Jaguars before halftime

at the moment.

Very un-Coughlin like.

should add the Jags OC to their Christmas list for his play calling in the second half. That was a major contributor to their demise.

It serves as a decent answer to the question of how much influence Coughlin has. Not much if you do that. We have 12 years of games here to know Coughlin would not have done that.

isn't the Jags coach.

Set the tone for the second half and showed the pats and the world that they were afraid

Eli Manning not the QB.

Marrone is the coach.

Coughlin is not the coach I was kidding but all week long I heard a lot of crap about how he should still be here and how he is the reason the jags are where the are it's annoying

georgia played scared, jags played scared, both lost.

when are coaches going to stop that shit?

said that they were in need of making blocking-scheme adjustments. They wanted to be up at the half , with the ball to start the second.

3 & 18. 920 to go. That was their season. Walsh should have sent Colvin on a pressure to make Brady release early. That was a huge conversion . They caught a couple of bad breaks on calls. They had 9 penalties . The Patriots had 1. But the loss is completely on the defense. Bortles could not have played better. On the fourth-down pass, while moving toward the line of scrimmage , he delivered a pretty good ball that was just a little short .No offense to Eli, but getting that rush, he would have been on his ass long before he had a chance to throw it.

That’s Coughlin’s conundrum: what does he do about Bortles? They didn’t have one offensive turnover in the playoffs . They played good enough to win on offense . They expected a lot from their D-probably too much.

Ramsey was complaining about the amount of three-deep that was called. He said Amodela was quiet against man. 3& 18-whatever gets said and written about the game, that’s the play that did them in . Brady is incredible . Congrats to the all-time best .

In comment 13800281 I am Ninja said:

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georgia played scared, jags played scared, both lost. when are coaches going to stop that shit?

Exactly...I have never understood the logic of playing not to lose when with a quarter to play.

of experience. Mistakes and penalties.

They will do better next time, if there is a next time.

should have gone for it at 4th and 1 at their own 43 after the fumble recovery in the 2nd half.
They never went anywhere after that.
The problem is they didn't trust Bortles after he was almost picked. He really is not a good QB way to inaccurate

Jaguars before halftime
Mike Graves : 9:44 pm
Pats score to make it a 14-10 game jags get the ball back with 52 seconds and two time outs and take a knee. I’m sorry that is pussy football.


Pats had just scored......Jags had outplayed them in the first half.....to force Bortles to fight the clock and the Pat defense, the HC had to worry about a turnover and giving the ball back to the Pats before the half, which would have wiped out everything the Jags had accomplished in the first half.........and the Jags would get the ball to start the second half....With a qb like Bortles, I thought it was the right move....

in the playoffs, especially with a lead. You aren't going to get that kind of momentum against them twice.

That was the lesson the giants learned against the pats in the regular season in 2007. Served them well later.

I've watched the same team as you guys and I recall Coughlin going conservative several times before the end of halves, particularly during the Gillbride years.

The idea that a Coughlin-led would never take a knee is correct; he would call a draw instead.

Bortles.

In comment 13800459 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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Bortles.

Bortles was not the problem yesterday. In fact he was the bright spot. It was the defense allowing another TD just before half and playing soft on that 3rd and 18.

Well that and a couple of questionable penalties in the Pats favor.

put down his beer, spit out his gum and gotten out of that comfortable chair in the owners box and run down and grabbed a headset.

I am sure his job description is taking over for the OC whenever he wants...

In comment 13800472 Jimmy Googs said:

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put down his beer, spit out his gum and gotten out of that comfortable chair in the owners box and run down and grabbed a headset. I am sure his job description is taking over for the OC whenever he wants...

That's just ridiculous. Everyone knows that Tommy has his own headset that overrides all other headsets. Tommy just has to whisper in Blake's ear.

After the Pats declined the holding call on the sack, the clock ran, and the Jags could have run the clock down to 2:00 before punting. Instead they give them a free play before the 2:00. Not to mention the delay of game call before that coming out of a Jags timeout. That said, refs NEVER call delay of game in those situations, and especially 5 seconds after the play results in a third down conversion. Then, I agree, you have the ball with 55 seconds and 2 time outs with an offense that was actually moving the ball quite well to that point. You need to go for points there. Finally, that PI call was absolutely atrocious. Bouye ran the receiver to the sideline, and if anything, Cooks pushed off.

Officials gave the Pats several gifts in this game, but the Jags play calling in the second half, lack of creativity on defense, and Brady, Cooks, and Amendola making plays when they needed to. Jacksonville should have been man to man on Cooks and Amendola with Bouye and Ramsey. Make those receivers have to make plays on 2 of the top 5 corners in the league. Instead they rush 4, no stunts, no disguised coverages, back in a zone defense, and when you give that to Tom Brady, he will pick you apart. That catch on the sideline by Dorsett can't be understated either. Pats made the plays in the second half, Jags didn't, but it is frustrating that once again, a game in Foxboro became about officiating.

in the second half. But the Pats still made the plays on all 3 units.

BB keeps his guys focused over 60 minutes as usual...

spark, made it a 1 score game and got the crowd back in it.

coming out of the timeout. The Jags made a great play that came back. This allowed the Pats to close the gap. Huge play in the game.