JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser, senior correspondent Brian Sexton and team reporter Kainani Stevens offer quick thoughts on the Jaguars’ 35-6 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in a 2025 Week 11 game at EverBank Stadium Sunday

John Oehser, Jaguars Senior Writer…

1. Impressive. Really impressive. The Jaguars’ victory Sunday was more than one-sided and more than a game that kept them very much in the AFC playoff chase. It was an impressive, complete, dominant victory over an AFC contender – and one that the team absolutely needed considering the very adverse circumstances of the past week. The overriding, clear theme entering Sunday was whether the Jaguars could move on positively from a disheartening, gutting loss to the Houston Texans last Sunday – a loss in which the Jaguars squandered a 19-point fourth-quarter lead and the sort of loss that can ruin a season. “They knew we needed to respond,” Head Coach Liam Coen said. “That’s really what it came down to. When you have guys out there playing for each other, playing for the greater cause with a team-first mentality … that’s what it was. I was really proud of them.” Credit Coen and this entire Jaguars team for the performance Sunday. Not only did the Jaguars dominate a contender, they did it in physical fashion. They also did it with multiple key injuries. “Everybody knew what we did last Sunday in the fourth quarter and we didn’t want to replicate that,” running back Travis Etienne Jr. said. “Coach emphasized that. Everybody understood their assignment and went out there and execute.” The Houston loss could have defined the season and could have set the franchise’s build back significantly. That the Jaguars responded with their most impressive victory in recent memory bodes well not only for this season, but the long-term future of this improving, building team.

2. Physical. Really physical. What was as impressive for the Jaguars Sunday as beating a playoff contender was how they won. The Jaguars from the start on Sunday out-physicaled the Chargers, turning in a dominant defensive performance – and running as effectively as they have in any game since early in the season. “That’s where we won the game, I thought,” Coen said. “That’s where we imposed our will a little bit there, on the OL and DL.” When the Jaguars look back at their 2025 season, they will point to this game as one in which they played very close – if not exactly – to their identity as a tough, physical, running team. “The whole group up front was great,” quarterback Trevor Lawrence said, speaking specifically of the offensive line but describing both units. The Jaguars outrushed the Chargers, 192-42. They outgained them, 345-135. They had 30 first downs to eight for the Chargers. Their day was perhaps defined by a 16-play, 76-yard drive that drained 9:18 from the clock and gave the Jaguars a 28-6 lead with 11:38 remaining. If the game wasn’t already over, it was when Lawrence capped that drive with a 1-yard play-action pass to wide receiver Tim Patrick. Dominant stuff. Impressive stuff. A big-time day.