Big Cat Country
With five fourth quarter and overtime lead changes and 24 points scored, a game that started slow turned out to be anything but, as the Jaguars won by one point on the road on Sunday. The score in this game was 6-9 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, yet, somehow ended with nearly 60-total points. Another Trevor Lawrence “Superman” dive over the goalline, 1.5 fourth quarter and overtime sacks by Josh Hines-Allen (tying the franchise record), and a dominant 115-yards from scrimmage from Travis Etienne results in a thrilling, cardiac win by Jacksonville. Here’s everything you need to know from Jacksonville’s Week 9 30-29 overtime victory over the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.
Live blog:
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Pregame Notes:
The following Las Vegas players did not play in this one:
The Raiders are as healthy as they have been all season, with Slot CB Darnay Holmes the only listed starter made inactive versus Jacksonville. WR Tyler Lockett also signed with Las Vegas before the week 9 matchup, making his Raiders debut in this one. For Jacksonville, the following players did not participate:
RB Cody Schrader, OL Wyatt Milum, and DT Khalen Saunders Sr were all healthy scratches. Additionally, the team announced in pregame that QB Trevor Lawrence was ill. However, his illness did not impact his game status. The following Jacksonville players left Sunday’s game due to injury:
1st Quarter
The Raiders opened the day with a kickoff short of the landing zone, giving Jacksonville their opening possession at the 40-yard line. However, Lawrence and Dyami Brown were unable to connect on third and six, with Brown running a curl route drifting inside, with Lawrence’s pass aimed outside to avoid the underneath linebacker. After the punt, and an early down Ashton Jeanty first down via two rushes for 17-yards, the Jacksonville defense held Geno Smith and the Raiders’ passing offense to a five yard completion, followed by second and third down incompletions to force a punt.
Jacksonville’s’ following drive started off much improved, with a first down, 10-yard Dyami Brown catch to move the chains. Following the conversion, Lawrence connected with Parker Washington (6-yards), Brian Thomas Jr (10-yards), and Brown again (16-yards), before returning to the ground game. After an Etienne 10-yard rush, and a Bhayshul Tuten 4-yard rush to convert on fourth and one, Lawrence attempted to squeeze the ball into an extremely covered Dyami Brown in the endzone. The second down pass was intercepted,...
