US EditionHow the Jaguars Used a ‘Small Market’ Comment as a Catalyst to End the Broncos’ 11-Game Win Streak
Liam Coen used Sean Payton’s 'small market' remark as motivation, leading the Jaguars to snap Denver’s 11-game win streak with a 34-20 victory.
- On Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars upset the Denver Broncos 34-20 at Mile High, snapping Denver's 11-game win streak during the Week 16 matchup.
- On Wednesday, Broncos head coach Sean Payton called Jacksonville a `smaller market` while praising the team, and the Jaguars' social-media team captioned the clip `Small market, big Ws`.
- Coen framed the win with a pointed remark, and Jacksonville's stats backed it up; Liam Coen said `A small market team like us can come into Mile High and get it done,` with zero giveaways, a 53.3% third-down rate and four-for-five red-zone efficiency.
- The win improved Jacksonville to 11-4 and tightened their grip in the AFC South, inching the Jaguars closer to a division title and a shot at playoff seeding and a first-round bye.
- The upset bolsters Jacksonville Jaguars' credentials as a Super Bowl threat this year and could set up a potential postseason rematch with Denver Broncos.
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How the Jaguars used a 'small market' comment to end the Broncos' 11-game win streak
Sean Payton says his comment was praise. The Jaguars used it anyway.
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How the Jaguars used a ‘small market’ comment as a catalyst to end the Broncos’ 11-game win streak
DENVER (AP) — One man’s flowers are apparently another man’s sours. “Great team effort. Just thankful that a small market team like us can come into a place like Mile High and get it done,” Jaguars coach Liam Coen cracked after Jacksonville’s statement 34-20 win in Denver on Sunday that snapped the Broncos’ 11-game winning streak and tightened the AFC playoff race before the holidays. Coen used an innocuous comment — or attempted compliment — fr…
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A broken clock was right two more times Sunday than the bums who reffed Broncos-Jaguars. But the zebras didn’t give P.J. Locke a pair of skates for Christmas. The officials didn’t make Riley Moss slip. Or make Talanoa Hufanga slide. “It hasn’t been a problem (so far),” coach Sean Payton said of the missed tackles that punctuated a stunning, humbling 34-20 home loss to Jacksonville. “I mean, look, it reared its head (Sunday), though. So we’ve got…
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