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The Jaguars plan to remedy their woeful tackling performance last week at Tennessee with more than just tough talk from coach Jack Del Rio .

The Jaguars ' struggling pass defense took another blow on Friday when the team declared cornerback Rashean Mathis out for Sunday's game at Tennessee.

Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis has been ruled out for Sunday's game at Tennessee because of a broken finger.

Young lost his job last year in the season opener, when he suffered an injury on a hit by Jaguars linebacker Darryl Smith .

RICK WILSON/The Times-Union Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis claps as the crowd cheers in the fourth quarter Sunday during the Jaguars' 23-20 victory against the St.

Special teams are a phase of football that sometimes gets overlooked by the common fan, but one Jaguars supporter lives for them.

The Jaguars are 0-2 without rookie wide receiver Mike Thomas and 2-0 with him. Those two statistics might not be a coincidence.

Maurice Jones-Drew was named the AFC offensive player of the week for the first time in his career after a three-touchdown, 119-yard performance Sunday in the Jaguars ' 31-24 victory over the Houston Texans .

If you're looking for the Jaguars to pound running back Maurice Jones-Drew against Houston on Sunday because the Texans have the worst rushing defense in the league, Jacksonville offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter has a precautionary note: not so fast.

That's the type of leadership the Jaguars will miss without Hayward, Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said.

New Jaguars special-teams coach Russ Purnell returns Sunday to face his former team, who fired him last season after seven years on the job.

A A The perception that the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference has surpassed the Southwestern Athletic Conference in terms of on-the-field play and the number of NFL-quality players each produces is borne out by this year's BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS PAGE NFL Report, our annual look at black college players making NFL opening day rosters.

Above are photos from yesterday's game. Just got done re-watching the first three quarters of last night's Eagles-Jaguars game.

Coach Jack Del Rio thinks the Jaguars will have special motivation Thursday night in Philadelphia when they play their third game in 11 days.

Coach Jack Del Rio thinks the Jaguars will have special motivation Thursday night in Philadelphia when they play their third game in 11 days.

Submitted by Charles Broward on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 00:06. Four quarters are complete in the Jacksonville Jaguarsa TM 2009 campaign and coaches and fans will go home wondering what to think about what they just saw.

Submitted by Charles Broward on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 22:12. As the rain came pouring down at times during the third quarter of the Jaguars-Dolphins preseason opener in Miami, the game truly began having the feel of a preseason game in the NFL.

By Andy Kent MiamiDolphins.com Summer vacation is officially over as the Miami Dolphins kicked off the 2009 preseason at Land Shark Stadium with a 12-9 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

In a professional sports league like the NFL, many of the prospects out of college come from large name universities.

Not only did the Jaguars' trade of aging WR Dennis Northcutt to Detroit free up room in the WR pecking order for their young pass catchers, but getting S Gerald Alexander in return fortifies what was probably their thinnest position.