Big Cat Country
The Jacksonville Jaguars improve to 4-1 after a gritty 31-28 Monday Night Football victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Here’s everything you need to know from Jacksonville’s Week 5 primetime stunner.
Live blog:
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Pregame Notes:
The following Jaguars were held out due to noted injuries during the week:
DE Travon Walker (wrist), LB Yasir Abdullah (hamstring), and OL Wyatt Milum (knee). DL Danny Striggow and DT Khalen Saunders Sr were both healthy scratches. Walker injured his wrist early in the second quarter of last week’s win, when he collided with safety Eric Murray to bring Christian McCaffrey to the ground. After wrist surgery on Monday, the team labeled Walker day-to-day, with Travon able to practice with a cast on Saturday.
The Chiefs entered the game reasonably healthy with no starters out due to injury. CB Kristian Fulton, TE Jared Wiley, RB Elijah Mitchell, DT Omarr Norman-Lott, OL Hunter Nourzad, and DE Malik Herring were the Kansas City inactives.
1st Quarter
The Jacksonville offense began the day with the ball, immediately going three-and-out after a questionable non-called pass interference on third down. The third-and-two conversion was stopped on a play where it seemed that the defender arrived early on Travis Etienne, the intended receiver. After the punt, the Chiefs promptly marched 45 yards before the defense held at midfield to force the punt. With both teams trading opening series punts, Jacksonville dug itself an early hole after Lawrence was flagged for an illegal forward pass on first down, resulting in second and 14. Two plays later, the offense punted back to Kansas City for their second consecutive three-and-out. After another long drive, this one a 9-play, 72-yard touchdown drive capped by a two-yard Travis Kelce reception, on what was initially flagged for offensive pass interference. However, after a small conference between the referees, the flag was picked up, and the touchdown remained. (Jaguars 0, Chiefs 7)
2nd Quarter
After an explosive 35-yard kick return from LeQuint Allen to the 39-yard line, Jacksonville picked up an immediate first down via a 22-yard Brenton Strange screen.
After a 22-yard catch by Brian Thomas Jr to enter the redzone, Jacksonville eventually worked down to a fourth-and-one from the one-yard line. Lawrence attempted his patented quarterback dive over the top of the goalline, but was ruled short of the goal, fumbling the ball away for a turnover on downs.
The Chiefs again drove the length of the field, going 5 plays, 97 yards, 2:52 for their second consecutive touchdown drive, capped by a Mahomes scramble for a touchdown. (Jaguars 0, Chiefs 14)
Lawrence then led Jacksonville on their best drive of the game, a 13-play, 70-yard, 8:06 touchdown drive where Trevor extended the drive multiple times using his legs. After two Lawrence scrambles of 16 and 14 yards, Jacksonville scored its first points of the game on a Parker Washington three-yard touchdown catch. (Jaguars 7, Chiefs 14)
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