"What the hell was that?"

by Rich Rundel ProFootballFanatics.com columnist

What the hell was that?

Embarrassing, that's what it was. The Jacksonville Jaguars took a shellacking Thursday night, August 16, at the hands of the New York Giants and lost miserably by a score of 27-5.

This marks the second consecutive week that the Jags failed to get into the end-zone and had to rely on special teams for their only points of the game.

Head Coach Tom Coughlin's pretty ticked at the guys and who can blame him? I can't, and I've been a die hard fan since the team took their first snap in 1995, and I know how much they are capable. The Coach had this to say, "It's very bothersome. I didn't expect this to happen. I am upset about it".

Last night was the most frustrated I have ever been with the team. It got so bad that my six-year old daughter had to come tell me to stop screaming because she couldn't sleep.

There was very little to say about the game that was good, except we may see some changes in the upcoming days. Coughlin has a lot to consider -- QB Mark Brunell looked like a back-up, the back-up (Jaime Martin) looked like a high-school player, and the guy that probably won't make the team (Ted White) looked like a cheerleader. There were mistakes everywhere.

The first team offense was in for the first quarter and only netted a mere six yards. Brunell was two-for seven with 16 yards. Running back Fred Taylor was held to 18. There wasn't any real receiving going. Even though starting receivers Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell did not play the game, there was not excuse for Brunell's performance.

Coughlin -- "We don't have any excuses. Our offense was poor all night long. Our quarterbacks were rattled. We didn't create any field position and we didn't punt the ball well. They threw on us. They beat us when we shouldn't have given up plays. The cutback run continues to bother us." It just goes on and on, each time I think about it I cringe I'm not pleased at all with our football team, and it's time for our football players, and people give us credit for having good football players, to start playing".

All-right, all-right, not everything went bad, rookie RT Maurice Williams who did struggle against All-pro DE Michael Strahan put one hellatious hit on an unsuspecting Giant, then WR Alvis Whitted who seemed to have been barely touched fumbled the ball. OK so maybe everything did go bad.

Okay, one more tirade before I have an aneurysm -- R.J. Soward. What is it going to take to get this guy to take what he can produce in practice to game-time? He could be great, I went to training camp, and I saw it with my own eyes. Even Coughlin says "the guy just loves to practice," unfortunately that's not where the game is won.

All of the talk this year is about keeping the team healthy; I just think the team (starters included) need to show up for the games.

By the way, it was announced today that Pro-bowler WR Keenan McCardell underwent hernia surgery and is expected to be out 3-4 weeks. (Sigh.)

Article courtesy of ProFootballFanatics.com.