{"id":92151,"date":"2025-12-22T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92151\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:55:12","slug":"recapping-jacksonvilles-big-week-16-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92151\/","title":{"rendered":"Recapping Jacksonville’s big Week 16 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec. 21, 2025, 8:27 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> walked into Denver and delivered a big performance, pulling out a 34\u201320 road win that could have serious implications in the AFC playoff race.\u00a0Here’s how it happened.\u00a0Jacksonville struck first and set the tone early when Trevor Lawrence hit Parker Washington for a 12-yard touchdown<\/a>, giving the Jaguars<\/a> a 7-0 lead that forced the Broncos<\/a> to play from behind.<\/p>\n

Denver answered in the second quarter, with Bo Nix connecting with Courtland Sutton on a 15-yard touchdown pass to even things up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Broncos then took their first lead of the day when Wil Lutz drilled a 54-yard field goal. But Jacksonville responded before the half was over with a 3-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to Brenton Strange, and then Cam Little added a 47-yard field goal to give the Jaguars a 17\u201310 lead heading into halftime.<\/p>\n

Denver wasn\u2019t done yet, as RJ Harvey scored on a 38-yard rushing touchdown to keep the Broncos within striking distance, but Jacksonville wasn\u2019t finished.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars continued to pull away in the second half. Early in the third quarter, Lawrence scored on a 1-yard rushing touchdown, extending the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Moments later, Travis Etienne Jr. capped an 80-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown reception from Lawrence to push the Jaguars\u2019 advantage further.<\/p>\n

In the fourth quarter, Little added a 26-yard field goal to make it a two-score game, and though Lutz hit a 21-yard field goal for Denver later in the quarter, it wasn\u2019t enough to overcome Jacksonville\u2019s 14-point lead.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars\u2019 offense found rhythm early and kept Denver off-balance, while the Broncos had spurts of success but couldn\u2019t string enough drives together to reclaim control. The result was a convincing road victory for Jacksonville in a tough environment, strengthening their position as a serious contender in the AFC.<\/p>\n

Jaguars vs. Broncos Week 16 highlights\"\"<\/a>Parker Washington\u2019s 63-yard catch and run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 21, 2025, 8:27 p.m. ET The Jacksonville Jaguars walked into Denver and delivered a big performance, pulling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,23611,47,116,118,117,1254,9548,298,2184,26557,1258,4732,48915,23610,5106,1758,420,442,96,300,4729,423,49383,34],"class_list":["post-92151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-co","tag-fl","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","tag-sstsnjaguars","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagamerican-football-conference","tag-tagbo-nix","tag-tagbrenton-strange","tag-tagcam-little","tag-tagcourtland-sutton","tag-tagdenver","tag-tagdenver-broncos","tag-tagjacksonville","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtravis-etienne-jr","tag-tagtrevor-lawrence","tag-tagwil-lutz","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92151","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=92151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}