The Jacksonville Jaguars have some questions to answer after a tough 35-16 loss in London against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The loss moves the team to 1-5, indicating another dismal season for the Jaguars.
After the game, Jacksonville safety Andre Cisco said he wasn’t happy with what he saw from the team. “It was really bad,” Cicsco told Action Sports JAX. “I just felt like it was, how can I put this… stopping a lot.”
The Jaguars controlled the first quarter of the game and took an early 3-0 lead, but Chicago began to take over in the second quarter. Despite a pair of second-half touchdowns, the loss didn’t allow the Jaguars to get much going, either offensively or defensively.
“In a situation like that, you can feel whether we’re playing as one or not. It felt very early in the game, maybe at halftime, that we weren’t playing as one,” Cisco said.
Cisco said Jacksonville’s problems were not due to scheduling or training, but to players’ current struggles to show up on game day and get things done.
“Sunday is when it counts,” he said. “There’s no excuse for a lack of effort. Like that’s literally the least you can do is come out and put in the effort. And that’s what I tell myself.”
Cisco had one of the few big plays of the game for the Jaguars, snagging Jacksonville’s first interception of the season in the second quarter and halting Chicago’s momentum. But despite getting the ball back, the Jaguars couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity.
“The season is definitely not over yet,” Cisco said. “The NFL is built to play until Week 18, and we know that. So it’s not a matter of, ‘Oh season’s over, let’s stop, look at next year,’ it’s none of that to me.
“But we understand that it’s a Sunday thing. It’s not a planning thing anymore, that’s dead. So at this point, everyone just needs to understand that Sunday is the right time.”
Jacksonville plays another game in London next week, taking on the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium.
