Thursday night football is back and the winless Jacksonville Jaguars will take on the Cincinnati Bengals, who are coming off a comprehensive victory against the Pittsburg Steelers. The Jaguars are 0-3 under first-year NFL coach Urban Meyer, who didn’t lose much in 17 years as a college head coach.

Meanwhile, the Bengals are 2-1 for the first time since 2018. 

Quarterback Joe Burrow is healthy and rediscovering the chemistry he had with wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase when they were teammates on LSU’s 2019 national championship team.

The Bengals are confident coming off a 24-10 win over divisional rival Pittsburgh last Sunday.

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However, the Jacksonville side aren’t enjoying a similar fate as they are trying to avoid losing its 19th consecutive game.

Meyer said the Jaguars are getting closer to playing a complete game. They were leading late in the third quarter Sunday before losing 31-19 to Arizona.

“First game, nothing,” Meyer lamented, according to Associated Press inputs. “Second game, we made it through a half that we were playing pretty well. Third game, we’re getting (there). I’m looking for constant improvement. I’m looking for loyalty and faith in the locker room, which I have. That’s never wavered. I’m not taking anything away from the Cardinals, we played well enough and (if) we don’t make some mistakes, we could’ve won that game.”

The Jaguars cornerback Shaquill Griffin too agreed with the coach’s statements. He said the Jags must learn how to finish.

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“You know, so many things that we did special out there that we can build off of going into the rest of this season, and we needed that — we really needed that,” Griffin said.

Meanwhile, the Jaguars have ruled out struggling kicker Josh Lambo for Thursday night’s game, leaving Matthew Wright to handle field goals and extra points. Defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris has also been ruled out.

With inputs from the Associated Press