The Jacksonville Jaguars entered Monday night in an 0-2 hole in desperate need of a win and a statement against the Buffalo Bills.
Instead, they delivered the low point of the Trevor Lawrence era in a 47-10 blowout loss under the primetime lights of “Monday Night Football.”
Josh Allen led the Bills on touchdown drives on each of their five first-half possessions. The Jaguars, meanwhile, were impotent on offense en route to three first-half points.
They finally found the end zone on the opening drive of the third quarter. By then, the game was over. There was no miracle comeback. The game and the end result was a microcosm of two teams — and two careers — going in opposite directions.
Bills off to sizzling start
The Bills are off to arguably the strongest start in the NFL, sporting a 3-0 record with 31-plus points scored in each of their first three games. Josh Allen has further established himself as one of the game’s best quarterbacks in the process.
Allen made multiple big plays Monday with his arm and his feet, including extending a third-and-goal play under pressure before finding Dalton Kincaid in the back of the end zone for his second touchdown pass of the night.
He followed that up on Buffalo’s next drive with a 24-yard dart to Keon Coleman for the rookie receiver’s first NFL touchdown.
Allen finished the night completing 23 of 30 passes for 263 yards (8.3 yards per attempt) with four touchdowns and no turnovers. He added 44 yards on the ground via six carries. He did most of his damage in the first half.
Spiral continues for Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence
The Jaguars, meanwhile, are a team in peril. Early last season, they appeared to have put things together in an 8-3 start that put the No. 1 seed in the AFC in reach. They proceeded to lose five of their last six games for a 9-8 finish in a collapse that left them out of the playoffs.
Things have only gotten worse in 2024. Jacksonville blew a 10-point lead in a Week 1 loss to the Miami Dolphins then lost in Week 2…
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Publish date : 2024-09-24 02:35:04
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