The Jaguars secured a seven-point first-quarter lead in their eventual 23-7 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in front of 85,716 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
“The offense did some good things today,” Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said.
“Picked up some big third downs in the second half. Obviously those last two drives, the ball was at the 10-yard line. You go down and get a field goal, ball at the six-yard line, go down and get three, and then finish the game the same way.
“There’s still some things we’ve got to work on and clean up, but obviously much better today by the offense.”
The Jaguars (2-2) tallied only 300 yards, had another sub-40% day on third downs (five of 14, 36%), and averaged only 3.3 yards per carry.
“It’s a step in the right direction, and it started early on this week,” said receiver Christian Kirk, who had a team-high eight catches for 84 yards.
“We kind of talked about it, just our sense of urgency and our execution and discipline throughout the week of practice. You kind of felt that we were going to get back on track with where we needed to be and just to go out there and be ourselves, and I thought we did that.
“We have a long way to go to be a really good offense. There’s still some mistakes and some things that we didn’t do as well today, but we were able to make enough plays to go out there and get enough points to get a win.”
They entered Sunday’s game ranked 16th in total offense, 21st in points, and 29th in third-down conversion rate, after putting up 404 yards in Week 3 against Houston.
Jaguars quarterback, Trevor Lawrence completed 23-of-30 passes for 207 yards and the touchdown for a 78.1 QBR against the Falcons.
“There’s always going to be things that you can do better for all of us each week,” Lawrence said.
“There’s a ton more out there for us offensively, a couple of plays that I missed that I am kind of kicking myself over, but we’re going to turn the page and go into Buffalo and make the corrections and get ready to put a game plan together to go win that game.”
