{"id":311337,"date":"2025-10-17T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/311337\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:07:10","slug":"los-angeles-rams-jacksonville-jaguars-tangle-across-the-pond-in-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/311337\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams &#038; Jacksonville Jaguars tangle across the pond in Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had a laugh with the head coach this week about the Jags and going to London and the memory of his first season, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Like this week, the Rams were coming off a win, planning to stay out east, then jump across the pond for an International Series contest.<\/p>\n<p>If you remember that win in Jacksonville, however, you might recall how livid McVay was with the 27-17 triumph. For a game that started with a 103-yard kick return for a touchdown and also included a blocked punt for another score, the disappointment was palpable.<\/p>\n<p>For the head coach and play-caller, he was admittedly too engrossed with the lackluster offensive day \u2013 just 249 total yards, a lost fumble, three sacks taken. Even looking back on it, it doesn&#8217;t seem too egregious \u2013 but I&#8217;ll never forget it, and McVay remembers everything.<\/p>\n<p>Well, here we are again in present day. The defense beat Baltimore in Week 6, and the offense didn&#8217;t cost them the golden opportunity against the Ravens, and now it&#8217;s off to the UK. This time around, however, McVay is smiling, even though he knows he might be short-handed in London without <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\/team\/players-roster\/puka-nacua\/\" title=\"Puka Nacua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puka Nacua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like to think that I&#8217;m maturing a little bit, growing up,&#8221; the not-yet-40-year-old said, pointing out that his offense didn&#8217;t attempt a single pass in last week&#8217;s fourth quarter. &#8220;I&#8217;ve leaned into understanding the importance of team football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, however. Behind that grin is a determination to convert some truly dominant offensive moments into more points, perhaps as soon as Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Had a laugh with the head coach this week about the Jags and going to London and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":311338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,1318,114893,139405,128371,7310,155241,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-311337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-game-preview","13":"tag-gameday-sponsorship-american-airlines","14":"tag-j-b-long","15":"tag-jacksonville","16":"tag-los-angeles-rams-at-jacksonville-jaguars-2025-reg-7","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115390844338770826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}