Welcome to meaningful football in December, Jaguars fans!
Jacksonville is back at the Bank to protect its 2025 AFC South divisional lead and 10-game home winning streak against the Indianapolis Colts.
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Indianapolis won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half. Jacksonville began the game on the right foot, as Trevor Lawrence connected with Jakobi Meyers for an 11-yard gain over the middle, but a stuffed run followed by an incomplete pass led to a quick punt.
The Colts’ offense also began its day with a pass attempt, and it was picked off by Devin Lloyd to give the Jaguars the ball back!
Lawrence connected with Brian Thomas Jr. down the seam for an 18-yard pickup before Travis Etienne finished the drive with a 3-yard touchdown plunge. The good guys have the lead!
Indianapolis responded with an efficient 11-play drive that ended with a 1-yard touchdown run from Jonathan Taylor. The only third down they faced was a 3rd-and-1 that Tyler Warren picked up with his legs.
Talk about a response to the response! Lawrence marched Jacksonville right back down the field by throwing this gorgeous dot on 3rd-and-5 to Thomas, who hauled it in with one glove…
…Then Lawrence found Meyers in the endzone on a pretty touch pass. T-Law has completed 7 of 9 passes for 107 yards and a touchdown through the first quarter.
On the second-to-last play of the quarter, Daniel Jones sustained a non-contact injury. It was tough to watch him try to walk off the field, then sit down and bang his helmet on the ground in frustration. You never want to assume anything when it comes to injuries, but it feels safe to say that Jones is done for the day.
Both offenses exchanged punts, so the Colts have the ball again. Riley Leonard is in at quarterback.
Taylor was stripped on a 2nd-and-4 run by Eric Murray (who just returned from injured reserve) and the ball was scooped up by Jarrian Jones!
The very next play, Etienne made it a two-touchdown game!
Leonard put together a 16-play, 64-yard drive with a couple of 3rd down conversions to set up a 28-yard chip shot field goal for Indy.
Etienne had rushes of 11 and 9 yards to start Jacksonville’s next drive, then Bhayshul Tuten was subbed in and picked up 6 yards himself, but he fumbled on the next play thanks to a run stuff by Grover Stewart. The Jaguars’ defense punched back by stopping Taylor on 4th-and-1 for its third forced turnover of the day!
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