Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence defined Wednesday why he wasn’t carted off after struggling a high-ankle sprain through the group’s Week 13 “Monday Night time Soccer” loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Throughout the fourth quarter of the “MNF” contest, Jags followers have been despatched into panic mode when their franchise signal-caller’s proper ankle was unintentionally rolled up on and stepped on, sending him crumbling to the bottom. Lawrence was initially helped to his ft by broad receiver teammate Zay Jones and Bengals Professional Bowl defensive finish Trey Hendrickson, however after taking a few steps, he went again down.
When the previous No. 1 total choose realized how severe his harm could possibly be, he slammed his right fist to the bottom and flung his helmet off to the facet.
Many prime-time viewers have been rightfully confused as to why Lawrence wasn’t being carted off the sphere and into the locker room, however as famous, he has a historical past of avoiding severe harm on performs that seemed devastating.
The Jaguars had an opportunity to leap into the No. 1 spot within the AFC after they confronted Cincinnati, however a superb efficiency by Bengals backup quarterback Jake Browning propelled his group to a 34-31 extra time victory.
The Jaguars nonetheless lead the AFC South at 8-4 however are solely one game ahead of each the Houston Texans (7-5) and Indianapolis Colts (7-5). Jacksonville has an enormous Week 14 contest at 1 p.m. Sunday towards the Cleveland Browns on the highway, and regardless of the ankle harm, head coach Doug Pederson hasn’t dominated out Lawrence for the lean.
Since his worst recreation of the 12 months through the group’s 34-3 loss towards the San Francisco 49ers in Week 10, the Clemson product has turned it up over the last three matches. From Weeks 11-13, Lawrence has not solely led the group to a 2-1 mark, however he is gone 69-of-99 (69.6%) for 884 passing yards, 5 touchdowns and one interception, whereas including his first 4 speeding touchdowns of the marketing campaign.