{"id":92116,"date":"2025-12-22T05:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92116\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T05:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:07:10","slug":"trevor-lawrences-4-tds-propel-jaguars-past-broncos-34-20-ending-denvers-11-game-winning-streak-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92116\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Lawrence’s 4 TDs propel Jaguars past Broncos 34-20, ending Denver’s 11-game winning streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER (AP) \u2014 Trevor Lawrence<\/a> is playing the best ball of his five-year career and now he has a signature win to show for it.<\/p>\n

Lawrence threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score, leading the Jacksonville Jaguars to a resounding 34-20 win that snapped the Denver Broncos\u2019 11-game winning streak Sunday and added some spice to the AFC playoff picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel great with our offense right now, what we\u2019re able to do, the passing game, guys are making plays, giving them opportunities down the field, and we\u2019re protecting well,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing a lot of things well. We just got to not take it for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence has been on a six-week heater, mastering the nuances of first-year coach Liam Coen\u2019s offense and stoking his connection with trade-deadline addition Jakobi Meyers. The Jaguars had outscored their previous five opponents by a cumulative 171-72, but this was Lawrence\u2019s best performance of his breakout season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing it all,\u201d Coen said. \u201cHe\u2019s doing everything that you want your guy to be doing, and he\u2019s doing it at a high level right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AFC South-leading Jaguars (11-4) won their sixth straight game and handed the Broncos (12-3) their first loss since Week 3. It was also Denver\u2019s first defeat at home since Oct. 13, 2024, ending the Broncos\u2019 12-game home winning streak.<\/p>\n

Although they remain atop the AFC playoff race, the Broncos\u2019 lead over the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC West was sliced to one game. The teams play in Week 18. Denver has a short turnaround with a trip to face Kansas City on Christmas night.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always good to have a short week after a loss like this,\u201d defensive tackle Malcolm Roach said, echoing the sentiment in the Broncos\u2019 subdued locker room.<\/p>\n

After Broncos rookie RJ Harvey pinballed his way for a 38-yard touchdown<\/a> to tie it at 17 on the opening drive of the second half, it was all Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Lawrence scored on a 1-yard keeper, then hit Parker Washington for 63 yards to set up Travis Etienne\u2019s 10-yard TD catch. After Bo Nix fumbled his exchange with running back Jaleel McLaughlin \u2014 \u201cBoth of us wanted the ball,\u201d Nix explained \u2014 Lawrence drove Jacksonville for its fifth consecutive score, a 26-yard field goal by Cam Little that made it 34-17.<\/p>\n

On a day Meyers was held to 45 yards on four catches, Washington caught six passes for a career-best 145 yards and a TD.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we were going to be in a crazy atmosphere today, and we\u2019ve answered the adversity many times throughout this season, and we continue to do that,\u201d Washington said. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s our edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broncos were driving after pulling within 34-20. But on fourth down from Jacksonville\u2019s 41, Nix telegraphed a throw to Pat Bryant that was easily intercepted by Jarrian Jones. Later, Bryant was carted off after he took a vicious hit in the final minute.<\/p>\n

In a matchup of the NFL\u2019s two most penalized teams, Denver committed two big penalties on a drive that ended with Lawrence taking it in from the 1 to give Jacksonville the lead for good. <\/p>\n

Lawrence was sacked five times by the league\u2019s best pass rush \u2014 the Broncos have a franchise record-tying 63 sacks on the season \u2014 but he still threw for 279 yards with three TDs and no interceptions. Jacksonville was 4 of 5 in the red zone against the league\u2019s best red-zone defense.<\/p>\n

Nix laments Bryant\u2019s injury<\/p>\n

Nix threw for a career-best 353 yards, but he wasn\u2019t his usual sharp self, turning it over twice and throwing a regrettable high pass that led to Bryant\u2019s injury with 31 seconds remaining. Bryant was strapped to a body board and carted off.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got movement. That\u2019s encouraging,\u201d Denver coach Sean Payton said. \u201cHe was moving his hands and his legs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryant was injured on a whiplash tackle by Montaric Brown after his leaping catch. The officials picked up the flag, however, ruling Brown hadn\u2019t hit him in the neck or head area, although replays appeared to show the crown of Brown\u2019s helmet hitting Bryant\u2019s chin.<\/p>\n

Nix was shaken up watching as Bryant was tended to by the medical team.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never want to see somebody in that situation and I feel responsible because I threw it,\u201d he said. \u201cYou really pray he\u2019s OK and can be back out there as soon as he can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Broncos hindered by their home crowd<\/p>\n

On their first scoring drive, Lawrence and the Jaguars actually benefited from the din that rattled Empower Field when Jacksonville was flagged for a false start. Blitzing safety P.J. Locke, however, said he didn\u2019t hear the whistle and put a vicious blind-side hit on Lawrence. Only that 15-yard penalty was enforced, jump-starting Jacksonville\u2019s TD drive.<\/p>\n

Payton expects his team to bounce back<\/p>\n

Payton figured the Broncos will handle their first loss in three months the same way they navigated all that winning since September.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to them, one of the things you\u2019ve managed to do each week is get on to the next challenge,\u201d Payton said. \u201cSo I think the same thing has to apply, especially on a short week like this. You\u2019ve shown the ability to digest the game before and then get onto the next challenge. And you have to do the same after a tough loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Injuries<\/p>\n

Jaguars: RG Patrick Mekari (back) was hurt.<\/p>\n

Broncos: Lost TE Nate Adkins (knee) and ILB Dre Greenlaw (hamstring) to injuries.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Jaguars: At Indianapolis next Sunday.<\/p>\n

Broncos: Visit Kansas City on Christmas night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 Trevor Lawrence is playing the best ball of his five-year career and now he has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10851,5020,49434,16516,20345,10837,49437,1882,28,57,116,118,121,117,23195,49257,10872,5323,30587,49431,49430,19875,119,8652,49436,49427,5017,48225,13168,48226,49259,110,10871,5011,49435,13949,49432,49433],"class_list":{"0":"post-92116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-bo-nix","9":"tag-cam-little","10":"tag-co-state-wire","11":"tag-colorado","12":"tag-denver","13":"tag-denver-broncos","14":"tag-dre-greenlaw","15":"tag-fl-state-wire","16":"tag-florida","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-jacksonville","19":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","20":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-jacksonville-news","22":"tag-jakobi-meyers","23":"tag-jaleel-mclaughlin","24":"tag-jarrian-jones","25":"tag-liam-coen","26":"tag-local-news-for-apple","27":"tag-malcolm-roach","28":"tag-montaric-brown","29":"tag-new-mexico","30":"tag-nfl","31":"tag-nfl-football","32":"tag-nm-state-wire","33":"tag-p-j-locke","34":"tag-parker-washington","35":"tag-pat-bryant","36":"tag-patrick-mekari","37":"tag-rj-harvey","38":"tag-sean-payton","39":"tag-sports","40":"tag-travis-etienne","41":"tag-trevor-lawrence","42":"tag-ut-state-wire","43":"tag-utah","44":"tag-wy-state-wire","45":"tag-wyoming"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}