The start and the finish to the 2016 opener were dynamite for Rollins. Rewind to the Jaguars' initial third down, and he deflected a Blake Bortles pass that was intercepted by teammate Joe Thomas.

In between his game-changing plays, though, Rollins was searching for answers. As solid a tackler as the Packers have at cornerback, he whiffed on tight end Marcedes Lewis in the open field, and a screen pass ruptured into a 37-yard gain.

He also got beat on a stop-and-go move by Allen Hurns for 30 yards, and four plays later, tight end Julius Thomas slipped behind him for a 22-yard TD with 1:09 left in the first half.

The second half began with LaDarius Gunter replacing Rollins. It should be noted that Hurns quickly beat Gunter on a similar stop-and-go move for a big play, too, but regardless, Rollins was putting himself in the right frame of mind should his number get called again.



"I was over those plays at halftime," he said. "You play each play as its own."

When Shields went down on the Jaguars' final drive – "He's in my prayers. Hopefully he gets healthy soon. We need him," Rollins said – it was back to work. Rollins didn't know if Bortles was going to come after him right away, but he wasn't surprised.

Playing the jump ball is all about technique, and if a cornerback is mentally somewhere else, his technique goes to pot. Poised and level-headed on and off the field, Rollins turned back to the ball at the right time and executed perfectly.