Jaguars playing starters at Texans, going ‘full steam ahead’
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson signals from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Duane Burleson]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson insists there’s no such thing as a meaningless football game. So Pederson has his Jacksonville Jaguars going “full steam ahead” as they prepare to play at rival Houston in a game that means little to the team’s postseason chances. The Jaguars (7-8) have won three in a row to move atop the muddled AFC South. They can clinch the division and the conference’s No. 4 seed by beating Tennessee (7-8) at home in the regular-season finale. The scenario means Pederson could rest some starters against the Texans (2-12-1). But he made it clear he won’t. He says “there’s never a meaningless game. Never, ever, ever, ever.”
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Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Evan Engram (17) stiff-arms New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner (1) during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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