Doug Pederson reveals real reasoning behind Jaguars' offensive line issues
The offensive issues the Jacksonville Jaguars are having are no longer a secret, as they somewhat were before this last game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Jaguars were blown out, and while the defense could have played better, it was the offense holding the team back.Coming into this season, we didn't really expect the […]
The offensive issues the Jacksonville Jaguars are having are no longer a secret, as they somewhat were before this last game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Jaguars were blown out, and while the defense could have played better, it was the offense holding the team back.
Coming into this season, we didn't really expect the offense to be the biggest issue, but it's been night and day compared to this season and the end of last season. The Jaguars must figure out how to fix the issue if they want to stay at the top of the AFC South.
There are multiple eternal issues with the Jaguars offense, but one that we see the most is the offensive line and just how bad they have been performing together. On Wednesday, head coach Doug Pederson elaborated on why the offensive line is struggling.
"I just think they haven't played together for a length of time," Pederson told reporters. "I think there's a lot of moving pieces there. Anton [OL Anton Harrison] continues to improve each week; I said the other day that I thought he had one of his better performances against a really good front.
"Luke [OL Luke Fortner] and Brandon [OL Brandon Scherff] are the staples there. Cam [OL Cam Robinson] is Cam and that left guard spot has been a little bit of a revolving door right now. There's been some uneasiness there, but I think these guys, the more they play together, the more comfortable and confident they'll be in these next eight games."
The offensive line has suffered some significant injuries so far this season, so it makes sense that they are still trying to gel. The Jaguars' offensive line wasn't bad last year, but this year has been a bit of a different story. We have talked about this before, but while the sack numbers aren't terrible, they still aren't good.
Lawrence has been sacked 24 times and has an average time to throw of 2.4 seconds, which is the second-worst in the league behind Tua Tagovailoa. Lawrence being pressured as much as he is definitely isn't helping the offense. Daniel Griffis has the perfect tweet to show just how good Lawrence is when the pocket is clean.
The Jaguars have to do a better job of giving Lawrence time if they want their offense to start clicking.
Jaguars’ offensive problems vs. 49ers start with the offensive line
The Jaguars were blown out by the 49ers.
