Flurry of injuries taking toll on Jaguars' offense

Jacksonville Jaguars: With his offence down to only one healthy and experienced running back, and an offensive lineman going down seemingly every game, coach Doug Marrone told reporters Monday he will definitely be bringing in players in a search for healthy bodies.

"Attrition plays an important role in the NFL," Marrone said Monday. "It's obvious that we have to (bring players in)." The Jaguars placed both running back Corey Grant (Lisfranc injury) and tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins (abdomen) on injured reserve Monday. Grant is expected to be out for the season, though the team hopes Seferian-Jenkins can return. While NFL Network reported running back Leonard Fournette will Sunday's game against Dallas, Marrone said an evaluation will be made Wednesday.

Houston Texans: Though his club has won two straight games and quarterback Deshaun Watson is trending upward, coach Bill O'Brien says it's clear that his team needs to fix one thing on offence: limiting the hits on Watson.

And, O'Brien said, a lot of that falls on the coaches and Watson himself, after the second-year pro took several shots against the Cowboys on Sunday night. "He's a great competitor," O'Brien said of the QB. "As he goes through his career, there'll be times when he needs to make the decision to slide or get out of bounds. ...Obviously, those are plays we want to cut down on and we're going to work hard to do that. ...That's not a sustainable way to play, to be hit that much."

Tennessee Titans: A day after his team fell to the lowly Buffalo Bills, 13-12, coach Mike Vrabel said the key to his 3-2 team's inconsistency is his players' approach to the games.

"We need more out of everybody," Vrabel said when asked if the Titans need more production out of their tight ends with Delanie Walker out for the season. "We need more out of me, honestly.

...The only two guys we didn't need more from yesterday were the kicker and the punter." In particular, Vrabel lamented his team's missed tackles (13 in all, four on one play by Vrabel's count), defensive players getting too down after one big play and losing the drive, players on both sides of the ball getting outworked, and dropped passes.

Indianapolis Colts: While Andrew Luck's health and arm strength have been the dominant topics around the Colts facility since before training camp opened, a month into the season a new concern is becoming increasingly prominent: The Colts' running game. While coach Frank Reich said "Andrew's hit full stride," he acknowledged the ground game now needs to catch up. "You just know from over time and experience you have to run the football," Reich said.

"We're committed to having more balance." But, he added, "We're in good shape. We haven't run the ball well but I'm not panicked, I'm not worried. I know we have the offensive line to run the football, I know we have the backs, we just have to get in a rhythm running the football." Among the facets of the offence being hurt by the struggling ground game, according to Reich: play-action passing, explosive plays and the red-zone package.