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Posted by ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky

The Jaguars have shuffled their offensive line more than Maurice Jones-Drew would like, he told Jacksonville media Wednesday.

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	Maurice Jones-Drew pointed to shuffling along the offensive line as reason for the Jaguars' sagging run game.

Still rankled over the team’s 41-0 loss in Seattle, he was candid while talking about what went wrong from an offensive standpoint.

Here’s what he said when asked if lack of continuity on the offensive line is an issue:

“That’s a big issue but how can you get chemistry when guys are rotating in and out? That doesn’t happen. The running game and passing game are like ballroom dancing. Everybody has to be able to move one way or another at the same time fluently or else you’re going to step on her toes and she’s going to step on yours. When you’re pulling in a left tackle and left guard that have been working together all week and they’re starting to get this chemistry built up and I’m running behind them or Greg [Jones] is running behind them or David [Garrard] is passing a certain way and everybody is building a certain chemistry and you move a guy from here to here, it’s like you’re throwing off something you might not be ready for.”

The Jaguars' line has been shuffled recently because of an injury to right tackle Eben Britton and Eugene Monroe having the flu. When Britton returned in Seattle, the team kept Uche Nwaneri at right guard rather than moving Maurice Williams back. And Tra Thomas started at left tackle but Monroe played, too.

Consistency in the run game is a necessity for the Jaguars to have success, MJD said.

“We have to figure out a way to be consistent. The running game is like playing chess. The running game is like your pawns, you move your pawns around and they don’t really mean anything in the beginning but at the end they surround the king and it’s checkmate. That’s what the running game is. You’re not going to break 30-yard runs every play, you’re going to get 2 to 3-yard runs a pop. You might get a negative run but they’re going to respect the running game because it’s going open up the passing and running later on.”