbled away one of those possessions, made a crucial error that ran out the clock on another, and turned the ball over on downs late in the fourth quarter. The other two were missed field goals.

Jacksonville had its opportunities and simply didn’t come nearly close enough to capitalizing on them. Here are the players who struggled most Sunday as well as those who stood out in the losing effort:

Tyson Campbell ‘glad to be back,’ expects to play Monday vs. Bengals

Tyson Campbell says his hamstring injury is behind him and he’s excited to play Monday against the Bengals.

Head coach Doug Pederson said the Jacksonville Jaguars will wait a little longer to decide if Tyson Campbell plays Monday night against the Cincinnati Bengals. The third-year cornerback doesn’t have much doubt, though.

“I’m feeling good, glad to be back and help my team get a win,” Campbell said Saturday. “First Monday Night Football game, it’s going to be a fun atmosphere to play in, so I’m pretty excited.”

Campbell, 23, missed two games with a hamstring injury, and then sat out another two games after re-injuring his hamstring in his first game back. On Saturday, he said that he didn’t feel like he rushed back too early for the Jaguars’ Week 10 game against the San Francisco 49ers.

“I felt good coming into that game and God put me back, sat me down for a couple more weeks,” Campbell said. “I’m feeling good, that’s behind me, I’m feeling stronger.”

Fortunately for Jacksonville and Campbell, he was afforded the luxury of patiently getting back to 100 percent because Montaric “Buster” Brown played well as the starter in Campbell’s place.

“Buster’s an amazing corner,” Campbell said. “The team didn’t miss a beat. He stepped up to the stage and made plays like we know he’s capable of doing, so I wasn’t surprised.”

Campbell faces a tough challenge Monday when he’ll line up across from the Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Cincinnati will be without starting quarterback Joe Burrow, though, and has been forced to turn to Jake Browning to lead the way.

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Studs and duds in the Jaguars’ 20-10 win vs. Steelers

Who stood out most in the Jaguars’ fifth straight win?

The Jacksonville Jaguars turned the ball over three times and failed to score a touchdown on three trips to the red zone, yet still managed to pick up a fifth straight win Sunday.

With a 20-10 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jaguars are rolling into a much-needed Week 9 bye with a 6-2 record, a hefty lead in the AFC South, and a share of first place in the AFC.

Not much is going wrong in Duval, but the Jaguars aren’t quite blowing out teams either. Against a Steelers team that went three-and-out on its first four possessions and turned the ball over on its last three, why was the game in contention so long?

The positives certainly outweigh the negatives for the Jaguars, but the latter isn’t non-existent. Here’s who stood out most in the team’s Week 8 win at Acrisure Stadium:

Montaric Brown answered the call when the Jaguars needed it

Montaric “Buster” Brown made plays in big moments in his first start of the year.

Montaric “Buster” Brown was on the field for one defensive snap in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ first five games. But he was tossed into action in Week 6 when cornerback Tyson Campbell pulled up grabbing at his hamstring against the Indianapolis Colts.

After that game, Brown said “[when] my number gets called, I gotta step up.” On Thursday night, he stepped up.

Against a New Orleans Saints offense with three-time Pro Bowler Michael Thomas and 2022 first-round pick Chris Olave at wide receiver, Brown didn’t look like an inexperienced liability. Instead, the second-year cornerback was credited with allowing only four receptions on 10 targets.

When the Saints had one play left to tie or win the game in the final minute, quarterback Derek Carr looked to Olave to beat Brown one-on-one. The Jaguars 2022 seventh round pick shut the play down.

“I was expecting the fade the whole time,” Brown said in the locker room after the win. “They kept trying it, I wasn’t thinking about nothing inside. It was the fade. And they threw it. I was expecting it the whole time.”

It wasn’t a perfect performance from Brown, who missed a couple tackles in space. But it was a showing that earned him compliments from coaches and teammates after the game.

“We were missing Tyson Campbell, so it’s next man up, and Buster’s the next man,” Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said. “He’s worked hard to put himself in this position. He works hard in practice.

“It’s not always going to be perfect or pretty or all of that, but you know what? He made plays when he needed to, and that’s the most important thing. Really proud of the way he played today.”

“He’s only in his second year, so he’s still growing,” Jaguars safety Rayshawn Jenkins said. “He’s still got way more room to grow, but man, way to start off in his first start. Man, hats off to Buster with that ‘next man up mentality’ and doing what he had to do to get the job done.”

The Jaguars haven’t provided a timetable for Campbell’s injury. The third-year cornerback was listed as a non-participant in the team’s week worth of practices and was officially ruled out Wednesday.

If Campbell isn’t ready to play in Week 8 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jaguars have reason to feel like they have a competent replacement on the outside in Brown.

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Montaric Brown: ‘My number gets called, I gotta step up’

The Jaguars are relying on Montaric “Buster” Brown to take the reins at cornerback in Tyson Campbell’s absence.

When the Jacksonville Jaguars’ top cornerback Tyson Campbell pulled up grabbing his hamstring on an Indianapolis Colts punt in Week 6, it was second-year cornerback Montaric “Buster” Brown who was thrust into the lineup for the rest of the game.

Now Campbell is expected to miss Week 7 and potentially more time after that. On Tuesday, Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell made it clear that it’ll be Brown starting in his place against the New Orleans Saints, and said that the team won’t be doing much else to compensate for the loss of Campbell.

“If you move too many people around, you’re moving too many people around,” Caldwell said. “Just put one guy in and that’s what they’re here for. We saw what [Brown] did in the offseason and what he did in training camp. He deserves to be here and gets the opportunity to go out there and play.”

Brown, a seventh round pick in the 2022 NFL draft, played 63 defensive snaps during his rookie season. After playing only one snap through the first five weeks of the 2023 season, Brown was on the field for 54 snaps Sunday against the Colts.

“I feel like it went alright,” Brown said of his performance in relief of Campbell in the locker room after the win. “I could’ve did some things better, but my number gets called, I gotta step up. Unexpected that Tyson went down so when my number got called, I had to step up and do what I had to do.”

Caldwell gave a similar assessment of Brown’s showing against the Colts, although he thought communication in the secondary, as a whole, was lacking at times Sunday.

“I thought he did good. He tackled well, he was in coverage, and communication is something that’s not just him, it’s everybody that we have to get better at,” Caldwell said. “It’s just an area where we’ll get the calls to him and let him understand the technique he’s playing. He did a decent job.”

With just a few days to prepare for his first start of the season, Brown is feeling confident that a year’s worth of development in Caldwell’s defense has him ready to go Thursday.

“I’m very much a different player [than last year],” Brown said. “I’m playing faster, I’m seeing what the offense is trying to do and I took a lot in last year, so it’s definitely helped me and I’m better this year.”

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5 Jaguars players to watch vs. the Saints in Week 7

Here are five Jaguars players to watch as they take on the Saints on Thursday:

The Jacksonville Jaguars are riding a win streak, but the same can’t be said about their Week 7 opponent.

Jacksonville has won three straight, but the New Orleans Saints have lost three of their last four games. The Saints have a handful of impactful players, but the Jaguars roster seems to have more talent, and they’ve hit a groove.

Jacksonville’s players are stepping it up and the team has seen vast improvements during a three-game win streak against the Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, and Indianapolis Colts.

Here are five Jaguars players to watch in their Week 7 game against the Saints:

Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell expected to miss Week 7 vs. Saints

Doug Pederson doesn’t expect Tyson Campbell to be ready to play Thursday against the Saints.

The hamstring injury suffered by Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell will likely keep him out of a Week 7 game against the New Orleans Saints, head coach Doug Pederson said Monday.

“Right now, with the hamstring, on a short week, chances are he’s out for this game,” Pederson said of Campbell. “We’ll just keep monitoring that, but with hamstrings, they can be a little finicky. So we’ll see, but right now, it’s trending that way.”

Campbell, 23, pulled up grabbing him hamstring on an Indianapolis Colts punt Sunday. While the team’s No. 1 cornerback doesn’t typically play on special teams, the Jaguars left the majority of their starting defense on the field for a fourth-and-short situation to defend against the possibility of Indianapolis looking to convert for a first down.

In the remainder of the game, the Jaguars relied on second-year cornerback Montaric “Buster” Brown who appears in line to start Thursday against the Saints.

The Jaguars also have three cornerbacks — Tevaughn Campbell, sixth-round rookie Erick Hallett, and newly added Amari Oruwariye — on the practice squad.

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Flashback: Arkansas Football’s Class of 2017

Looking back on the 2017 recruiting class is tough. It’s easy to see why this would be Bret Bielema’s final one at Arkansas.

The worst stretch in [autotag]Arkansas football[/autotag]’s history began in 2017.

[autotag]Bret Bielema[/autotag] was let go following an extremely disappointing 2017 season where he went 4-8 overall. Before the season, everyone knew it was a make-or-break year and the pressure was on.

Looking back at the recruiting class from that time, and it’s very easy to see where things went wrong. Across the board, Arkansas was struggling to recruit quality depth to replace production from the previous year. They also didn’t have enough depth to account for injuries at key positions – a recipe for disaster.

The 2017 recruiting class is a prime example, as only three of the 24 enrollees from this cycle would go on to have success while in Fayetteville. Let’s take a look back at the top contributors from Bielema’s final recruiting haul as Arkansas head coach.

Jaguars 2023 roster review: CB Montaric ‘Buster’ Brown

Montaric “Buster” Brown earned a spot on the 53-man roster, but that didn’t mean much play time in his rookie year.

The brunt of the offseason is in the books and training camp is still off on the horizon. Join us in the NFL’s dead zone with a player-by-player review of the Jaguars roster ahead of the 2023 season.

Montaric “Buster” Brown earned a spot on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 53-man roster at the end of preseason, beating out sixth-round pick Gregory Junior, among others. That didn’t result in much play time for the seventh-round rookie, though.

Instead, Brown frequently landed on the Jaguars’ list of weekly inactives and his limited time on the field didn’t go well.

After Shaquill Griffin landed on the injured reserve early in the year, a rotating cast of cornerbacks got a turn in the starting lineup opposite Tyson Campbell. That included Brown, who got the start for a December game against the Detroit Lions. He only played 20 defensive snaps in that contest and 63 on the year.

A year after being the last member of the Jaguars’ 2022 draft class, Brown will enter his second NFL season with a slight experience edge over a bevy of first- and second-year players battling for roster spots in the Jacksonville secondary.

Contract (2023): $870,000 base salary, $28,955 prorated signing bonus, $898,995 cap hit.

Acquired: Jaguars drafted Brown with the No. 222 overall selection in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL draft.

PFF grades: 

  • 37.3 (2022)

Statistics:

  • Six tackles (2022)

Highlight:

Quote: “My standard is to always put my best effort out there. So my job is just to get one percent better every day. Just compete every day.” – Brown

Calvin Ridley (No. 0) Travis Etienne Jr. (No. 1) Rayshawn Jenkins (No. 2) C.J. Beathard (No. 3) Tank Bigsby (No. 4) Andre Cisco (No. 5)
Chris Claybrooks (No. 6) Zay Jones (No. 7) Logan Cooke (No. 9) Parker Washington (No. 11) James McCourt (No. 12) Christian Kirk (No. 13)
Kendric Pryor (No. 14) Tim Jones (No. 15) Trevor Lawrence (No. 16) Evan Engram (No. 17) Nathan Rourke (No. 18) Sammis Reyes (No. 19)
Daniel Thomas (No. 20) Latavious Brini (No. 21) JaMycal Hasty (No. 22) Foyesade Oluokun (No. 23) Snoop Conner (No. 24) D’Ernest Johnson (No. 25)
Antonio Johnson (No. 26) Divaad Wilson (No. 27) Tevaughn Campbell (No. 29) Montaric Brown (No. 30) Darious Williams (No. 31) Tyson Campbell (No. 32)
Devin Lloyd (No. 33) Gregory Junior (No. 34) Ayo Oyelola (No. 35) Christian Braswell (No. 36) Tre Herndon (No. 37) Qadree Ollison (No. 38)
Jamal Agnew (No. 39) Erick Hallett (No. 40) Josh Allen (No. 41) Andrew Wingard (No. 42) Kaleb Hayes (No. 43) Derek Parish (No. 43)
Travon Walker (No. 44) K’Lavon Chaisson (No. 45) Ross Matiscik (No. 46) De’Shaan Dixon (No. 47) Chad Muma (No. 48) Leonard Taylor (No. 49)
Shaquille Quarterman (No. 50) Ventrell Miller (No. 51) DaVon Hamilton (No. 52) Willie Taylor III (No. 53) DJ Coleman (No. 54) Dequan Jackson (No. 55)
Yasir Abdullah (No. 56) Caleb Johnson (No. 57) Raymond Vohasek (No. 59) Darryl Williams (No. 60) Samuel Jackson (No. 62) Coy Cronk (No. 64)
Chandler Brewer (No. 67) Brandon Scherff (No. 68) Tyler Shatley (No. 69) Cole Van Lanen (No. 70) Walker Little (No. 72) Blake Hance (No. 73)
Cam Robinson (No. 74) Cooper Hodges (No. 75) Anton Harrison (No. 76) Josh Wells (No. 77) Ben Bartch (No. 78) Luke Fortner (No. 79)
Kevin Austin Jr. (No. 80) Seth Williams (No. 81) Elijah Cooks (No. 84) Brenton Strange (No. 85) Gerrit Prince (No. 86) Jaray Jenkins (No. 87)
Oliver Martin (No. 88) Luke Farrell (No. 89) Henry Mondeaux (No. 90) Jordan Smith (No. 92) Tyler Lacy (No. 93) Folorunso Fatukasi (No. 94)
Roy Robertson-Harris (No. 95) Adam Gotsis (No. 96) Nick Thurman (No. 97) Michael Dogbe (No. 98) Jeremiah Ledbetter (No. 99) Brandon McManus
Jacob Harris

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Ravens vs. Jaguars inactives: Tre Herndon a healthy scratch

Tre Herndon is a healthy scratch against the Ravens.

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Jacksonville Jaguars fifth-year cornerback Tre Herndon was a surprising healthy scratch for the team Sunday morning ahead of a Week 12 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.

Herndon, 26, has started 30 career games for the Jaguars and saw significant play time this season when Shaquill Griffin went to injured reserve. But after Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes against the Jaguars secondary in Week 10, Herndon is inactive after the Week 11 bye.

With Tyson Campbell starting on one side of the field and Darious Williams covering the slot, seventh-round rookie Montaric “Buster” Brown is set to see the most significant action of his young career against the Ravens.

Baltimore ruled out starting safety Kyle Hamilton against the Jaguars.

Hamilton was one of a handful of Ravens players who were ruled questionable for Sunday. Running back Gus Edwards and wide receivers Demarcus Robinson and Devin Duvernay are all set to play, despite being listed as questionable Friday. Isaiah Likely was downgraded from questionable to out on Saturday.