Playing in prime time, the Jaguars stayed hot and remained in the hunt for the AFC South title with a 19-3 win over the Jets on Thursday night.
field goals to keep Jacksonville right on the Titans’ heels in the race for the AFC South title. While Lawrence the offense did enough to move the ball and put points on the board against a tough New York defense, it was Jacksonville’s defense that took control.The Jaguars harrassed Zach Wilson and then put the clamps down on his replacement, Chris Streveler, to barrel into the final stretch as one of the league’s best stories. Jacksonville held the Jets to just 10 first downs and 227 yards.
As Lawrence and coach Doug Pederson have repeated, they can’t win the Texans and Titans games before they got by the Jets, which they did to stretch their winning streak to three games, handling the primetime spotlight and increasing pressure in their push for the AFC South title.
His best drive of the game came across the first and second quarters and in the swirling, driving rain. Lawrence marched the Jaguars 96 yards and capped it with a 1-yard leap over the pile for a 10-3 Jacksonville lead four and a half minutes in to the second quarter. It wouldn’t come close to letting New York back in the game.
Wilson, pressed into a start after an injury to Mike White, was booed heartily on nearly every incomplete pass.
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