In a plain conference room at Shands-Jacksonville with white walls and too many chairs lined up in front of a podium, Jaguars players, head coach Jack Del Rio and a few front office personal sat and waited for what would come next.

They knew by now. And they knew that the news was not good.

One of the interesting tidbits that came out of our interview of Wayne Weaver was that the family of Richard Collier will soon address the condition and future of the Jaguars tackle.

"The family is planning to hold a news conference sometime in the very near future to let the public know how Richard is doing," Weaver said. "There is a lot of interest--we get a lot of phone calls. Right now, we're keeping our fingers crossed and praying for Richard."

The Jaguars victory in Indy is going to make this week a lot less stressful for the Jaguars players and coaches. There was an air of desperation last week.

But the way the Jaguars won and the attitude that they found Sunday should help them as they go forward.

The Jaguars enjoyed an epiphay on Sunday. They remembered who they were.

It was a simple approach. Facing an undersized defensive front, and a defense without its best player (safety Bob Sanders), it was clear that the Jaguars HAD to run the football to win.

After an 0-2 start, the Jaguars are entering a desperate time.

If they are going to make anything of this season, they are going to have to find a way to bridge the gap until Brad Meester and Jerry Porter can get back into the lineup. Meester is expected back in October as he returns from a torn biceps.

Porter still hasn't stepped on the field in a Jaguars uniform after signing a $30 million contract this off-season.

So how do they do it?

It doesn't take a great deal of espionage to know what the Jaguars challenges are this week. With reserves starting at both guard spots and at center, Jack Del Rio, offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter and company will have to find a way to minimize the exposure of Uche Nwaneri, Tutan Reyes and, to a lesser extent, Dennis Norman.

The goal here is (or should be, anyway), to reduce the number of snaps in the game and win a (probably) close, low scoring game.

How much more can the Jaguars offensive line take?

Really.

Okay, I'm going to put on both my optimists hat and my pessimists hat and let you decide which one looks best.

After the Jaguars 17-10 loss to the Titans, in which direction will the Jaguars season go? I opine, you decide.

From the first steps I took into Jacksonville Municipal Stadium on Wednesday, I knew this would not be a normal day. And why should it be? Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier lay in a bed in Intensive Care at Shands while his teammates pulled on their practice gear.

Typically on Wednesday, the assembled media members go into the locker room around 11:30 and conduct the interviews you hear on the radio, see on television and read about in the paper. Then we head to the media lobby, where Jack Del Rio first addresses the electronic media--the radio, TV and video based internet folks--before departing to the writer's room to be grilled by the scribes.