Doug Pederson is focused on this week and not worried about admiring his team’s history against a division rival.
Indianapolis is a team that has had major struggles playing in Jacksonville. It squandered a win-and-in playoff situation in the regular season finale last year. That loss shook up things in Indy, with the team shipping quarterback Carson Wentz out after just a season and trading for Matt Ryan.
Indianapolis hasn’t won in Jacksonville since Andrew Luck led it to a 44-17 rout of Blake Bortles and Co. on Sept. 21, 2014.What does matter is addressing the issues that plagued the Jaguars in a winnable Week 1 game at Washington. Unlike many games last year in which Jacksonville was seldom competitive into the second half, the Jaguars actually surged back after a ragged start and 14-3 halftime deficit against the Commanders. The ground game behind James Robinson and Travis Etienne was strong.
“We have the guys to make those plays so at the end of the day there’s really no excuses, we just got to go make them,” Lawrence said. “We missed some this week, but that’s why you get 16 more opportunities to go do it. I’m excited. We’re taking it one game at a time. A good Colts team coming in here this week and we feel really good about our plan so far.
Pederson said that when he had a chance to study the Commanders game, numerous things jumped out. The loss boiled down to one thing — too many mistakes that helped put points on the board for Washington and took them off for the Jaguars. Lawrence had an up-and-down opener, including two intentional grounding calls and a late-game interception on Jacksonville’s final drive that seemed like a desperation heave on third-and-11. Lawrence said Wednesday that analyzing the performance was tough because of how close some of those plays — like an overthrow in the end zone to Etienne — were in the final result.
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