How the Jaguars Have Developed the Clutch Gene

Fourth quarter was electric

The first half of the Week 9 clash between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Las Vegas Raiders was mostly a snooze fest. There were only nine total points in the first half hour of the game, and they all came on the last two possessions before intermission.

Fans who watched the entirety of the contest were rewarded with an incredible ending, including a fourth quarter that featured five scoring possessions, including four touchdowns. The only series that didn't result in a score was the Raiders' final drive, which only included one play aside from the kickoff with just 16 seconds left on the clock.

While it was incredible to see Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars offense keep pace, it was disappointing that the defense couldn't come up with any stops in the fourth quarter, as alluded to by Head Coach Liam Coen:

"No, obviously, frustrating that we were kind of mixing it up. We were trying zone, we were trying man, we were blitzing, we were playing four-man rush. I mean, we're mixing it up pretty good and credit those guys, Geno [Smith] and Brock Bowers and those guys, their skill players I thought played a really good game. J-Lew [Jourdan Lewis] goes down, what first shot of the game, or whatever it was, and Jarrian [Jones] steps in. We're doubling Brock, we're playing zone, we're blitzing. It was an old roller coaster game, the emotions, we tried to just stay level-headed. At halftime, obviously, the kick ignited us, as I mentioned. But nobody was flinching. Nobody was freaking out."