JACKSONVILLE http://www.seahawksfootballauthentics.com/cody-barton-jersey-authentic , Fla. (AP) — This one could be ugly, even by late-season NFL standards.When the Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars take the field Sunday, it might look a little like a preseason game. The dreaded fourth preseason game, too.Redskins quarterback Josh Johnson, who was getting ready to play in the startup Alliance of American Football league just a couple weeks ago, will make his first start since 2011. The Jaguars (4-9) will counter with Cody Kessler, who has managed one touchdown in 22 drives — a TD pass while trailing 30-2 at Tennessee — since taking over for benched starter Blake Bortles two weeks ago.Article continues below ...And it’s far from just QB woes for these struggling offenses.The Redskins (6-7), who have lost four straight since starting quarterback Alex Smith broke his right leg against Houston, also could be without guard Tony Bergstrom (knee/ankle) and their top two receivers. Tight end Jordan Reed (ankle/foot) and Josh Doctson (concussion) missed consecutive practices. Washington already is down both starting guards, Brandon Scherff and Shawn Lauvao.“There are a lot of things when talking about losing a football game,” Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. “If we had it narrowed down to one thing, we’d fix it and be OK. Sometimes it’s defense, sometimes it’s offense, sometimes its special teams, sometimes it’s coaching. It’s a combination.“It’s a matter of all of us having to step up in some key players’ absence and playing better. We haven’t done that. We haven’t taken it to the next level of coaching, the next level of playing Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , the level you have to take it to when you have some injuries and some voids in your offense or defense or what have you.”The Jaguars, who have dropped seven of eight since a 3-1 start, likely will be without four starters along the offensive line. Left tackle Cam Robinson, left guard Andrew Norwell and center Brandon Linder are on injured reserve, and right tackle Jermey Parnell is unlikely to play with a knee injury.Equally troubling for coach Doug Marrone, whose future with the franchise is unclear, is finding motivation for his players down the stretch in a lost season.“It is obviously a tough situation and you would hope that the love for the game takes over more than anything else,” Marrone said. “You sit there and you say it is your job, it is what you have to do. But there has to be something greater than that.“You have to go out there and play this game like when you were a little kid where no one was watching and no one was around and you were just as competitive and having fun. Those are the things you go through when you have a season like we have, which has been disappointing.”For Washington’s playoff hopes, this is pretty close to a must-win game. And some of it will fall on Johnson, who is 0-5 as a starter and has been with 12 NFL teams. He is the team’s fourth starting quarterback in the last five weeks.“Honestly, to me, that’s the beauty of sports,” Johnson said. “As a pro athlete, as a kid, you want to be out there. I’ve been a backup for so long I think you understand that having this opportunity is more special than the challenges that are ahead.”Here are some other things to know about the Redskins and Jaguars:HOME FINALEIt’s Jacksonville’s home finale and likely the last home game for several benched starters http://www.seahawksfootballauthentics.com/phil-haynes-jersey-authentic , including Bortles, defensive tackle Malik Jackson and safety Barry Church. All three are under contract for 2019, but realize their salaries no longer match their reduced roles.IN THE HUNTLosses by Minnesota, Philadelphia and other NFC teams have kept the Redskins on the edge of the postseason picture. There are few signs from the past month that Washington is a playoff team, but players insist they believe.“I feel like everyone in this locker room is optimistic,” tight end Vernon Davis said. “They have good faith and they want to win. If they didn’t want to win, they wouldn’t be here. I think they probably would’ve hung it up, went home, packed their bags. I don’t feel like we have any losers on this team.”BETTER AT HOMEJacksonville has allowed 15.0 points a game at home, the lowest average in the league this season. The Jaguars have given up three touchdowns — all to Pittsburgh — in their last two games at TIAA Bank Field. Recent history would indicate that the NFC South is among the NFL’s strongest divisions.Three of its four teams — New Orleans, Atlanta and Carolina — made the playoffs last season. The Falcons are only two seasons removed from an overtime loss in the Super Bowl.Yet, in today’s NFL, fortunes have been known to vacillate widely from one year to the next.“Obviously, there is parity in our league,” Saints coach Sean Payton said. “What I mean by that is, teams very quickly can improve themselves in the division. You see that each year.”Payton has urged his players to take the approach that they are “starting from square one and it’s an entirely different year.”But it’s tough to entirely drown out the expectations surrounding a club that won 11 of its last 14 regular-season games and beat the Panthers in the playoffs before nearly advancing to the NFC title game. Only an unlikely 61-yard touchdown pass play by the Vikings as time expired prevented the Saints from going to Philadelphia.Much of New Orleans’ success stemmed from young players — namely running back Alvin Kamara and cornerback Marshon Lattimore, the 2017 offensive and defensive rookie award winners. Many other key players— Pro Bowl receiver Michael Thomas Ugo Amadi Jersey , right guard Ryan Ramczyk, safeties Vonn Bell and Marcus Williams, defensive tackles Sheldon Rankins and David Onyemata, cornerback Ken Crawley, and linebacker Alex Anzalone — have been in the NFL two or fewer years.That gave the Saints the luxury of approaching the past offseason with the mission of refining rather than overhauling.“We probably feel like we have fewer holes,” general manager Mickey Loomis said. “Overall, we’ve got a young team … and I’m anxious to see how those guys develop and get better — and I think we feel good about that.”Here are some other NFC South story lines in 2018:ELDER STATESMAN: For all of the Saints’ promising youth, their most important player still might be their eldest: 39-year-old Drew Brees.There’s little evidence of a drop-off yet. Last season he completed an NFL-record 72 percent of his passes and his eight interceptions were his lowest since throwing seven with the Chargers in 2004.But he might have to throw more this season than last — at least early on. Pro Bowl running back Mark Ingram is suspended the first four games for use of a banned substance.The good news for New Orleans is the entire offensive line is intact after strong showings in both the running and passing games in 2017.“If they’re playing well, then you’re able to open up the offense in a way that makes us very dangerous,” Brees said. “This group is one of the best we’ve had.”Brees also has two of his top receivers back in Thomas and Ted Ginn Jr., along with two promising new targets in free-agent acquisition Cameron Meredith and rookie Tre’Quan Smith.STAR TREATMENT: The Falcons have taken measures to make sure two key playmakers, wide receiver Julio Jones and running back Devonta Freeman, are healthy to start the season. Neither played in a preseason game.Jones said he was focused on his health when he missed mandatory minicamp. He had minor surgery on his left foot after the 2016 season and had two ankle injuries, plus injuries to his back, ribs, thumb and knee last season. Even so, he had 88 catches for 1 http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/sione-takitaki-jersey ,444 yards and three touchdowns.Last year, Freeman had two concussions and was slowed by a knee problem.The Falcons led the NFL in scoring in their 2016 Super Bowl season but fell back to the middle of the pack last year.Quarterback Matt Ryan doesn’t sound worried whether Jones or Freeman will be in form when it counts“Not with those two,” Ryan said. “They both have played so much football and they both practice so much that I don’t really see them missing a beat.”ANOTHER GEAR: The Panthers sought to get faster in the offseason to compete with the Saints, who beat them three times last season, including in the wild-card round. They’ve added speed at wide receiver, trading for Torrey Smith, signing free agent Jarius Wright and drafting D.J. Moore from Maryland in the first round. Coach Ron Rivera is also hoping 2017 second-round pick Curtis Samuel can stay healthy, unlike last season. Those receivers and versatile running back Christian McCaffrey could give QB Cam Newton a lot of reasons not to run himself.Carolina also went in the Saints’ backyard to get help on defense, drafting LSU cornerback Donte Jackson — considered one of the fastest players in college a year ago — in the second round.TAKING ON WATER: The Bucs lost 10 of 13 following a 2-1 start a year ago, missing the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season. Their chances of escaping the division cellar and ending the long drought will be impacted by how they play without QB Jameis Winston, who’ll miss the first three games while serving a suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.After opening on the road at New Orleans, home games follow against defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. An 0-3 start could be difficult to overcome, even if Winston plays well when he returns.PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH: Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Buccaneers.