Big Cat Country
The Jacksonville Jaguars’ defense was dominant. The special teams made multiple explosive plays. The offense dominated on the ground while playing winning football. It wasn’t perfect, but it was effective.
Here’s everything you need to know from Jacksonville’s 26-21 road victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 4.
Live blog:
Catch up on all the big plays and best moments from tonight’s game in our live blog!
Pregame Notes:
The following 49ers did not play in this one: DL CJ West (hand), WR Jordan Watkins (calf), WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling, RB Jordan James, and LB Nick Martin. Most notably, starting San Francisco CB Renardo Green was ruled inactive after being a Thursday limited participant and Friday DNP. Green initially suffered a neck issue from a week 3 hit on Zay Jones during their win over the Cardinals. 49ers WRs Ricky Pearsall, Jauan Jennings, and QB Brock Purdy were all active with San Francisco also getting free agent WR Demarcus Robinson back from his three-game suspension on Sunday.
For Jacksonville, starting WR Dyami Brown was ruled a game-time inactive after limited practices on Thursday and Friday due to a shoulder injury suffered against the Houston Texans. LB Yasir Abdullah was previously ruled out late in the week due to a hamstring injury, after popping up on the injury report with a Friday limited practice. OL Wyatt Milum was again inactive after a full week of limited practices, as he recovers from his training camp knee injury. Preseason standout, rookie DL BJ Greene also made his regular season, gameday roster debut on Sunday.
1st Quarter
San Francisco started the day on offense, quickly picking up an early play action first down on a pass to 49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk, followed by a third and 7 Christian McCaffrey 11-yard rush for a first down. However, the Jaguars’ defense held in the redzone, with DE Travon Walker pressuring Purdy on the incomplete third down attempt to force the field goal. 49ers K Eddy Pineiro made the 26-yard attempt to open the scoring, capping the 49ers’ 13-play, 57-yard. 6:27 drive with Jacksonville giving up 27 yards rushing on the drive. (Jaguars 0, 49ers 3)
Jacksonville’s opening series kicked off with a special teams mistake, as RB LeQuint Allen caught the kickoff that was heading out of bounds at the 7-yard line in error. However, the Jaguars offense quickly moved out of their redzone with a Brian Thomas Jr opening drive 14-yard catch, followed by an 11-yard Travis Etienne rush. The offense then picked up a fourth-and-one first down via a Trevor Lawrence QB sneak before eventually punting the ball away after a Brian Thomas third down reception was ruled incomplete, with Thomas unable to get the second foot down. Instead of attempting the 58-yard field goal, the team decided to punt, playing the field position game. However, Logan Cooke’s punt sailed, resulting in a touchback.
2nd Quarter
The Jaguars’ defense began their second series with a quick takeaway via LB Dennis Gardeck punching the ball...
