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Shad Khan Comments on Jaguars' Start to 2023 Season

Originally posted on FanNation Jaguar Report
By John Shipley | Last updated 10/1/23

The Jacksonville Jaguars were supposed to be better than 2-2 after the first quarter of the season, but don't count Jaguars owner Shad Khan as worried.

Speaking with Brent Martineau of ActionSportsJax before Sunday's 23-7 win over the Atlanta Falcons in London, Khan said that he is hoping the Jaguars do what they did last year: finish strong.

"Well, you want to start strong, but you want to finish strong," Khan said. "And I think last year was a good example. I think we were, you know, obviously disappointed with how we started, but we finished well. So I am hoping, you know, that is exactly what we are going to see, we're going to finish strong."

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The Jaguars started 3-7 last year before ripping off wins in six of their last seven games, clinching an AFC South title and earning a trip to the playoffs. After knocking off the Los Angeles Chargers in the Wild Card, the Jaguars fell to the eventual Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round.

The Jaguars had all the confidence in the world entering 2023 as a result of this hot end to the previous season. But after a strong showing in Week 1, the Jaguars' offense struggled in back-to-back home losses vs. the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, the latter of whom blew the Jaguars out in a 37-17 loss.

London will serve as a chance for the Jaguars to get back on track. Beating the Falcons was the first step of that; now, they will have to do it again next week vs. the Buffalo Bills.

"I think this trip hit us at the right time. I think we needed to get away," Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson said on Sunday.

"Kind of brings you together a little bit, where we're in the hotel together, we're eating meals together, we're in meetings together, practice, so it's a bonding type experience to kind of reunite with everybody, and that's what you need sometimes. We've got everybody here organizationally, and excited for these next seven days."

This article first appeared on FanNation Jaguar Report and was syndicated with permission.

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