JACKSONVILLE – Let's get to it …

Rob from Milton, FL

As a 1995 Jaguars fan, I can't remember a better time to be a fan of this team. I feel this leadership team and team do everything they can to win. No matter who they play, I know they have a plan to beat the team across from them. The best part for me is every Sunday I get up ready to win! You better believe I will be up next Sunday knowing we will be ready to beat the Patriots! I am disappointed but they are holding themselves accountable and we will get better. I really appreciate our leadership and coach. We should sign Head Coach Liam Coen to a long-term contract now. He is a winner, period. You can tell he is angry, but accountable. Thanks, John, for this platform.

The Jaguars by any reasoned measure are moving in the right direction and have a chance to be one of the NFL's better teams this season. This is as true now as it was before the Jaguars lost to the Denver Broncos this past weekend. That doesn't mean the Jaguars' game against the New England Patriots at EverBank Stadium on Sunday is a given. It does mean they are many of the things you described in the email – particularly a prepared team that will do everything possible to win, and a team that makes every move solely about winning and cares about winning above all else. Remember: The Jaguars this past Sunday lost to a Broncos team won lost three regular-season games last season. The Broncos are good. The Jaguars are good. The Jaguars didn't play particularly well and lost narrowly to a good, motivated team playing at home. They have won nine of their last 10 regular-season games and lead the AFC South two weeks into the season. They have lost one consecutive game. None of these guarantees the Jaguars will be successful this season. But they sure have a very good chance.

Bradley from Death Valley, CA

How surprised are you that Meyers/Strange, who I guess could be described as more possession and/or safety valve type of receivers, have only eight targets between them – particularly since good things seem to happen when they are targeted?

I am a smidge surprised tight end Brenton Strange and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers have only been "targeted" eight times in two games. At the same time, it is important to remember that quarterbacks often throw to receivers who aren't the primary option on a play for various reasons. Just because a play is designed for a player therefore does not mean he will be the "target."  Remember, too: Two games are a small sample size. I expect Strange and Meyers to be "targeted" more as the season continues.

Oscar from Palm Coast, FL

Time to bring in rookie defensive end Bryan Thomas Jr. to the mix. Maybe we will at best reach the quarterback one time.

OK.

Al from ORANGE PARK, FL

Are the Patriots "good?" The Jags homer in me saw them as benefiting from a last-place schedule last year and not really showing all that much so far this year. Are the Patriots good this year?

Yes. Being good in the NFL isn't always about eye-catching stats or flashy offense. The Patriots play hard, smart, are fundamentally sound and make you play well – and smart and hard – for an entire game to win. That's hard to beat in the NFL.

Pedal Bin, IFOTY from Farnborough, Hampshire, UK

Oh Mighty 'O' / King of All Funk, I was a little surprised the Jags signed tight end Brenden Bates to the practice squad. With Tanner Koziol a healthy scratch for the last two games, do we need another tight end?

The Los Angeles Chargers this week signed tight end Hayden Rucci from the Jaguars' practice squad, and the Jaguars this week signed Bates to the practice squad. The practice squad lord giveth and the practice squad lord taketh away.

Tom from Fabulous Fruit Cove, FL

Oh, Wise One, please allow me to insert a significant mathematical revelation relating to the feeling of death many are expressing after losing to one of the better teams, in one of the very most hostile atmospheres, in the NFL. After having played .11767 percent of the season's schedule, a grand total of .21875 percent of the teams remain undefeated. Should I curl up in a corner and cry myself to sleep?

Yes, but not for the reasons you think.

Brandon from Louisville, KY

It seems like we are going to have to swing for some strong pass rushers before the trade deadline and this offseason. Travon and Josh are good players, but just don't get there enough through the years. Thoughts?

I think Jaguars defensive ends Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen would benefit greatly from better push from the interior of the defense. I also think the Jaguars had five sacks in Week 1 and zero in Week 2, so we need to let more of the season play out before we know what will happen at the trade deadline. But the Jaguars must pressure the passer better moving forward than they did this past Sunday. It is very difficult to beat good teams if you can't affect the quarterback in passing situations late in the game.

Paul from Saint Augustine, FL

One bad half of football and all of a sudden, there is a perception among many that everything stinks, particularly wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter's snap count and BTJ's play. Imagine if this were a game instead of merely a matter of life and death ...

Fans fan. It's what they do.

Armand from Atlantic Beach, FL

A game is a game. Win some, lose some. At the end of the season, you want more wins than losses. What say you, KOAF.

Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you. The last undefeated team in the NFL was the 1972 Miami Dolphins.

Nicholas from Fort Hood, TX

KOAF: Remember the 2020 season when the Jaguars won in Week 1, a player did a backflip on the final kneel down and the Jaguars went on to lose the next 15 games? I really hope that doesn't happen this year.

That would be stunning and would go against everything I know – or think I know or believe I think I know – about the NFL.

Tony from Suwanee, GA

If a team had an offensive lineman who routinely gave up one-to-three drive-killing sacks each week he would be benched or cut. Yet we have wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., who gives us three catches for 40 yards each week, but also has critical drive-stopping drops. He had three drops Sunday and Coen even said they were "crucial" drops. I am not a coach or a general manager, but you do not need to be one to analyze these numbers. The Jags are deep at receiver, and Travis Hunter or Josh Cameron could get the reps. Many times, you tell us that we do not have the information inside the coaches have. But we see what happens in the field. Why do the Jags continue to put liability on the field? Why?

I do not expect this regime to routinely and continuously play players they do not believe give them the best chance to win. This is true regardless of a player's draft position and reputation.

Wade from J-ville

The problem is the Jags cannot pressure the quarterback when facing a good team, late in the game when it matters most. This team can be good, really good, but will never be great until they solve this ongoing problem. They found out last year you cannot count on outscoring great teams. Sooner or later, you have to make the stop in the big games.

Fair.

Don from Marshall, NC

Everyone has been overly supportive of Brian Thomas Jr. with his tremendous talent and his propensity to catch one, drop three. My daughter has better hands than him. What the heck is wrong with him? He is becoming a detriment to the team with his drops. If I was a coach, I would tell him nice time is over and that if you drop one more catchable ball that I will trade you for soda money! He needs to get his head out of his backside and grow up! Go Jaguars!

When it comes to wanting Thomas to be more reliable, and having more confidence in his daughter than perhaps is warranted – and to apparently just being sort of "fed" up with the whole thing – Don remains "all in."

Scott from Gilbert, AZ

Zone, I can't remember whether it was Aristotle, Einstein, Isaac Newton, or another legendary mind who famously proclaimed the NFL to be a "week-to-week league?"

That's strikingly smart, insightful and succinct. I remember the person who said it was devilishly handsome, sneakily charming and outrageously witty, but – like you – his name escapes me.