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The Jacksonville week of jubilee at EverBank Stadium was short lived for Jaguar fans, as 4-2 Jacksonville stumbled their way through a deflating 20-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. With the city ready to explode with visions of playoff dominance and future Super Bowl championships, the road warrior Seahawks poured water on those early dreams. Here’s everything you need to know from Jacksonville’s Week 6 loss to the Seahawks.
Live blog:
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Pregame Notes:
The following Jacksonville players did not participate in Sunday’s matchup due to noted injuries throughout the week: Center Robert Hainsey and Linebacker Yasir Abdullah, both with hamstring injuries. With Hainsey officially inactive, Rookie center Jonah Monheim received his first career start after stepping in for Hainsey during the week 5 Kansas City Chiefs win, playing 17 offensive snaps at center. As mentioned on Friday, starting defensive end Travon Walker, after missing week 5, following wrist surgery, entered the matchup with no injury designation. DL Danny Striggow and OL Wyatt Milum both made their active roster season debuts with CB Greg Newsome also making his Jaguars debut, following the mid-week Tyson Campbell, player-for-player trade with the Cleveland Browns.
For the Seahawks, Seattle was without multiple defensive backs as starting safety Julian Love (knee), starting outside CB Devon Witherspoon (hamstring), and starting slot CB Tariq Woolen (concussion) were all inactive. Seattle also ruled out backup offensive tackle Josh Jones (ankle) and backup linebacker Derick Hall (oblique), with Jalen Milroe (emergency 3rd QB), and TE Nick Kallerup as healthy scratches.
1st Quarter
Jacksonville received the ball first, with the offense going backwards on each play, after Ezra Cleveland was flagged for an early holding penalty. After getting behind the sticks early, Jacksonville’s offense was held to a quick three-and-out. Jacksonville’s defense answered the early call, following a booming 61-yard punt from Punter Logan Cooke, the Jaguars held to a quick three-and-out of their own. The Jacksonville offense then showed some life, picking up multiple first downs through their running backs, before stalling at midfield following incompletions on third and fourth down. Similar to Jacksonville’s early drive, the Seattle offense got behind the sticks early after Seattle Center Jalen Sundell tackled Devin Lloyd during a second down rush, resulting in second-and-13. Seattle then completed a third-down receiver screen, short of the sticks, as the defense rallied for tackle, forcing the punt.
On the following series, the Jaguars offense just missed on a passing game explosive, as Lawrence just missed a streaking Dyami Brown running open in the Seattle secondary. The offense quickly made up for the missed opportunity, continuing their 8-play, 61-yard touchdown drive featuring a Johnny Mudnt 14-yard catch, a Thomas Jr 19-yard third down conversion, and an elusive 14-yard Travis Hunter first down conversion.
The series was then capped by a Brian Thomas wide open, 21-yard touchdown catch where Thomas initially faked blocking for the receiver screen. Cam Little missed the extra...
