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As teams head to training camp and the NFL season approaches, The 33rd Team asks its experts to preview every team’s outlook for the 2023 season. In this installment, Chuck Pagano takes a deep dive into the Jacksonville Jaguars. >> READ: Jaguars Fantasy Football Preview Jacksonville Jaguars Team Preview What to Know: Offense The biggest […]
Looking Back at the 2022 Coach of the Year Race
Betting in an NFL awards market is different from betting in other futures markets because voters determine the winner in awards races. In most futures markets, you’re betting on or, in some cases, against a definitive outcome. For instance, if you bet on the Super Bowl winner this year, there will not be any questions […]
Canton Bound: Current NFL Coaches Headed for Hall of Fame
You are correct if you think making the Pro Football Hall of Fame is as difficult for players as tackling Derrick Henry or blocking Aaron Donald. As it should be: The Canton shrine is dedicated to the best of the best, the very elite of the sport. It’s even tougher for coaches to get in […]
NFL Head Coaching Rankings: Which Team’s Coach Reigns Supreme?
I know exactly how this goes. You ignore these introductory paragraphs, look at the rankings, identify a coach that is too low, probably the coach of “your” team, and then criticize the entire list as being stupid without looking at the reasons why he is ranked where he is and the logic behind the selection. […]
Inside Comprehensive NFL Head Coach Selection Process
Last week, we covered the process by which clubs identify candidates for head-coaching positions. This week, we will outline the way an actual interview might be conducted for each candidate. The short answer is, “Any way the owner wants it done.” In my experience, however, he or she usually will leave the spade work to […]
Jaguars’ Second-Half Adjustments Pave Way for Massive Comeback
The Jaguars’ halftime adjustments, including a shift to up-tempo play-calling, were key to their historic second-half comeback against the Chargers, Mike Martz says. Those tweaks and coach Doug Pederson’s even-keeled demeanor were crucial to Jacksonville’s success.
NFL Wild Card Weekend: What We Learned from Saturday’s Games
Of course, quarterbacks were at the center of a couple of Super Wild Card Weekend comebacks as the NFL playoffs opened for business on Saturday. The San Francisco 49ers — led by rookie QB Brock Purdy and a suffocating defense — came from behind by playing a dominant second half in a 41-23 victory over […]
From A to F: Grading Every NFL Head Coach’s 2022 Performance
There were 14 NFL team owners smiling on Monday because their teams were still playing more games. Many of the coaches of those clubs have security beyond these playoffs. Not all, though. As for the other 18 franchises whose season is finished, well, some of those owners already are in the midst of head-coaching searches, […]
Jaguars Looking Like Doug Pederson-Led Team
No one expected the Jaguars to be where they find themselves in that they control their own destiny and have a chance to win the division in their first year under coach Doug Pederson. Charles Davis discusses what he has seen from the Jaguars that has made a world of difference for the team this […]
Pre-Snap Read: Trevor Lawrence Trending Toward Elite Status
The Jacksonville Jaguars provided one of the most unlikely outcomes in Week 15, a 37-31 come-from-behind overtime victory against the 10-win Dallas Cowboys. A heck of an accomplishment in and of itself, but for Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars’ offense, there’s much more to it. Jacksonville has won two games in a row, four of […]