The Jacksonville Jaguars exacted their revenge on the New England Patriots in Week 2 -- and it's been all downhill from there.
But if you ask Jaguars executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin, Jacksonville's woes aren't necessarily tied to a lack of talent. And his reasoning goes back to that fateful AFC Championship Game loss to New England in January.
"A whistle, we’re in the Super Bowl,” Coughlin said Monday on 1010 XL's "The Drill" radio show in Jacksonville. "And that's my position. So tell me, everyone out there, aren't you gonna fill other pieces in and try to be as good as you can be? Well we tried. The nature of the game got us, so we go back to the drawing board."
Coughlin is referring, of course, to the referees' quick whistle on a Myles Jack fumble recovery that may have cost the Jaguars a touchdown in their eventual 24-20 loss to Patriots in last season's AFC Championship Game.
Jacksonville held a 20-10 fourth-quarter lead at the time, so if Jack had been allowed to return the fumble for what likely would have been a touchdown, that may have been the nail in New England's coffin.
You can't change history, though, and the reality is that the Jaguars are 1-8 since winning their September "Super Bowl" over New England.
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Past history aside, though, Coughlin isn't happy with pretty much anything his team is doing right now.
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"Let's face it, our numbers are down all over the place," he added. "Our sacks are way down, our pressure's down, our turnovers are huge, they're out of sight.
"The way we behave on the field is ridiculous, some of the penalties. So, there's a lot of things that are gonna get addressed, and are being addressed."
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