JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …

Rob from Pittsburgh, PA

Can the Jags repeat what they did in 2022?

This eventually could be a critical, fascinating question about the 2024 Jaguars because there indeed are parallels between the '22 and '24 Jaguars. Unfortunately for the '24 team, the significant shared trait is that both teams started roughly by losing games they should have won because they couldn't make plays in key moments. Another key similarity is the rosters were/are good enough for a turnaround. The '22 team showed resilience, toughness and belief. They started winning some eye-opening games around midseason and finished the season as a remarkably resilient team that won its last five regular-season games to win its first AFC South title in five seasons. Can the '24 team do that? There are pieces in place that make you think they can. They easily could have won three of their first four games, which makes you believe they will be in position to win a lot of games. But being in position isn't impossibly hard in the NFL. Winning consistently is hard. The Jaguars can do it. But we've been waiting for them to do it for a long time now. At some point, they must do it before I can predict it.

Cliff from St Augustine, FL

'92 Chargers…. GO JAGS!!!

Since 1990, the 1992 Chargers are the only NFL team to start 0-4 and make the postseason. As I have noted in various forums this past week, there are a few reasons NFL teams that start 0-4 rarely make the postseason. One is that 0-4 teams often aren't good. Another is that 0-4 is a deep hole from which to dig. Still another is that players on 0-4 teams rightly or wrongly stop believing in the direction of the franchise. I think the Jaguars are good enough to win enough games to contend for the postseason. I also think the players still believe in the direction. They need to start making big plays at key moments. If they do that, they can scrape back into the postseason chase. There's ample time to do so. Another thought here: With 17 regular-season games rather than 16, my guess is a few more teams will overcome slow starts than once was the case. Maybe the Jaguars can be one of those teams this season. A victory Sunday wouldn't hurt that cause.

David from Oviedo, FL

I'm voting for Montaric Brown as the top cornerback on this team. Please chalk one up for Buster Brown.

One fer Brown.

Tony from Denver, CO

We have seen players step up when starters have been injured. Guys like cornerback Montaric Brown and linebacker Ventrell Miller shined on defense last week. Do you think they will keep utilizing them even when the "starters" are back and healthy? Sometimes, you have to forget draft status and salaries and just play the best performers.

Brown and Miller were perhaps the Jaguars' best defensive players last week in a loss to the Houston Texans, with Brown starting at cornerback the past three games for Tyson Campbell and Miller starting last week for Devin Lloyd. I expect Brown and Miller to continue to play key roles when the starters at their positions return, but I don't necessarily think they will start.

Larry from Wattsburg(h), PA

Does your Scoobey sense tell you that Scobee should be in the Ring as well? All time points leader for Jags should deserve a nod right?

Former Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee is worthy of being in the Pride of the Jaguars. He made big, clutch kicks and is key to the history of the franchise. There are multiple players I would consider as or more worthy.

Mike from Jax

Can we hire whoever developed Lawrence Taylor; or Derrick Thomas; or Charles Woodson.... We need one of those coaches that knows how to make good players great!

I sense you're actually serious, which means you believe that coaches were the reason those players were great. The exclamation point tells me this might be the case. It's always coaching in the NFL.

Kathy from Jacksonville, FL

A sportswriter wrote that he noticed passion in Trevor during the recent game and said we need to see more of that. I also noticed how calm Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was. I believe Stroud was focused and not harried. Especially under pressure. I thought at first that seeing the emotion was good, too. But I also believe that this is not the way Trevor is characteristically. I do believe that being calm, confident and very focused is the way to get results.

We remain in the mode of never-ending picking apart all things Jaguars in a noble attempt to solve all that ails them. This is understandable because Jaguars fans are passionate about the team and passionately want them to win. If quarterback Trevor Lawrence shows passion and the Jaguars win, he should show more passion. If he is calm and they win, he should be more reserved and calm in his approach. I didn't sense that Lawrence was harried or out of whack in a loss to the Texans this past Sunday. I did sense that he missed two long passes that had he hit them would have changed the game and changed the conversation this week.

Joe from Jacksonville

I know he was a backup, but do you think Trevor's obviously regressing play could have anything to do with losing C.J. Beathard in the quarterback room? I was watching a long Johnny Manziel interview and he was talking about how Brian Hoyer made him completely miserable in the quarterback room. He didn't even want to go in. However, when Luke McCown was brought in, he enjoyed coming to work. Is that a thing?

We're very quick these days to assign descriptions such as "regressing" to quarterbacks. We're four games into the regular season. Lawrence isn't playing as well as he needs to play. I don't know that that means he is "regressing." As for Beathard, he and Lawrence were close. I don't sense his absence is a major reason Lawrence has missed some deep passes.

Jake from Cary, NC

Which quarterback in Jags franchise history did the best job of elevating the level of play of those around him?

Mark Brunell, I suppose.

Rich from Dacula, GA

So if it's always coaching, and always players, and were still not winning, then a change has to happen. If the players can play, and the coaches can coach, we have to change the schemes. Can the current coaches do that? Can the current players not fit a scheme change? If we go 6-11 that is what has to happen, would you agree?

If the Jaguars go 6-11, I expect we would see changes in some capacity. Would a "scheme change" be among them? I don't know. Maybe. There are a lot of unknowns – and a lot of games – between that and this. If we even get to that.

P Funk from Murray Hill

As much as it's in my soul to hate the Colts, I always thought Bob Sanders was a great player. Any good Bob stories? Jags W 26-17.

Former Colts safety Bob Sanders at his peak was as good at his position as any player I ever have covered. I put him in a class with Jaguars left tackle Tony Boselli, running back Fred Taylor and wide receiver Jimmy Smith and Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, wide receivers Marvin Harrison/Reggie Wayne and defensive end Dwight Freeney. All aforementioned players from this perspective were Hall-of-Fame level. Sanders essentially was healthy for two seasons – 2005 and 2007. He was a first-team All-Pro in both seasons and was the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2007. His return from an injury-plagued season in 2006 was among the major reasons the Colts of that era won their lone Super Bowl. He was as good as any safety I ever saw play. Perhaps the best "story" was of how Sanders immediately became a leader as a rookie on the Colts' defense. Players almost always take a year or so to truly become the spokesman and leader of a unit. Sanders took the role immediately. He didn't do it with arrogance. He did it naturally because he knew he was the unit's leader. His teammates did, too.

Alan from Jacksonville

To me, a football season is like a round of golf. Champion golfers don't give up after four bad holes. They get mad and grind it out. To me, the biggest fail this season has been the fans and the media coverage. It would be stupid to fire Head Coach Doug Pederson and bench Lawrence. The vibe has gotten so negative I've largely stopped reading most columnists I used to follow regularly. This year has been painful but giving up is far worse. Getting back to the golf analogy, we need to string together a few birdies and get our swagger back, fans included.

Stick 'em tight.