Can the Jaguars’ Defense Stay Elite — or Is a Drop-Off Coming

Jaguars must be prepared for some defensive regression

The Jacksonville Jaguars defense tallied three takeaways in each of its first three games. Many predicted that the streak would end in Week 4, against a typically conservative and controlled San Francisco 49ers offense. They didn't get three against the Niners — they got four.

The Jaguars needed every single one to pull out a one-possession win on the West Coast. They also needed a punt-return touchdown from Parker Washington, which proved to be the difference. At some point, the offense needs to do a better job of capitalizing on its opportunities. Head Coach Liam Coen knows that they can't expect multiple takeaways from their defense forever:

"Yeah, I mean, look, we've talked about at what point are these going to not maybe come in bunches like this, and so defensively, although there's so many good things going on, there's still a lot of things to clean up that, okay, you don't get those turnovers. Well, what is the execution and the situational football and all that stuff looking like, and then offensively, well, we're not getting all these, we may not get all these different ops and field position. That is truly the process over results and the process that drives results.

But it is what it is right now... The good thing is, guys, the players know, I mean, being on the plane with these guys for five hours, they know this. They understand that this is unique in what's happening right now from a turnover situation, and we have got to execute much better in order for us to go play a game that maybe these turnovers don't exactly happen."

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