Big Cat Country
So it seems like the Jaguars are getting hot at the right time, huh?
In the first year under head coach Liam Coen, the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to finish with a winning record. The team secured that after a 48-20 asskicking over the New York Jets. Sunday’s win moved the team to 10-4 overall, kept them a game up on the AFC South and put the squad in striking position for a top seed overall in the AFC itself.
There are plenty of highlights from Sunday’s game, but none are bigger than Trevor Lawrence’s first of its kind statline. Lawrence’s six total touchdowns and over 300 yards passing was a thing of beauty. It has now been three straight weeks of Lawrence “playing the best game of his career” which is exactly the type of thing you want from your franchise quarterback heading into the playoffs.
Firing on all cylinders is an understatement to describe the Jags right now. Regardless of the opponent, they are crushing people. And now it’s on to the biggest test of all against the AFC’s second best squad: the Denver Broncos.
WINNERS
Trevor Lawrence
You’ve seen the statline. You know what he did.
On Sunday, Lawrence posted a statline that quite literally has never been seen before. His five passing touchdowns, 300+ passing yards, his rushing touchdown and subsequent 50+ rushing yards has never been seen by an NFL quarterback. Ever. Until this past weekend.
Cam Newton never did this. Mike Vick never did either. Or Jalen Hurts with all his weapons. Not even Patrick Mahomes has hit that statline. Just Lawrence.
When asked if his former Clemson teammate is playing his best football, Travis Etienne said he has never seen Lawrence hit this kind of stride. Even Coen is lighting up when he gets to throw praise towards his quarterback.
We’ve talked at length all over Big Cat Country about how the acquisition of wide receiver Jakobi Meyers has unearthed the excellence that lay dormant in this offense. But it’s starting to go beyond that.
The running backs are playing well because the offensive line is playing well. The offensive scheme is good so the receivers are constantly open. The tight ends are blocking so everyone has time and room. And the quarterback is hitting everyone (minus maybe that one weird throw away in the end zone).
Everything is working in tandem right now, and you can give a ton of that credit to the quarterback. He was, and largely rightfully, given a lot of grief at the beginning of the year for making the same boneheaded mistakes that plagued him through his pro career. He’s had a lot of different coordinators and coaches in his ear through his time in the league, but now it looks like he finally has one that fits. Coen always said the scheme was tough to learn and it would take a while. It turns out he was right. In the end, we are all better for...
