Jaguars Fans No Longer Accepting This Excuse

Jaguars have to string four good quarters together

Of all the excuses the Jacksonville Jaguars fans have heard, the one that's come up the most is that this team hasn't even hit its full potential yet. They've been able to get to 5-4 despite playing nine imperfect games. Jacksonville and its faithful have yet to see all three phases play well for four whole quarters.

On the one hand, that suggests that there's a truly dominant team hiding somewhere in there. That the Jaguars might be able to climb into the upper echelon once they fix all of their glaring issues and get on the same page together. On the other hand, potential doesn't really mean anything if it's never turned into actual production. Head Coach Liam Coen spoke on his team's inability to put together four whole quarters this season:

"I think you watch the Monday night game; I'm not sure that was four quarters of those two teams’ best football either. So, that's just the reality. It's football, man, you aren’t going to play perfect. We've played near in a lot of ways. I mean, even not playing, I guess you could say, our best football through those three quarters the other day, you were winning through three — you won three quarters of the game, you lost a quarter, and you lost the game. So how do you execute in critical moments? How do we go and take a deep breath in critical moments to reset and not chase plays and go just execute the call, man. Let's just go execute and play. So, that's what we're focused on. We're focused on fundamentals, going back to basics. Anytime you go through a tough L, all I've been taught is to dive back into the details and the fundamentals and the players.”