Jacksonville Jaguars had a disappointing 1-5 streak in the 2023 NFL season.
Jaguars made moves to strengthen roster by signing free agents Arik Armstead, Gabe Davis, Ezra Cleveland, and Mitch Morse.
Owner Shad Khan acknowledged organizational failures and expressed desire for self-reflection.
Team dealt with injuries, defensive issues, and missed tackles.
Trevor Lawrence suffered multiple injuries throughout the season.
In the 2023 NFL season, the Jacksonville Jaguars experienced a significant collapse that kept them out of the playoffs. Owner Shad Khan described this organizational failure as a result of going 1-5 in their final six games after starting strong with an 8-3 record. The team's struggles were not limited to injuries, as they faced defensive issues and missed tackles, leading to a stark decline in stopping the run. Trevor Lawrence, the Jaguars' quarterback, dealt with multiple injuries throughout the season that affected his performance and availability.
The Jaguars had high expectations following their strong start but ultimately fell short of their goals. Khan acknowledged this failure as an organizational one and expressed a desire for self-reflection to prevent similar occurrences in the future. The team has since made moves to strengthen their roster, signing notable free agents such as Arik Armstead, Gabe Davis, Ezra Cleveland, and Mitch Morse.
Despite the disappointing end to the 2023 season, Khan remains optimistic about the Jaguars' potential for success in future campaigns. The team is committed to learning from their mistakes and improving upon their weaknesses.
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan called the team's 2023 collapse a 'structural disaster'
Jaguars have added notable free agents such as Arik Armstead, Gabe Davis, Ezra Cleveland and Mitch Morse to their roster
Accuracy
The Jaguars finished the regular season with identical 9-8 records in 2022 and 2023, but with different outcomes
Team owner Shad Khan described last season’s late failure to make the playoffs as an 'organizational failure'
Deception
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The author makes editorializing statements and uses emotional manipulation by describing the Jaguars' 2023 season as a 'structural disaster' and a 'different story with the blame falling throughout the club'. He also uses selective reporting by focusing on the team's poor performance in 2023 while ignoring their successful run in 2022. However, he does disclose sources and quotes them directly.
All of these players I talked to, it’s like how could this happen? What happened?
It was a structural disaster.
Fallacies
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The author, Grant Gordon, uses an appeal to authority fallacy when quoting Shad Khan stating 'It was organizational failure'. While Khan's opinion is valid, the author does not provide any evidence or context to support this as a fact. Additionally, the author makes a hasty generalization by stating 'This was a different story with the blame falling throughout the club.' without providing any specific examples or evidence.
][author] It was organizational failure.[//]
[author] This was a different story with the blame falling throughout the club.
Owner Shad Khan considers the Jaguars’ late-season collapse in 2023 an organizational failure.
The Jaguars finished the season with a record of 9-8, but missed out on the playoffs after going 1-5 in their last six games.
Multiple injuries to key players including Christian Kirk, Zay Jones and Trevor Lawrence were a significant issue.
The run game struggled with 120 runs gaining no gain or losing yardage and a league-high 26.5% of rushes having zero or negative yards.
Defensive issues included the fourth most missed tackles in the league (126) and a decline in stopping the run, giving up an additional 44.4 yards per game on average in the final six weeks.
The only win in their last six games came against Carolina Panthers with Trevor Lawrence out due to injury.
Jacksonville lost to Tennessee Titans after failing to score from the 1-yard line twice and a potential touchdown pass being dropped by Calvin Ridley.
Amit Patel, a former Jaguars financial manager, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for stealing more than $22 million from the NFL franchise.
Jaguars dropped five of their final six games and missed the postseason after spending three months atop the AFC South.
Trevor Lawrence was injured four different times and missed significant practice time due to sprained right shoulder, left knee, right ankle and a concussion.
