Doug Pederson is worried about the Jaguars’ turnover issues

The Jacksonville Jaguars won last week with just five turnovers and zero takeaways. In NFL history, no team had ever won a playoff game with such a small turnover margin. However, the Jaguars overcame a 27 point deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers.

The comeback was a testament to the Jaguars’ resiliency, but coach Doug Pederson isn’t exactly proud of the hole his team dug for itself.

“Yes, you worry about it,” Pederson said Tuesday when asked about the turnover issues. “We were very fortunate the other night. That doesn’t happen, five giveaways and come back and win a football game, it just does not happen. That’s something we address our team a lot about.

“I don’t want to overemphasize it, but at the same time, they have to understand the seriousness of keeping the football and the seriousness of creating takeaways. … We just can’t give it away like we’ve been doing in order to win these games, especially now where we’re at.”

It wasn’t always a problem for the Jaguars this season. In the first 13 games, Jacksonville had 15 giveaways. Jacksonville had 1.15 turnovers per match, which was among the lowest in the NFL.

But in the Jaguars’ last five games — all of which were wins — the team turned the ball over 12 times.

Continuing that trend against the Kansas City Chiefs could mean a swift end to Jacksonville’s season. Kansas City won 27-17 despite the fact that the Jaguars were plus-three in turnover margins against the Chiefs in Week 10.

The margin of error will be thin in the Divisional Round and the Jaguars’ sudden carelessness with the football can’t continue into next weekend.

Story originally appeared on Jaguars Wire

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