JACKSONVILLE – The idea is to be bold and physical, always.
Dennis Gardeck on Monday spoke to the media a day after the Jaguars moved to 3-1 for the first time in seven seasons – and the veteran linebacker reiterated what Head Coach Liam Coen said after the previous day’s victory.
The Jaguars are a tough, physical team. That’s it. That’s the identity.
“It was pretty evident from Day One that that’s who we’re going to be as a football team,” Gardeck said.
The Jaguars on Sunday beat the San Francisco 49ers, 26-21 – their second consecutive victory and the third time in four games they have run for 139 or more yards. They registered 4 takeaways, the fourth time in as many games they have forced 3 or more takeaways.
“We’re all in it together,” Coen said Monday. “I appreciate everybody playing the way they played, the physicality, the chip on their shoulder. As much as our locker room can continue to buy into that edge, play with an edge, compete with an edge and prepare with an edge, it’s going to help us as we move forward as a team.”
If toughness is a theme, it’s one Jaguars players are embracing.
“We play very hard,” Jaguars center Robert Hainsey said. “Our defense plays out of their minds, and offensively we finish. We play hard.”