JACKSONVILLE – This was impressive. Really impressive.

The Jaguars on Sunday beat the New England Patriots, 35-6 – and even if the Patriots on this day didn’t play like the team that represented the AFC in the Super Bowl last season, that was still the defending conference champions the Jaguars beat at EverBank Field.

That was only part of what made this day impressive and important for the Jaguars.

What else made it important was the Jaguars again responded to adversity in impressive fashion under Head Coach Liam Coen. And they ran impressively. And stopped the run impressively. They forced big turnovers – and after losing clunky fashion to the Denver Broncos last week in a game in which Coen said they weren’t in sync, they were very much in sync and “unclunky” most of Sunday en route to one of the more impressive victories of Coen’s two seasons with the organization.

They played tough and smart against a team that prides itself on playing tough and smart, and they made the sort of big plays in big moments that can turn a potentially close game one-sided.

This is the sort of victory that shapes seasons. On to Cincinnati.

We are who you thought we were.

I take no credit for being “right” this week. While I wrote often last week that the NFL is a week-to-week league and that the Jaguars absolutely were a good team despite losing to the Broncos, I thought the Patriots were a very dangerous matchup. I thought the Patriots’ rush/secondary would squeeze the Jaguars offensively and force them into a tight game to be decided late. I wondered how a Jaguars team that struggled in big situations the week before would fare against a Patriots team that usually plays disciplined and makes themselves hard to beat. I was wr-, wr-, wr- wrong because the Jaguars played tough and smart in the way the Patriots often play. A very impressive day for the good guys.

Tom from the Mean Streets of Nocatee

Koo-koo-ca-chew Mr. Washington.

There were myriad Jaguars storylines Sunday. The remarkable propensity for Jaguars wide receiver Parker Washington to make remarkably difficult receptions at critical times should not be lost among those storylines. Sunday ended as a blowout. The Jaguars led just 14-3 before Washington made an impossibly difficult touchdown reception on third-and-goal from the 17 late in the third quarter. Would the Jaguars have won without Washington’s reception? Probably. But 17-3 is different from 21-3. A lot different.

For a team that makes you beat them, the Patriots sure beat themselves.

Good eye. The Patriots made more mistakes Sunday than they typically make under Head Coach Mike Vrabel. That was particularly true of quarterback Drake Maye. Credit to the Jaguars for forcing and taking advantage of this.

Will you just admit it was the Prowlers?

I assume from this email that the Jaguars wore their Prowler Throwback uniforms Sunday. I’m being a smidge facetious, but uniforms just don’t register all that much with me – particularly on game days.

Mark from Orange Park, FL

Why are we playing defense with nine players? Because defensive ends Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker are just plain terrible!

Bruce from St. Simons Island, GA

O, The NFL is definitely a week-to-week league. However, I believe that one factor is consistently very important to the outcomes. That, in my opinion, is the skill and play of the offensive and defensive lines. I believe you would agree?

I wrote and said often this week that the Jaguars offensive and defensive lines needed to play better Sunday than they did against the Broncos. It’s hard to beat a good team 35-6 in the NFL. It’s almost impossible without the lines playing well. Good day for the lines.

Hi John, I’m a fan and I don’t understand football like you experts. Why do they choose to return short kicks when everyone knows that we don’t have any exceptional returners? In my uneducated opinion, it will be better to start first-and-10 from the 35 without risking any dumb penalties.

This was the much-ballyhooed, oft-craaaaazy, sometimes-well-intentioned First Email of the Game. The Jaguars often choose to return in that situation because they feel they are likely to get to – or close to – the 35-yard-line on most returns with the chance for a big return therefore worth the risk.

Big Jags Fan from Jacksonville

So, this is how it’s supposed to look?

Sunday is how it sometimes looks when a good team plays well, makes big plays in big moments and faces a team that’s making mistakes in big moments. This is not to take away from a very impressive Jaguars performance, but even good teams usually need opponents to do a few things wrong to win by 29 points in the NFL.

Hey, O. Remember when the Jaguars struggled to convert on third-and-short? Yeah, me neither.

Bradford from Orange Park, FL

Boy, does quarterback Trevor Lawrence look good sitting in the pocket, hitting his reads and delivering strikes. It was a hard row to hoe for him … but he has arrived. And he and Jaguars fans deserve every bit of it.