It seems like every time I write about how the Jacksonville Jaguars defense is actually playing really well despite the team’s record Youth Marcell Dareus Jersey , they go out and have their worst game of the season. The first time they got boat raced by the Dallas Cowboys and then on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts they looked like they’d never played together before.How in the world does that happen? I can understand a miscommunication and blown coverage hear and there, we saw it happen a few times last season. But this many times in the same game? Again? After the bye week?How does that happen? That’s unacceptable.“A lot of times there is a level of focus of formation or where something has to be that has you locked into a coverage. We will communicate a call, but there still has to be an awareness to the formation. We missed that,” Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone said on Monday when he was asked if players are freelancing and not running the coverages they should be running. “We missed another where we were worried about a split that was giving us an issue. Then all of a sudden he is not in that split, but we are worried about the issue and they gain separation. We were in a zero coverage. There was one tight end on the field. We know exactly who has that tight end, and we don’t get on him. Those are the things that happened. When you say ‘willfully’ meaning are the players busting it? No.”There were multiple plays on Sunday you should see looked doomed before the snap and multiple plays where players like Eric Ebron were running wide open, with no one anywhere close and they resulted in chunk plays and touchdowns. When you keep running into busts like that, you start to see players pressing and trying to force plays that aren’t there and it just compounds the issue. “The problem is if you make a mistake – let’s get it corrected and let’s go on,” Marrone continued. “Let’s not push and try to get ourselves out of it. One mistake and when you push leads to another mistake and another mistake and that seems to be, in my conversations with the players, what happens. They make a mistake and try to make up for it, and they just need to go ahead to the next play and do their job.”One of the plays the Jaguars should have been playing three deep but for whatever reason cornerback Jalen Ramsey didn’t. That resulted in the long Ebron touchdown. Another play Barry Church should have had the tight end and didn’t, which resulted in another Ebron touchdown. Then there were a few plays where someone like Telvin Smith was caught in no-man’s land trying to cover two players, which resulted in chunk plays.Even on Smith’s interception, it appeared to be a busted play and mercifully the ball bounced to Smith and he made a play on the ball.The Jaguars defense seemed to shore up in the second half Cheap Blake Bortles Jersey , allowing only 60 yards to the Colts, but the damage had already been done and the offense couldn’t catch up. The offense, by the way, did more than enough to win the game on Sunday. When they score 26 points and don’t turn the ball over (until the final drive), with this defense, you should be winning the game. Easily.The problems on the defense seem to be becoming more frequent and they consistently seem to be communication issues. I don’t know what the fix is or if the defense just isn’t listening to Todd Wash’s message anymore or what, but it needs to be rectified fast.Having those kinds of issues, after a bye week, is unacceptable. It’s kind of ironic that the Jaguars season ends with a massive defensive collapse.Grade the 2018 Jacksonville Jaguars: How did the defense do in the first quarter? As the Jacksonville Jaguars head into the middle stretch of the season where they’re away from home three out of the next four weeks, let’s take a look at how they’ve done through the first quarter of the season.We’ll be grading the offense, defense, and special teams separately through the week and up next — the defense!Alfie Crow (@AlfieBCC)The Jacksonville Jaguars defense has been absurdly good and I think it’s been criminally underplayed because of our expectations. They don’t have a ton of turnovers or sacks, but they’ve allowed just four touchdowns in four games, two of which are garbage time touchdowns and you could argue a third. They are consistently hitting and putting pressure on the quarterback and teams are shying away from challenging Jalen Ramsey and AJ Bouye.Grade: A+Ryan Day (@ryaneatscake)We’re grading on a curve here and the defense is the best in football. So what that they don’t have the kind of sacks or turnovers they had at this point last year? The defense is good enough to win them every single game they play and they’d be 4-0 if the offense could have done something (anything!) in Week 3.Grade: AJon Kirland (@BCBCouch)The eyebrow-raising stats arent there thus far individually, but as a team when you’re the No. 1 defense in points allowed http://www.jaguarscheapstore.com/josh-lambo-jersey-cheap , total yards, and passing yardage, as well as No. 9 versus the run, through the first month of play there’s only one grade to give.Grade: ARyan O’Bleness (@ryanobleness)While the turnover numbers aren’t there, this defense has been every bit as good as advertised. Through the first four weeks of the season, the Jaguars lead the league in points per game allowed (14.0), total yards per game allowed (259.2) and passing yards per game allowed (164.2). Jacksonville is also in the top-10 against the run (95.0 yards allowed per game). The sacks and interceptions will come, but this unit has proven it doesn’t need to make big plays to beat you because it will simply not allow you to move the football. The defense is absolutely elite and should remain that way all season long. Grade: A+Brian Fullford (@iambwf)One might argue the sacks are down (thought 10 sacks over four games is not poor), as are the turnovers, which should impact the grade. To me this is like saying sacks are all that matters, ignoring quarterback hits and/or pressures. The defense leads the league in yards per game, points per game, and passing yards per game. In spite of being -4 in the turnover margin, Jacksonville still holds a 3-1 record. The other teams with that rating are the Cardinals, Lions Youth Myles Jack Jersey , and Bucs. Apart from shutting every team out, what more would you like them to do? The big names are doing their jobs, but it’s the likes of Tyler Patmon, Taven Bryan, and veteran D.J. Hayden who are all fitting in nicely. Top to bottom this is the best defense in the league four games in.We shall see the true value of this defense when they travel to Kansas City this coming weekend, but the defense has played well enough for this team to be 4-0. Right now Mahomes is the best, along with the Chiefs offense in general.Grade: A+Filip Prus (@JaxonFil)The Jaguars defense has allowed only four touchdowns in four games and currently leads the NFL and points and yards allowed per game. So why anything less than an A? Quite frankly, this team has not generated the amount of turnovers that they are capable of and are still underachieving based on their high goals set before the season. Dropped interceptions and penalties are a few things that need to be cleaned up, and while it may not be fair, when you hold yourself to an all-time defensive standard, you are going to be grading on that elite curve.Grade: B+