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JACKSONVILLE http://www.thejaguarslockerroom.com/authentic-ereck-flowers-jersey , Fla. (AP) — Taven Bryan has as many penalties (two) as tackles this preseason, hardly ideal considering he started each of Jacksonville’s three exhibition games and has been on the field for a combined 77 plays.The defensive tackle and 2018 first-round draft pick is expected to be in the starting lineup again Thursday night when the Jaguars (0-3) host the Atlanta Falcons (0-4) in the preseason finale for both teams.It’s coach Doug Marrone’s way of pushing, pressing and prodding Bryan to show something, anything, before the regular-season opener against Kansas City.“Taven has had a setback,” Marrone said. “He is probably disappointed, but, hey, he has to get his mind right and go because there were some things he was doing earlier that were really exciting and would really be able to help our football team. That’s what he wants to do, so strap it up and get your (butt) out there and go play and get better.”The Jaguars chose Bryan with the 29th choice in the 2018 NFL draft Womens Brad Nortman Jersey , knowing he would back up Malik Jackson as a rookie and believing he would eventually become a starter. He’s shown glimpses, including his first sack in last year’s season finale at Houston, but hasn’t made the strides Jacksonville expected when personnel chief Tom Coughlin and general manager Dave Caldwell selected Bryan instead of filling bigger needs on the other side of the ball.It probably didn’t help Bryan’s development that coaches moved him around last season, working him at end, nose tackle and 3-technique. Bryan is more settled now, lining up primarily inside and alongside veterans Marcell Dareus and Abry Jones.His play remains uncertain.“A little inconsistent,” Bryan said. “Just make sure I’m focused on what’s going to happen and get it done. It’s another opportunity to get better.”The Jaguars won’t play many, if any, starters against the Falcons. Marrone did the same in the first two exhibitions, preferring to have his players as healthy as possible for next week’s opener against Kansas City.Marrone plans to hold out most of the guys guaranteed to make the initial Dawuane Smoot Jersey , 53-man roster. Even though Bryan is a lock to make the team, he still will be on the field to close out the preseason.“You are trying to get that consistency,” Marrone said. “I just try and keep things in perspective as in, ‘It’s not where we want to be. Fight through it.’ It’s like anything else. We have all been raised different ways, and life is going to kick you in the (butt) and it’s not going to be good all the time. …“You just have to fight. If you don’t, if you give up on yourself, how is anybody else going to keep you long?”Bryan had 67 tackles, including 5 ½ sacks, in three seasons at nearby Florida. He was a 6-foot-4, 291-pound enigma his first two years in Gainesville http://www.thejaguarslockerroom.com/authentic-andrew-norwell-jersey , but came on as a junior in 2017. He had 40 tackles, including six for loss and four sacks, while playing solely inside.He built a reputation on having a quick first step and being the strongest guy in the weight room. Although he never took over a game, he routinely demanded double teams on a defense with little talent up front.The Jaguars were counting on the Wyoming native developing more pass-rushing moves and taking strides thanks to professional coaching and a more structured training program. They’re still waiting to see results.“I feel like Taven’s taking the right steps,” Jones said. “He’s listening to us and trying to learn more about the game. … He’s made tremendous improvements with what’s been asked of him, going from a power player to adding finesse to his game. I feel like the best is yet to come. He’s a tremendous talent and he’s got people coaching him up every day.“He’s going to turn it around.” NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars‘ defense followed up a shutout with a washout.A defense that prides itself as one of the NFL’s best got embarrassed on a national stage by Derrick Henry in the Jaguars’ 30-9 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night.“It was sad out there,” Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey said.Henry stiff-armed three Jaguars on an NFL record-tying 99-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and spent the rest of the night running all over a defense that seemed like it would have rather been anywhere else. Henry finished the night with a franchise-record 238 yards rushing and four touchdowns on just 17 carries.Jacksonville’s toothless offense generally leaves its defense with no margin for error. The Jaguars produced a single-digit scoring total for the fifth time this season Thursday. They have exceeded 21 points just once in their last nine games.So if the defense isn’t dominant, the Jaguars have little chance of winning. That defense was virtually flawless Sunday as the Jaguars snapped a seven-game skid with a 6-0 victory over Indianapolis that resulted in Colts quarterback Andrew Luck’s first career shutout loss.But a defense that could do no wrong against the Colts did very little right Thursday.“We pitched a shutout to a top-five offense, and then you come back and you’re sitting here right now and got drummed like that on national TV Womens Abry Jones Jersey ,” Jaguars safety Tashaun Gipson said. “Who would want to watch the Jaguars on national television when you let Derrick Henry run for (almost) 250? He could have run for 300 today, if we’re being honest with ourselves. If I was his coach, I would have let him break the record.”The difference was that the Colts continually threw the ball against a Jacksonville defense that has allowed 15 touchdown passes all season, matching Minnesota for the fewest of any NFL team. Jacksonville is more vulnerable against the run, which helps explain why the Jaguars have lost to the Titans four straight times.“We’ve got to stop the run,” Jaguars cornerback A.J. Bouye said. “Everybody tried to talk about like how our defense is back. People have got to realize Indy played to our strengths. They tried to pass the ball (nearly) 60 times. (Tennessee) didn’t really try to pass the ball today. They just ran the ball and they dominated. That’s been the common denominator for the last four times we played them.”Tennessee (7-6) took the lead for good by driving 73 yards on the game’s opening possession and scoring on Henry’s 3-yard touchdown run. Henry’s second touchdown was far more impressive and capped a four-play sequence that essentially decided the game.Jacksonville (4-9) trailed 7-2 and had second-and-goal at the 1 with a chance to take the lead in the second quarter, but the Jaguars failed to score. Leonard Fournette was stopped on a second-down run, quarterback Cody Kessler couldn’t connect with Tommy Bohanon on third down and Fournette was stopped again on fourth down.Then Henry delivered the knockout blow.Henry cut around the left end and headed down the sideline. His first stiff-arm knocked cornerback A.J. Bouye out of the play about 20 yards downfield. Henry later used his arm to toss linebacker Leon Jacobs to the ground and then stiff-armed linebacker Myles Jack out of the way as well.The 2015 Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama then sailed into the end zone and celebrated with a Heisman pose. The only other NFL player ever to score on a 99-yard run was Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett, who did it for the Dallas Cowboys against the Minnesota Vikings in 1983.“He knows how to use that stiff arm good,” Bouye said. “In my mind Lerentee McCray Jersey , I was like, ‘Let me slow him up.’ I slowed him up and he stiff-armed two more guys. That’s when you realize how good his stiff arm is.”Henry wasn’t finished imposing his will on Jacksonville’s defense.He scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter — one on a 16-yard run up the middle and another on a 54-yard burst around right end. His 238-yard performance broke the franchise record previously held by Chris Johnson, who ran for 228 yards against Jacksonville on Nov. 1, 2009.“It was like Little League out there,” Gipson said. “Every time he touched the ball, he was scoring, it felt like.”Jaguars defensive end Calais Campbell insisted the Jaguars didn’t give up even as they missed plenty of tackles and couldn’t bring down Henry. Campbell cited a goal-line stand the Jaguars made after the Titans already had built a 30-9 lead.“We didn’t play good enough, but nobody quit,” Campbell said. “That’s not in our DNA.”