As a graduate of Clemson University and a loyal Clemson football fan, I am following the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL since Clemson’s star quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, is playing for them. Before last Sunday, the Jags had lost their first five games this season, which I think is more games than Trevor has lost his entire life. (They had also lost their last 15 games last season.) But Sunday, October 17, in London of all places, they won. Here’s some of what ESPN said:

The Jacksonville Jaguars have a championship pedigree at coach and quarterback [former college coach Urban Meyer and Trevor Lawrence]. However it took a software engineer-turned-kicker to finally end the misery of a 20-game losing streak. Matthew Wright’s 53-yard field goal as time expired gave the Jags a 23-20 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

What’s funny is what they reported next:

“I don’t think anybody on our team ever heard him speak until about 10 minutes ago,” Jags coach Urban Meyer said. Wright, playing just his third game for the Jags (1-5), also nailed a clutch 54-yarder to tie the game at 20 with 3:40 remaining.

Here’s what grabbed me. The hero, the guy who was programming computers just six weeks earlier, said:

Just not a huge talker, just here to do my job. – Matthew Wright, 25-year-old kicker for the Jacksonville Jaguars

Matthew is on to something: less talk, more action.

Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool. (Ecclesiastes 5.2, 3, NIV)

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak… (James 1.19, NIV)

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech… (1 Timothy 4.12, NIV)