The Jaguars went down 10 points to the Ravens in the first half of Sunday’s game, but found their footing in time to take a 17-16 lead with 7:27 to play in the game.
That lead didn’t stand up, however. Quarterback Blake Bortles threw two of his three interceptions in the final 4:16 and the Ravens blocked a field goal before Justin Tucker hit one of his own to provide the margin of victory in a 19-17 win. Bortles pointed the finger at himself for the team’s failure to secure their first win of the year.
“We had unbelievable field position and continued to tremendously underachieve as an offense,” Bortles said, via the team’s website. “That’s nobody’s fault outside of mine, I believe. ...Guys are tired of being bad. Guys are tired of losing. I thought the defense and special teams played plenty well enough to win, but we didn’t offensively and I didn’t as a quarterback.”
Bortles had a poor game in Week Two against the Chargers as well and his play is down across the board from where it was during the 2015 season. That wasn’t the expectation heading into the season and the team’s failure to take a step forward in the first weeks of this season will turn up the heat on coach Gus Bradley and several others if they drop to 0-4 in London against the Colts next weekend.