#misf

This time last year, Jacksonville looked like the team of the future. But they are now an aimless, ill-disciplined mess

My favorite subplot of this season: the organizational meltdown in Jacksonville.

The Jaguars’ Tom Coughlin and Doug Marrone have built their entire program, and indeed their reputations, on the idea of discipline. That idea was notably absent in Buffalo on Sunday as the Jags lost their heads and lost the game – 24-21 – falling to 3-8 on the season. Star running back Leonard Fournette was ejected during a post-touchdown brawl after players from both teams clashed. “You are going to have to rise up and also protect your own,” Fournette said after the game. “At the same time, you can’t have that. I apologize to all the kids who look up to me.” Fournette and Buffalo’s Shaq Lawson were ejected from the game. The pair continuing to jaw as they headed into the tunnel, and a Bills fan appeared to make contact with Fournette as he was leaving the field. “My biggest thing was when the fan hit me. I had a problem with that,” Fournette said. “He [Lawson] was saying what he had to say. I really don’t care. Words are just words. They don’t mean nothing to me. Just got to move on.”