Written by Mykail Mereau
The Buffalo Bills are coming in hot with a perfect 2-0 record at the start of the season. With opening the season at home in a thriller against the Arizona Cardinals and heading into the Miami Gardens on a short week against their AFC East rival Miami Dolphins putting on defensive masterclass led by Sean McDermott and Bobby Babich on Thursday Night Football, the Bills is once again looking like Super Bowl contenders in the AFC and one of the best teams in the league. Bills heads into Monday Night Football at home against a team that has been struggling in their last two games and also appears to have the Bills number as of late, the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the last two matchups between Buffalo and Jacksonville, the Jaguars have own the series against the Bills. The first one came in 2021, when the Bills were heavily favored over the Jaguars on the road, and Jacksonville had the biggest upset of that season against heavily favored Super Bowl contender Bills beating them in a weird score of 9-6, where neither team didn’t score a single touchdown throughout the whole game both teams just kicked field goals. Last year they meet yet again only this time it was across the pond in London. Jaguars was already there in London the week prior against the Atlanta Falcons, while the Buffalo Bills was in Buffalo against their divisional opponent Miami Dolphins. So, the Jaguars have the clear advantage over the Bills when it came to the different time zones and Buffalo arriving in the United Kingdom late in the week. The Bills trying to heroic comeback late in the game, but it was alright too late as the Jaguars got another victory over the Bills in London with a 25-20 being the final score. Well lucky for the Bills, this game is played in front of Bills Mafia not in Jacksonville or London. But that doesn’t mean with it being home field advantage, that the Jaguars can’t pick up their first win of the season against the Bills on their home turf under bright lights of Monday Night Football. So, the Buffalo Bills is looking to end the Jaguars 2 game win skid over them on Monday. Here’s the three keys to victory for the Bills to finally defeated their kryptonite the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Attacking Jacksonville’s secondary with the passing game
Jacksonville’s secondary has been mediocre in their last two games especially in Week 1 when they gave up 338 passing yards from Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins. While the Bills haven’t been passing attack offense like they once we’re in the past, this a game where the passing attack of the offense could be very explosive with the likes of Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel, Keon Coleman, Dalton Kincaid, and Dawson Knox all having their day in the air against this Jaguars secondary. And this would also boost up Josh Allen’s MVP odds having a career day throwing the ball over the field against Jacksonville’s secondary.
Dominating on the defensive line in the trenches on Jacksonville’s offensive line
You think that the Jaguars offensive line would’ve improved especially adding the likes of former Buffalo Bills center Mitch Morse and trading for Ezra Cleveland at the trade deadline of last year from the Minnesota Vikings. However that hasn’t been the cased for this season as the Jaguars offensive line has been atrocious and they have allowed their franchise quarterback Trevor Lawrence getting seven sacks already on the year. This is a bad if were a Jaguars fan heading into this Monday Night matchup against this Bills defensive line that’s gonna to have their way on this weak offensive line of Jacksonville’s and having Trevor Lawrence running for his life all night long. Buffalo’s defensive line has total of six sacks already in the first weeks which they ranked 11th in the league and the third most takeaways in the league. So this should be a dominating day in the trenches for the Bills defensive line against a very weak Jaguars offensive line.
Containing Travon Walker
While the Jaguars secondary is mediocre, their defensive line isn’t no slouch and it starts with their 2022 first overall pick Travon Walker. Walker can wreck any offensive game plan from anyone, he already has two sacks, eight total tackles, and a tackle for loss. It’s for up the Bills offensive tackles to contain Walker as they can throughout the night. If they can do that by not allowing Walker turning into the Incredible Hulk at all, the Bills offensive game plan won’t have any problems at all from the Georgia draft prospect.
