The Jags Are Going to The Superbowl (and a way to neutralize Troy Paulumalu has been discovered!!!)

After watching last night's game, it is pretty apparent that if the Jaguars can stay healthy, I think they are going to the Superbowl. Their defense is absolutely dominant, just devastating tacklers at every position. They make and stick every hit, if you want to see a great defense then watch the Jags (even Rashaun Mathis who had a rough start against Dallas is coming around).

The Jags offense is very creative, and they have some great packages that effectively neutralizes the 3-4 packages that they face. The size/speed of their offensive line absolute wears down 3-4 units as the Jag o-line men are great a getting to the second level and hitting a linebacker. Plus the Jag coaches seem to be making great calls on the game plan. If you watch last night's game, they were able to take Troy Paulumalu out of the game by motioning in the WR (either Reggie Williams or Ernest Wilford) on his side, and hammering him every play by running off tackle to his side. By the 4th quarter, the Jags were able to run freely to the edges, and Pittsburgh was done. Its pretty obvious that the Jags are planning on using their big WRs as blockers in the run game, which is brillant because all their WRs are the size of some TEs. (The blocking aspect of what I just said doesn't apply to Matt Jones, he is defintiely going to be a target for Leftwich, but on running downs, you won't see him in the game very much.)

Now the question is can the San Diego defense overcome the ablility of the Jags to run off-tackle against a 3-4 front. I don't know if they can, but Merriman is probably going to be one of the most dominant OLBs this season, so it should be a good match up to watch.