JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser, senior correspondent Brian Sexton, team reporter Kainani Stevens and correspondent John Shipley offer quick thoughts on the Jaguars as they prepare to play the Indianapolis Colts at EverBank Stadium Sunday

Run to win. The running game has been among the Jaguars’ most-improved areas through six games, and it may be one of the team’s defining areas by season’s end. The Jaguars focused heavily on improving this in the offseason, signing running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. as a restricted free agent and selecting guard Emmanuel Pregnon and tight end Nate Boerkircher in the 2026 NFL Draft. Running backs Bhayshul Tuten and Rodriguez through six games have been strikingly physical, and the Jaguars have run more consistently this season than last. While the Jaguars haven’t yet excelled in “explosive runs,” it feels like a matter of time before Tuten’s “close” explosives turn into a long touchdown or two. The guess here is they will hit there soon. If the Jaguars continue improving here at the rate they did in the first six games, they could be one of the NFL’s top – and most physical – running teams by season’s end, which will give an already potent offense a critical dimension late in the season.An issue of depth. An offseason move that didn’t happen is benefiting the Jaguars these days, with left tackle Walker Little preparing to make his second start of the season Sunday. That starting role is now permanent, at least in the context of this season, with left tackle Anton Harrison out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Little was among multiple players observers believed the Jaguars might trade this past offseason because while he is a starting-caliber player, there was no starting spot available at the time along a deep Jaguars line. But the NFL is a league of attrition, and the Jaguars under Head Coach Liam Coen, General Manager James Gladstone and Executive Vice President of Football Operations Tony Boselli believe in having at least eight starting-caliber offensive linemen. This commitment to being ready for injuries means they will start a player in Little with extensive starting experience in the role he now will play. That doesn’t make this situation positive, but it’s hardly the disaster it might have been had the Jaguars been unprepared for this scenario.Better blitz this week. The numbers said not to blitz Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud in London, because his completion percentage and yards per attempt skyrocketed when teams sent more than four pass rushers his way. The Jaguars blitzed and lost. The numbers say Colts quarterback Daniel Jones struggles when teams sends five or more. The Minnesota Vikings last Sunday blitzed on 85 percent of Jones’ dropbacks, and he threw interceptions, fumbled and took sacks in a 16-10 Colts loss. Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile blitzes on less than 40 percent of pass attempts, but this week he should look to the strategy employed by Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores.The Colts are a shell of what they once were. It almost seemed unfair when the Colts transitioned from all-time great quarterback Peyton Manning after the 2011 season to Andrew Luck in 2012, with Luck early in his career also seemingly destined for all-time great status. Luck instead retired in 2019, with a collection of quarterbacks – Jacoby Brissett, Matt Hasselback, Philip Rivers, Carson Wentz, Matt Ryan, Gardner Minshew II and Joe Flacco – trying and often failing for the Colts in the seasons since. Now, it’s quarterback Daniel Jones for the Colts. It’s good to remember that finding a quarterback you can build a franchise around is difficult and can take a generation or even two. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence is a guy the Jaguars have waited for since Mark Brunell left for Washington in 2004. I won’t say it was worth the wait, but it’s a nice spot to be today.