Maurice Jones-Drew News

The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting good at bouncing back from embarrassing losses.

The most tempting new trap in the NFL is free, attractive and alarmingly simple.

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

Quarterback Peyton Manning's Colts are nine-point favourites over the Texans in their Week 9 matchup Sunday in Indianapolis.

You don't need me advising you to start Peyton Manning and Maurice Jones-Drew, or to bench Derek Anderson and Earnest Graham.

It's not a total loss. But it's not far off. Though the Jacksonville Jaguars at times have resembled the league's worst team through seven games of the 2009 NFL schedule, they nonetheless find themselves just two games shy of the existing wild-card lead in the AFC with half a season left to right the ship.

Record: 54-52. Last week: Lost to Titans 30-13. Key stat: The Jaguars have scored 16 TDs through the first seven games which ranks as the most TDs in that time frame since 2002.

Jacksonville's 30-13 whipping at the hands of the previously winless Tennessee Titans Sunday sent out a news flash that should hardly have been news: Nor, for that matter, are they the Indianapolis Colts.

" At the postgame podium, ex-NFL linebacker Jack Del Rio had a glazed look of total bewilderment.

Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew breaks off an 80-yard touchdown run against the Titans in the second quarter Sunday at Tennessee.

Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher certainly knows how to stir up controversy among his fan base, and hopes his recent actions can enliven his winless squad.

Maybe Maurice Jones-Drew was right. Maybe the Jacksonville Jaguars needed to run the ball more.

I really havena t taken the time to compare it, contrast it with the league. I know, wea re playing a bunch of young guys.

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

This week the Tennessee Titans return from their bye to host the AFC South rival Jacksonville Jaguars .

G ene Smith, in his first season as the Jaguars' general manager, conducted an e-mail Q&A with the Times-Union's Vito Stellino as the Jaguars enter their bye week.

Louis before signing a free agent contract with Jacksonville in April. And Holt made the most of his first encounter with his old team, catching five passes for 101 yards in the Jaguars ' 23-20 overtime victory.

Everything feels different to quarterback David Garrard. The offense. The attitude.

Rick Wilson/Times-Union staff Jacksonville Jaguars running back #32 Maurice Jones-Drew dives over the goaline on a 4 yard ouchdown run against the St.

The St. Louis Rams had the game there for the taking in Jacksonville today. Seven seconds to go ball on the Nine yard line and one timeout in the bank.