How Jaguars Can Control Every Game Moving Forward

Jaguars can dominate time of possession

The Jacksonville Jaguars have climbed to 9-4 on the 2025 NFL season, currently atop the AFC South. The Jags have been able to win games in a variety of ways, but they need to settle on a consistent identity if they want to be a serious playoff threat. A few common threads that have shown up in most of their victories this year have been running the ball successfully and limiting the opponents' opportunities.

Being able to do those two things ensures that a team controls the pace, the ball, and ultimately, the contest. The Jaguars are currently seventh in the league in time of possession, behind only the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans, Chicago Bears, New England Patriots, and Kansas City Chiefs. Outside of the Chiefs, all of those squads are in the playoff picture. That's not a coincidence. Head Coach Liam Coen spoke on the importance of dominating the possession game:

"Yeah, I think anytime you can control the football in a game, I think that's something that you look to try to do in most games. Now, look, there's opportunities to be more explosive and have those four or five-play drives or a sudden change where we get a turnover, and we score on the first play."

"Yeah, you want to have those; those are very necessary and important to our explosiveness as an offense, but also momentum in a game. But the sustained drives, the executing better on third downs, moving the chains, keeping the clock moving, well, it ultimately helps your defense out as well, and just keeping those guys off the grass. Limiting the amount of snaps that they can play offensively and just ultimately controlling the game."