Thursday, September 21, 2023

Jacksonville Jaguars Week 3 NFL Power Rankings Roundup

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 3 roundup for the Jacksonville Jaguars in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 9

Player: LB Josh Allen
Current contract situation: Under contract through the 2023 season

Allen, in the final year of his rookie contract, is not the elite pass-rusher the Jaguars hoped he'd become when they took him No. 7 overall in the 2019 draft. However, he's a solid rusher who averages seven sacks per season and is very good against the run. That might not be good enough for the Jaguars to sign him to an extension or use the franchise tag on him, especially if the team uses the franchise tag on receiver Calvin Ridley, but there's no question he'd be a highly sought-after free agent in March. -- Michael DiRocco

NFL.com -- Rank: 9

It's surprising that a team with Trevor Lawrence, Calvin Ridley, Travis Etienne, Christian Kirk, Evan Engram and Zay Jones can go 3-for-12 on third downs in back-to-back games. It might be reasonably excused against what looks like a pretty good Chiefs defense. But when you plop an 0-for-3 red-zone performance on top of it, well, you just can't have that. It's easy to look at the new play-caller, but I don't think Press Taylor is a fair scapegoat, even if the only memorable conversion was Lawrence ad-libbing on his TD pass to Ridley against the Colts in Week 1. The offensive line needs to pick it up these next two games without the suspended Cam Robinson.

CBS Sports -- Rank: 10

The defense played well against the Chiefs, but the offense wasn't good. The offensive line is a problem right now, which is why the red-zone offense was bad.

USA Today -- Rank: 10

They'll get right against Houston in Week 3, right? Well, the "lowly" Texans have beaten Jacksonville five times in a row and eight of the past nine on the road.

The Athletic -- Rank: 15

The offensive resurgence missed Duval County. The Jags' 4.2 yards per play in Week 2 ranked 31st in the league. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence's EPA per attempt through two weeks is minus-.10. That ranks 26th in the league, worse than Joshua Dobbs, Justin Fields and Anthony Richardson, among others. Since having seven catches in the first half of Week 1, Calvin Ridley has had three catches.

FOX -- Rank:

If the end zone were 11 yards instead of 10, the Jags would've scored at least 24 on the Chiefs. Unfortunately, I re-checked the rule book and ‘almost' still doesn't count. There's no shame at all in losing to Kansas City, but Jacksonville's got to be more efficient in the red zone. The offense in general hasn't looked as explosive as we might've thought.

Yahoo! -- Rank: 11

It was tough to see Trevor Lawrence miss as many throws as he did on Sunday. He has come a long way, but those bad games are still not completely out of his system yet.

PFT -- Rank: 8

Holding the Chiefs to 17 points should be good enough to beat them.

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