The Jacksonville Jaguars are reeling.
And the staff acquired much more unhealthy information on Friday.
The Jaguars have misplaced four-straight video games, and now sit tied with the Indianapolis Colts and the Houston Texans atop the AFC South. All three groups enter Week 17 with matching 8-7 information. Whereas the Jaguars maintain tiebreakers over each Indianapolis (because of a season sweep of the Colts) and Houston (because of a greater file within the division) issues are a lot tighter within the division for Jacksonville than they had been just some weeks in the past.
Because the staff seems to be forward to a crucial Week 17 recreation towards the Carolina Panthers, they are going to be with out beginning quarterback Trevor Lawrence for that recreation.
Lawrence is coping with a AC joint sprain in his throwing shoulder, which he suffered throughout the staff’s Week 16 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He suffered the harm diving for a primary down on a fourth-and-one scenario throughout the second half. Lawrence picked up the primary down, and completed the drive, however was pulled from the sport.
“After I landed, I knew one thing was off,” Lawrence mentioned this week. “And the subsequent play, it form of hurts to throw. I wished to complete the drive out, and we had been in a position to get some factors, after which on the two-point [conversion attempt] might inform by the way in which I threw it, I couldn’t actually get my shoulder up adequate to essentially hold taking part in.
“I might’ve cherished to have stayed in, however simply form of hurting all people at that time if I do, in order that they made the decision to simply sit the remainder of the evening.”
Lawrence didn’t apply on Thursday, and the staff formally dominated him out on Friday. C.J. Beathard will get the beginning in his place.
For Lawrence, this would be the first time in his taking part in profession that he has missed a recreation attributable to harm. Lawrence by no means missed a recreation in highschool, and whereas he missed two video games throughout his time at Clemson, each of these had been attributable to COVID-19.
This brings to an finish a streak of 51-straight begins for Lawrence within the NFL, the second-longest energetic streak for a quarterback. Josh Allen at present holds the mark for the most consecutive begins for a QB, with 94 video games.
