"I thought I'd come in"

HOUSTON, Tex. – This closes.

"I thought I came in," said runner Leonard Fournette.

"We had the impression that he understood it," said defender Calais Campbell.

It was the consensus of the Jaguars after a 13-12 loss to the Houston Texans at NRG Field on Sunday. Indeed, Fournette crossed the plane of the goal line on an attempt to convert two points with: 30 remaining. The officials decided otherwise, and the Texans won the match by recovering the next kick.

A replay did not cancel the call, although some angles appeared to show that the bullet may have flown over the plane before Fournette was on the ground.

"I know these decisions must be final," said Campbell. "I wonder if they had qualified the touchdown on the ground if it would have been a touchdown. I think it would have been necessary. I do not think they could have changed it anyway. "

Another thing the Jaguars agreed on later was that it was wise to target two in this situation. Head coach Doug Marrone told reporters that after the game he decided to score two points well before quarterback Gardner Minshew II dropped the pass with a four-yard touchdown to wide receiver DJ Chark Jr. at 13-12.

Campbell strongly supported the decision to go for two.

"Yes," he says. "Yes yes yes … It hurts, but two meters with Leonard Fournette is feasible, very feasible, we will win that more than we lose, I like aggression, I prefer to win the match, but I I totally agree with the call. "

Fournette says, "He [Marrone] thought we could win it. We thought we could win. It's not just this game. We had a lot of games before on both sides. It's football. Things are coming. "

Marrone said that Minshew had made it to the line of scrimmage with the option of a run or a pass, with defense training determining the call. If the Jaguars got a defense from man to man, the play called was a draw for Fournette.

"We felt really good about the call," said Minshew. "We had the good look. Leonard was close on the field. I thought he was there. That's how it happens sometimes. I would bet 10 times out of 10 so that he can get in there. "

The Jaguars missed a possession opportunity deep in Texan territory early in the third quarter. A bounce bounced off Texans Deshaun Watson's quarterback's leg and the ball was released for several seconds in the backfield. Campbell was one of many Jaguars players to have had a chance in the ball before the Texan offensive lineman, Tytus Howard, had recovered at Houston 21. The Texans retaliated and the Jaguars did not score. in the second until a little over six minutes. "It's a play I play 99% of the time," said Campbell. "That's what it is, I do not even know how it missed me.There were a lot of pieces that I would have liked to have in return, where I would not have it. I did not play at my level. "

Neither Marrone nor cornerback Jalen Ramsey narrated the first-quarter incident during which they exchanged words. "There was a lot of emotion in the game," said Marrone when asked what motivated the incident. "I do not remember." During the previous training, Ramsey had seemed upset when Marrone did not dispute a pass to Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. "We have a process," said Marrone when asked why he chose not to challenge. "We did a very good job. Since I head coach, we are the best to win. We have a process that we have to confirm because waiting times are important. No one could confirm whether the ball was eliminated or not. I could not see it because [Hopkins] he turned his back on me. When Ramsey approached the sideline, he pushed Marrone away. When Marrone approached Ramsey a few moments later, Ronnie Harrison found the security between Marrone and Ramsey and the incident came to an end shortly thereafter. Ramsey did not talk to the media after the match.

Minshew: "What's encouraging is that we did not play as close as we should have, and we were in the middle of the game and could have won – and should have won."

Campbell: "We made a lot of mistakes. We did not play as well as we could, but we still had a chance to win the match. It's something we can learn from. We will rank the band and try to keep improving. We still had opportunities that we did not exploit. There were pieces we could have done as usual. We still have some way to go.

Receiver Dede Westbrook in the final game that brought the Jaguars to a level equal to: 30 remaining: "This shows the determination of the offense. We had a slow start, a difficult start. For us, we need less than two minutes, move the ball, go down and score a touchdown, and compete for the winner of the match. It's huge for the offensive and a huge step forward. "

Marrone on Marrone: "You could see the baby's tone. He was able to go on the field and score. As I told you before, "It's not a guy who gets upset. He is on the sidelines. He understands what we are trying to do and what we want to do. I could not be happier with him. "