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JACKSONVILLE Ryquell Armstead Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville’s formula for success was evident in the season opener.It’s relying on their strengths. It’s playing to their identity. It’s surely not the last time they’ll win like that, either.Sure, the Jaguars would like to have done more offensively in a 20-15 victory at the New York Giants .But after losing running back Leonard Fournette to a hamstring injury early, being without leading receiver Marqise Lee (knee) and having the starting offensive line together for first the time in a game, the team will gladly take the performance and hope to build on it heading into the home opener against New England (1-0).“Everybody has a role in how we’re supposed to win football games,” quarterback Blake Bortles said. “Mine is making sure we’re hitting the right run plays, delivering the ball, letting guys make plays, not turning it over and keeping the wheels greased up and spinning.”The Jaguars finished with 305 yards and 13 points offensively, with all of the points coming in the first half.They really struggled with Fournette in street clothes, converting one third-down play and managing just 91 yards in the second half. It didn’t help that Jacksonville finished with 11 penalties for 119 yards.Coach Doug Marrone defending the play-calling Monday, saying the team didn’t get conservative.“I don’t know if that was the way we felt http://www.jaguarscheapstore.com/gardner-minshew-ii-jersey-cheap ,” he said. “It might have been the way it looked. … I think you have to be able to adjust, depending on what goes on in the game.”Marrone said Fournette’s injury is considered minor, but couldn’t guarantee he would be ready to play against the Patriots in a rematch of last season’s AFC title game.“If he is ready to go, we will ease him back in there,” Marrone said. “We will see how he feels. I think a lot of it depends on that.”Bortles completed 18 of 33 passes for 176 yards, with a touchdown and an interception.“The only thing I ask of Blake is one thing: I want to win the game,” Marrone said. “I don’t really ask him to do a lot of other things. We want to make sure we don’t turn the ball over, but we talk about that to everybody. That’s just not him. He happens to get that speech because he’s one of many people who touch the ball. All we’re looking for out of him is to win football games.”Jacksonville’s defense won this one.The unit held the Giants to a lone touchdown — rookie Saquon Barkley’s 68-yard TD run in the fourth quarter — and scored the decisive points when Abry Jones tipped a pass at the line of scrimmage that linebacker Myles Jack caught and returned for a 32-yard score .“That’s the way we like to do it,” Jack said. “We feel like we’re so talented on defense that we have defensive backs who can score, linebackers who can score and even defensive linemen who can create strip-sack fumbles and score. We don’t put any pressure on the offense. If the offense scores, that’s even more onus on us. We try to create points.”The Jaguars scored eight touchdowns on defense in 2017, including one in the postseason. Those were key to developing the team’s personality Nick Bosa Jersey , which remains intact this season.“That’s just defense being defense and making plays,” linebacker Telvin Smith said. GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Josh Allen’s two-week trip through the NFC North ended with a resounding dud of a game.No highlight-reel hurdles over linebackers for the rookie quarterback. No touchdown runs. Heck, the Buffalo Bills could barely move the ball Sunday.A week after helping the Bills post a surprising road win over the Minnesota Vikings, Allen looked every bit like a first-year player making his third career start in a 22-0 loss to the Green Bay Packers.Allen accounted for three turnovers, including two interceptions and a fumble late in the fourth quarter that stood on review. He was 16 of 33 for 151 yards.The Bills had a much tougher time on the road in the NFC North, a week after a stunning win at heavily favored Minnesota.“I take this one on my shoulders,” Allen said. “We can only go as far as the quarterback goes.”And that wasn’t very far at Lambeau Field.Green Bay had decisive edges in total offense (423-145) and first downs (22-11). They sacked Allen seven times, with first-year coordinator Mike Pettine able to produce more pressure playing with 16-point lead at the half.Even the return of running back LeSean McCoy, who missed a game because of a rib injury, didn’t help the Bills (1-3).“We were out of rhythm on offense. We needed to find some consistency,” coach Sean McDermott said.Allen looked out of sorts for much of the afternoon. Under pressure out of the pocket late in the second quarter Dwayne Haskins Jersey , Allen heaved a high pass into the middle of the end zone that was picked off easily by Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander.Green Bay could sense that they were getting to the rookie signal caller.“We knew we had to start fast and get him second-guessing himself,” Packers outside linebacker Nick Perry said. “Once that became evident, we continued to keep our foot on the gas and keep rolling.”McDermott had some soothing words for Allen after the end-zone pick.“It was just real subtle. He understands that I’m a rookie and I have growing pains,” Allen said.He was coming off the high of the big win last week in Minnesota against what was considered one of the top defenses in the league. Allen was 15 of 22 for 196 and a touchdown pass against the Vikings, while running 10 times for 39 yards and two scores.He learned a hard lesson on Sunday against the Packers.“But at the same time, I hold myself to higher standards, so I don’t care if I’m a rookie or been in the league for 10 years, it’s something I can’t do,” Allen added. “It’s something I’m going to learn from and I’m not going to do it again.”