Today at 4:05 p.m. ET, the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-3) and San Diego Chargers (2-1) clash in NFL Week 4 action live from Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The game can be live streamed here. Jacksonville fans can hear all of the action on WGNE 99.9 while San Diego fans can do the same on Mighty 1090.
The Jaguars are coming off of a 44-17 defeat at the hands of the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3 and are searching for their first win while the Chargers knocked off the Buffalo Bills last week and will look for their third straight victory.
After a successful second half in Week 3 when he was put in the game in place of Chad Henne, Blake Bortles will start his first NFL game after going 14-for-24 (58.3 percent) for 223 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions last week.
"I just love his mindset," coach Gus Bradley said via ESPN. "I love the strength that he has. He is a tough, hard-nosed competitor and he will attack. And the team felt that part of it. It's no coincidence that all of a sudden we blocked a little bit better and the receivers played a little bit better. He has a way to uplift people and uplift the team."
Bortles will look for targets like Cecil Shorts III and Allen Hurns, who leads the team with seven receptions for 186 yards and three touchdowns. The Jaguars have been outscored by a league-worst 75 points in the first three weeks.
Jacksonville running back Toby Gerhart is still in search of his first score as he's rushed for a team-best 82 yards on 34 carries, but has yet to find the end zone.
The Jaguars defense will try to stop Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who has torched Jacksonville in the past.
Rivers is 67-for-98 (68.4 percent) for 778 yards and six touchdowns and one pick thus far this season. Rivers has done a great job of spreading the ball out through the first three games to his receivers.
"We're all unselfish, we all try to come in and do our job," receiver Keenan Allen said via ESPN. "Whoever Phil hits, pretty sure he's going to hit the right guy so we just go with it and try to win the game."
Antonio Gates leads San Diego's receivers with 185 yards on 14 receptions and he has scored three touchdowns thus far.
With injuries at running back, Donald Brown will continue to carry most of the load as he has 81 yards on 40 attempts, but has yet to find the end zone.
The Jaguars look for their first win while the Chargers hope for their third straight victory when these teams take the field at Qualcomm Stadium this afternoon in San Diego.
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