Jaguars Knock Colts Out of Playoff Contention For Second Consecutive Year

For the second yr in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars have delivered the knockout punch to the Indianapolis Colts. This time, although, it got here by beating the New York Jets. 

Due to the Jaguars’ win over the Jets enhancing Jacksonville’s report to 7-8, successfully making it unattainable for the Colts to match them within the AFC South.

It is not fairly as emotional because the Jaguars personally ending the Colts’ playoff bid like they did in a Week 18 upset at TIAA Financial institution Subject final season, however the Jaguars managed to tug away from the Colts over the past month after the 2 spent a lot of the season jockeying for second-place within the AFC South behind the Tennessee Titans. 

Now it’s the Jaguars who’re pushing for a playoff spot and a shot on the AFC South crown after profitable three video games in a row, whereas the Colts are coming into the ultimate two weeks of a failed experiment with Jeff Saturday as head coach. 

“I’m happy with the fellows. We set out two and half weeks in the past, we had three video games in lower than three weeks, and we simply needed to take them one by one,” Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson mentioned after Thursday’s 19-3 win over the Jets. 

“I believe that’s what you’ve seen from this group. There’s no give up in them. They stick collectively. They hold collectively. They encourage each other. That’s what it takes. That’s a very good soccer group over there on protection and hats off to Coach Saleh and the group that he has. I’m happy with our guys.

For the Jaguars, it was their third win within the final 12 days, matching the three wins they’d in 18 weeks a yr in the past.

“I believe it’s a begin. It’s a mark of a group that’s starting to play good soccer, significant soccer on the finish of the season,” Pederson mentioned. 

“We’ve talked about that quite a bit, having significant video games down the stretch. These guys are battling by quite a bit. They’re battling by their very own accidents. You lose Cam Robinson per week in the past and Walker (Little) performed his tail off at present. My hats off to these guys. It’s only a signal of our group coming collectively on the proper time.”