Patrick Mahomes was vintage Mahomes on Monday night. And the question for the Jacksonville Jaguars the past few years has been if Trevor Lawrence could ever rise to that level.
He did. After he was knocked down first.
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Mahomes had a clutch drive to give the Chiefs a 28-24 lead with 1:45 to go. Instead of Mahomes having the final say in a close game, as he usually does, it was Lawrence who came up with the clutch drive to win it.
Lawrence, on his 26th birthday, had one of the biggest moments of his career, leading the Jaguars to a 31-28 win in the final minute.
The winning play looked like a disaster, when Lawrence was tripped up when his guard stepped on his foot and the QB went to the ground, but he got up after stumbling again, found a lane and ran in for a 10-yard touchdown.
“It was panic, sheer panic on the ground trying to [get up],” Lawrence told ESPN in a postgame interview. “We didn’t have any timeouts, I got stepped on coming out. I was like, ‘I gotta get up.’ And I was just going to throw it out of bounds to stop the clock.”
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Luckily for the Jaguars, he kept his feet moving.
Jacksonville had been waiting for a moment like that, with Lawrence leading a comeback win against the Chiefs dynasty on a Monday night. The Jaguars are 4-1 in Liam Coen’s first season as their head coach. Monday’s win felt like more than a typical Week 5 win.
Chiefs take early lead
If the Jaguars set out to make an immediate statement that their 3-1 start was for real, it didn’t begin too well.
Jacksonville went three-and-out to start the game. The Chiefs scored first, on a touchdown to Travis Kelce that looked like it could be offensive pass interference on JuJu Smith-Schuster, who collided with a Jaguars defender. Officials threw a flag. The announcers in the ESPN booth thought it was a penalty. But the officials picked up the flag and ruled it a TD, presumably saying the contact happened within a yard of the line of scrimmage. The Chiefs led 7-0.
The Jaguars almost tied it after that, but Lawrence reached out on fourth-and-goal from the one on a quarterback sneak over the top, and the ball was knocked out of his hands inches before he crossed the plane. The Jaguars were turned away, and then the Chiefs had a quick, 97-yard drive for another touchdown, this one a touchdown run by Mahomes.
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The Jaguars were getting a closeup on national television and were behind 14-0. But they showed some resilience.
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Jacksonville got on the board, with Lawrence delivering a nice touchdown pass to Parker Washington. It was 14-7 at halftime. Early in the second half, Travis Hunter made a phenomenal catch in traffic for a 44-yard gain and the first huge highlight of his rookie season. That set up a Lawrence touchdown run and the game was tied 14–14.
Then the Jaguars got a massive play off a rare Mahomes turnover. He never saw Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd underneath near the goal line, and threw it right to him. Then it got worse for the Chiefs, as Lloyd ran it all the way down the sideline for a 99-yard, pick 6. Instead of the Chiefs taking the lead, the Jaguars led 21-14.
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The Jaguars gave away points, with Lawrence throwing an interception deep in Chiefs territory, but Jacksonville rebounded and took a 24-21 lead on a Cam Little field goal. But there was plenty of time left for Mahomes to answer.
Mahomes had a wild escape on a play in which it looked like he was sacked but he kept his balance and ran for a first down. The drive kept going deep into Jaguars territory inside the two-minute warning. KC capped the march with a 2-yard Kareem Hunt TD run, setting the stage for Lawrence with 1:48 remaining.
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Patrick Mahomes’ miracle prayer heave from the Kansas City 23 was not answered. The Jaguars hold on for a 31-28 Monday night thriller over a Chiefs team that had beaten them eight straight times.
Jacksonville improves to 4-1 with the win while sending the reigning, three-time AFC champion Chiefs to 2-3.
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The Jaguars are back on top thanks to a very unlikely touchdown run by Trevor Lawrence.
Lawrence fell down at the snap from first-and-goal at the 1 after his right guard stepped on him. But he got to his feet without being touched and stumbled into the end zone for a go-ahead touchdown.
He set up the score with a great third-down sideline deep ball to Brian Thomas Jr. to get into Kansas City territory. The Jaguars lead 31-28 with 23 seconds remaining.
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The Jaguars will start at their own 40 after Harrison Butker sent his kickoff out of bounds.
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Kareem Hunt’s second touchdown of the game from 2 yards has given the Chiefs a 28-24 lead. But Kansas City left time on the clock.
The Jaguars have 1:45 remaining with two timeouts and a chance for a game-winning drive.
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The Chiefs are driving with a chance to tie or take the lead after the two-minute warning. They’ll face second-and-5 from the Jacksonville 24 on the other side of the break. Jacksonville has a 24-21 lead.
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Cam Little absolutely crushed a 52-yard field goal that would have been good from much longer to give the Jaguars a 24-21 lead. Kickers today are different.
The Chiefs will get the ball back with 8:08 remaining in regulation.
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Travis Hunter appears fine after limping off the field on defense. He’s back in the game with the Jaguars offense.
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The Chiefs needed just two plays after Trevor Lawrence find the end zone on a 5-yard Kareem Hunt touchdown run. The game’s tied at 21-21 with 12:20 left in regulation.
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The Chiefs have the ball back after a throw from Trevor Lawrence got picked off.
Lawrence threw under pressure directly to Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie. Lawrence’s intended target, Parker Washington got knocked down by a Chiefs defender before the ball arrived, but officials neglected to call pass interference.
The Chiefs take over near the Jacksonville 20 and catch a big break while facing a 21-14 deficit.
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Travis Hunter got up limping after falling on this play on defense on a deep ball by Patrick Mahomes.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Hunter was injured on the play. The Chiefs punted on the drive, and the Jaguars have the ball back with a 21-14 lead early in the fourth quarter.
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What a play, Devin Lloyd. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were driving and on the verge of a touchdown inside the Jacksonville 5-yard line.
Lloyd had other ideas. The Jaguars linebacker picked off Mahomes near the goal line, then rumbled 99 yards down the left sideline for a go-ahead pick 6. An incredible play from Jacksonville’s breakout defender, who’s now up to an NFL-high four interceptions on the season.
The Jaguars lead 21-14 after a huge swing play.
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Here’s the Trevor Lawrence touchdown set up by Travis Hunter’s big catch.
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On first down at the Jacksonville 28, Trevor Lawrence looked deep downfield to Hunter, who leapt high in the air between a pair of Chiefs defenders for a 44-yard catch. The big-strike play put the Jaguars in Chiefs territory and ultimately set up a 10-yard touchdown scramble by Lawrence to tie the game at 14-14.
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A third-down Patrick Mahomes pass landed incomplete, and the Jaguars have the ball back after a punt and a chance to tie the game while facing a 14-7 deficit.
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The second half is underway, and the Chiefs have the ball first, seeking to build on their 14-7 lead.
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Jacksonville runs out of time on that final drive, but is holding the momentum heading into the second half. Chiefs, however, have the lead, and will start with the ball after halftime.
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After getting that touchdown, the Jaguars force the Chiefs to go three-and-out. Great stretch for Jacksonville in this second quarter.
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Trevor Lawrence throws a dart to Parker Washington in the end zone, with Washington wrapping up the ball under pressure for Jacksonville’s first touchdown of the game. Kansas City’s lead is cut in half, and the Jaguars are still in this.
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Trevor Lawrence has saved this drive a couple of times with some big rushes, and gets the Jaguars into the red zone. Lawrence currently leads the team in rushing yards, with five more than starting running back Travis Etienne Jr.