The Jacksonville Jaguars moved to 2-1 on the season after a 35-6 thrashing of the New England Patriots in Week 3. While Trevor Lawrence’s three passing touchdowns helped spring Jacksonville to victory, so did the three turnovers committed by Drake Maye. 

The Patriots offense was held in check by the Jaguars, who forced two field goals, but they committed several self-inflicted wounds in the process. The first came in the closing minutes of the first quarter, when Maye fumbled a first-and-10 snap as he attempted to cock the football back. Jacksonville recovered and springboarded a 10-play, 62-yard touchdown drive. Lawrence connected with Josh Cameron for the first score and hit Jakobi Meyers for his second passing touchdown two drives later. 

New England continued to turn the ball over, including a back-breaking throw just before halftime. With the ball on the Jacksonville two-yard line, Maye’s end zone pass was intercepted by Travis Hunter. The scoring opportunity was gone, and it kept the Jaguars’ 14- 3 lead at the break. 

The game blew open late in the third quarter when Maye threw his second interception of the afternoon, and the Jaguars returned it to the New England five-yard line. They scored one play later with a Chris Rodriguez rush, making it a 28-3 lead. The game was effectively on cruise control after that, but Jacksonville continued to pour it on with a Bhayshul Tuten rushing touchdown midway through the fourth. 

Lawrence finished his day completing 19-of-29 for 182 yards, three touchdowns and an interception, while adding 25 yards rushing. Tuten rushed for a game-high 73 yards and a touchdown, while catching both of his targets for 17 yards. Maye, who was benched for Tommy DeVito in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach, completed 14-of-25 passes for 199 yards and two interceptions. He also fumbled twice (one lost). 

From here, the Jaguars will go on the road to face the Bengals in Week 4. As for the Patriots, they’ll attempt to pick up the pieces when they head up to Orchard Park to face the Buffalo Bills in a pivotal AFC East showdown. 

Drake Maye’s collapse

The Patriots quarterback continues to deal with turnovers. Maye committed three in Sunday’s loss to Jacksonville, which brings him to a total of seven turnovers for the season. That is the most turnovers in the first three games of the season by the Patriots since Drew Bledsoe in 1995. Maye’s six interceptions are the most in the first three games after a Super Bowl start since Rex Grossman in 2007. 

It feels like he has some sort of the yips, especially with the ball simply slipping out of his hands as it did late in the first quarter. 

When you go back to the postseason, Maye now has 15 total turnovers. If that doesn’t put a sinking feeling into everyone involved with the Patriots, it should.

Travis Hunter snags first career INT

Travis Hunter made his presence known on Sunday, coming up big in one of the key moments of the contest. With a minute to go in the first half, the Patriots were looking to cut into the 14-3 Jacksonville lead with the ball inside the 5-yard line. On a third-and-goal snap, Maye rolled out to his right and tried to fit the ball into the back of the end zone. That’s when Hunter soared into the air and hauled in his first career interception. 

That was the best opportunity for New England to claw back into the contest, but Hunter helped slam the door shut for the Jaguars. 

Trevor Lawrence is dialed in

It’ll probably get lost in the Drake Maye discourse, but Trevor Lawrence rebounded well after a lackluster start in Week 2 against the Broncos. The Jaguars quarterback completed 65.5% of his passes (19-of-29) for 182 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception. The pick wasn’t necessarily on Lawrence either, as the ball was tipped into the air and hauled in by a Patriots defender. Overall, Lawrence was fitting the ball into tight windows, which included a stellar shoestring catch by Parker Washington late in the third quarter. 

Here’s another angle, which shows the level of difficulty it took for Lawrence to fit it in. 

Lawrence passed Mark Brunell for the most games with three-plus passing touchdowns (13) in Jaguars history, and also surpassed Blake Bortles for the second-most touchdown passes (105) in franchise history. 

Cam Little nearly made NFL history

At the end of the first half, the Jaguars sent Cam Little out on the field to attempt a 70-yard field goal. Had he made it, it would’ve set a new NFL record, but his attempt — while having the distance — was wide right. 

That was the first 70-plus-yard field goal attempt since Brandon Aubrey in 2024. Kickers are 0-9 on 70-plus-yard field goal attempts in the Super Bowl era. 

Jaguars becoming dominant at home

Duval County is starting to become a house of horrors for the opposition as the Jaguars are enjoying a strong home-field advantage. Since the start of last season (so the entire Liam Coen era), Jacksonville is 9-2 at EverBank Stadium.