LONDON – The Jacksonville Jaguars play the first of two games in London today, taking on a 3-2 Chicago Bears team in a game that looks dangerously close to a must-win.

Remember the rule of five. The game is over if the Jacksonville Jaguars win that important statistical battle. For those who don’t remember, it has to do with pockets and turnover. If the Jaguars have three sacks and give up two, they are plus one. They are plus three if they make four turnovers and only give up one. That would give them a plus-four for the day. They want to achieve a plus-five ratio every game. On average, teams that pass the five-scenario rule win 91 percent of their NFL games.

The Jaguars are tied for the NFL’s worst record going into 2024 at 1-4, with their only win of the season coming last week over the Indianapolis Colts in a last-minute 37-34 victory.

The long-awaited win did enough to boost morale within the Miller Electric Center and the Jaguars’ fan base, but it didn’t do nearly as much in terms of a miserable start to the season.

Simply put, the Jaguars need to come out of the gate swinging in Week 6.

The Matt Eberflus-led Bears have dynamic talent on both sides of the ball with names like Caleb Williams, DJ Moore, Rome Odunze, Montez Sweat, Tremaine Edmunds and Jaylon Johnson. The Jaguars can’t afford to take it lightly for even a second.

That said, the Jaguars know internally that they need to run now to save the 2024 season. The Jaguars were the NFL’s only winless team before the Colts won due to an 0–4 start that saw the Jaguars lose three one-score games.

Can the Jaguars, led by Trevor Lawrence, Brian Thomas Jr., Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker, find a way to return to their previous winning formula in London? That’s the question that will be addressed on Sunday, when the Jaguars are officially winners of three of their last four games in London.

Jacksonville and Chicago have met only eight times since 1995. The Bears hold a two-game lead in the series (3-5) and won the most recent game, 41-17, on December 27, 2020.

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