LONDON – Head Coach Liam Coen again made the storyline clear.
The Jaguars lost a second consecutive game Sunday afternoon, this one 35-7 to the Los Angeles Rams at Wembley Stadium – and for a second consecutive week, the loss was defined by mistakes.
"It's on me," Coen said.
The Jaguars (4-3), who won three consecutive games before their current two-game losing streak, trailed 21-0 at halftime Sunday and trailed 28-0 before scoring their lone touchdown in the fourth quarter. They committed 13 penalties for 119 yards a week after committing 10 for 76 yards in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
"We just have to do better," rookie wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter said, with Coen adding: "You wouldn't have guessed that we were here for a week prepared, ready to go play in this atmosphere by looking at it in terms of the way we started the game."
The Jaguars on Sunday punted on their first three possessions, with quarterback Trevor Lawrence taking the first of seven sacks on the game's first play. Lawrence said he missed Hunter across the middle on the play.
"It's not like we didn't have a good plan or anything like that," Lawrence said. "Some self-inflicted wounds. If we can clean that up and just stay on schedule, we have to make those corrections and do it, but I think that's where you are seeing the slow starts and then we're getting behind.
"Against a good team like L.A., when you get down 14 points right away because you start slow and have some three-and-outs, it's tough sledding from there. We have to find a way to get back to starting the game faster, on schedule, and just play ball."
Coen said he emphasized during Saturday's team meeting – a time he outlines keys to winning – the need to "stay on schedule" and to stay "balanced," which means having manageable down-and-distance situations.
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"We didn't do any of that again," Coen said.
Hunter said while fixing self-inflicted mistakes isn't easy, "It just comes with football."
"We just have to do better," he said. "The most-disciplined team wins. They just out-disciplined us. We have to be focused and locked in more. We have to be professional and do our best to be professional.
"A lot of us didn't do how coach taught us and it came back to bite us. We weren't fully locked in and we have to do better on that part. We had a lot of self-inflicted wounds. We just have to do better. We just have to continue to trust each other."
Coen called the situation "definitely frustrating."
"But just like everybody else in there, you have to look inward first," Coen said. "What am I doing as the head football coach that's not clear right now? How am I communicating these things? How am I and how are we practicing these things? That's what I've got to look at.
"I've got to look at the whole thing, ultimately, but not going to stand up here and blame these players. It starts with me."
NOTABLE
- Jaguars kicker Cam Little on Sunday missed a 50-yard field goal, converting his lone extra point attempt. This came a week after he missed a 50-yard field goal and his lone extra-point attempt in the loss to the Seahawks. Little's miss on Sunday came with 6:58 remaining in the second quarter and the Jaguars trailing 21-0. "You feel for the guy in terms of wanting to put him in a position to be successful," Coen said. "I thought about that decision a little bit, because it was 21-0 at that point. You just kind of wanted to get some points on the board to see a little positivity when you looked up at the scoreboard, and we ended up missing it. I just have to talk to him before I comment on it"
NOTABLE
- Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. caught three passes for 31 yards Sunday, being targeted seven times. He was among multiple Jaguars receivers, including wide receiver Parker Washington and tight end Johnny Mundt, dropping passes Sunday. "We obviously need to make sure we're in a position with our hands, with our violent to the tuck, with the way we're looking the ball in … also ball placement, making sure the ball is in the right spots … all that stuff," Coen said. "I think there's a combination of things. We have to keep throwing it, though. We can't go running it, running it, running it. It's just the way it goes."