JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …
Cliff from Orange Park, FL
Has the AFC South suddenly become one of the NFL's toughest divisions?
Without question, and this is only the latest example of the annual folly that is predicting NFL seasons in May. Or June. Or even July. Conventional wisdom – i.e., the sort of wisdom based on the previous season and free agency – said the 2025 AFC South would be weak and that nine victories would win it. The division as the Jaguars (6-4) prepare to play the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Sunday instead features the 8-2 Indianapolis Colts, the Jaguars and the 6-5 Texans. The Colts have the NFL's best offense. The Texans have the NFL's best defenses. The Jaguars have victories over five teams at or above .500 – the Carolina Panthers, Texans, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers. Weak division? Ha! I think not, good sir. I think not!
Tucker from Nashville, TN
Hey, John. Here we are again. Trey McBride is their biggest threat. Are we going to double team him and make someone else beat us? I mentioned it with Brock Bowers. I was saying the same thing years ago with a prime Travis Kelce. It never happened.
Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is good against a lot of teams. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is going to be in the Hall of Fame because he's good against a lot of teams. If double covering good tight ends was the cure-all, more defenses would do this. Tight end Trey McBride indeed is the Cardinals' biggest threat. The coaches will have a game plan. If the players execute it, I expect the Jaguars can limit McBride enough to win. I also expect he will make some plays because good NFL players often make plays no matter the defense.
Biff from Jacksonville
PSA: While it may be great for the Jaguars to play angry, they should not drive angry. Weatherman Phil Connors wisely taught us that, for quadrupeds.
I sure as heckfire remember you.
John from Jax
Hi, KOAGF. I know some fans are thinking leadership should move on from Trevor. However, isn't it true that a big factor that our general manager and head coach considered in their decision to sign with the Jaguars' organization was who the QB was? Why would we think they would "move on" from him this season or even next season? Silly. Oh, I know your answer. Fans fan.
I suppose some fans may think this. Your reason is one reason it won't happen. Another is the Jaguars still believe he is developing into a quarterback who can run this offense at a high level. Still another is the salary-cap implications. I expect this conversation will continue, fruitless repetitiveness notwithstanding.
Jags for life from Canton, GA from Jacksonville
The team that beat the Los Angeles Chargers this past Sunday is a team I can be proud of. Aggressive, gutsy and on point. We have not seen anything like this since the Coughlin years. Hats off to the coaching staff for inspiring this attitude and the players for embracing it. Do you think they can maintain it?
Can the Jaguars play to last Sunday's level every week? No. No NFL team can win every game by 29 points. Can they get closer to that level more often and build on that moving forward? Absolutely.
Doug from Jacksonville
I didn't know the Bills were bad against backup quarterbacks, too. Weird.
Martin from Glasgow
With the increase in the number of international games, do you think it's possible the league will remain at 17 games with each team playing 8 home, 8 away and 1 international game a season?
I expect most – if not all – NFL teams will play an international game all or most seasons in the foreseeable future. I don't expect the league to stay at 17 regular-season games much longer because the lure of revenue will be too much to resist.
Nick from Palm Coast, FL
Is it true according to the rumors that Brian Thomas Jr. has requested a trade?
Pretty much anything is true these days according to rumors. According to fact, the 2025 NFL trade deadline is past. The first time teams can trade again is the March 11 start of 2026 NFL League Year. Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. to my knowledge has not requested a trade.
Robert from Newport, TN
O Man. The Jags were 4-13 last year and are 6-4. The Chiefs went to the Super Bowl last year and are 5-5. If you told me at the beginning of the year we would be 6-4 after 10 games, I would be jumping for joy!!! My glass is half full, not empty!
If you're a Jaguars fan and your glass isn't at least half full, I'm not sure what you want. This is contending in the NFL. This is the fun stuff.
Bryan from Tampa, FL
I know this question is a little off topic, but do you think Doug Peterson will get another NFL head coaching opportunity?
I would be surprised if former Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson – a.k.a., Doug Peterson -- would be all that interested in another head-coaching opportunity. Head coaching is hard and stressful. Pederson has had a successful career. If I were in his position, I don't know that I would want back in.
Bryan from Yorkshire, VA
OK, hear me out regarding the pass-interference solution: Have 5 league appointed booth officials immediately review the call in real time – anonymous and isolated from one another. The majority of the 5 would be the official call. And if any of these officials are consistently on the wrong side of the call, they are eventually replaced. Seems like it would solve a lot of in-game/optics issues and take no more time than a normal booth review. It would also keep an on-field official's lightning fast judgement call at bay. Of course teams would lose their challenge if the call goes against them as in any other scenario.
I expect the outcry over interference eventually will lead to the league trying to again make it reviewable. I suppose that could mean trying something "outside the box," such as your suggestion. I also suspect that the judgment nature of interference will means many "reviewed" interference calls will be just as controversial after the review as before.
Randy from Arlington
Zero drops from Meyers in his first 2 games. And hats off to the general manager that got him at the deadline to replace rookie wide receiver Travis Hunter this season. He now leads the team in receiving yards (450) – and seeing who his last quarterback was, that's wild. Do you think Meyers reaches 1,000 yards? I say yes.
Wide receiver Jakobi Meyers has caught eight passes for 105 yards in two games since joining the Jaguars via trade with the Las Vegas Raiders. He has 41 receptions for 457 yards this season, so he would need to average a little more than 77 yards per game the rest of the season to reach 1,000. That's possible, but difficult. What's far more important to the Jaguars than his yardage total is what he does for the offense. He's giving Lawrence a reliable, sure-handed option and one for which opposing teams must account. I expect Meyers will be Lawrence's go-to receiver in big situations moving forward. Will that be really important and help improve the offense? I say yes.
Nick from Annapolis, MD
NFL rosters are strange sometimes. Before the season started it would be somewhat logical to think the Jaguars were OK at wide receiver. Even if BTJ was playing well, in retrospect it feels like Meyers is something this team absolutely needed. Hopefully we can keep him around and see how this room looks next year at full health in Year 2 of the system. In the meantime, he's going to be a key player in this playoff push ... obviously.
I expect at this point the Jaguars will try to re-sign Meyers following the season.
Garrett from Formerly Edgetown
Hi, John. Long time, no talk. I have been chatting with several other fans and we're hoping you can answer something for us. There are often videos on Jags social media that are clips of the press box with Frank Frangie and Jeff Lageman. In each of those videos is an older gentleman with a pair of binoculars. He is always so hype whenever things go well. He is well-loved by fans of these clips. We want to know who this gem of a human is. Personally, I see him as my spirit animal of sorts. Who is this man??
The "gentleman" you cite is John Dineen, Jaguars spotter extraordinaire. I can't speak more highly of Johnny, who indeed is a gem of a human and a worthy spirit animal – as quick and capable with a credit card as he is spotting a pre-snap penalty or defensive pass interference. He's the best.