NEW ORLEANS — The question of whether or not Trevor Lawrence would suit up against the New Orleans Saints was the talk of the town since he got banged up on Sunday against the Colts in the fourth quarter. The Tuesday after at practice, Lawrence was limited at practice rocking a knee brace. He sat out a few reps and clearly did not look his 100% best.
Since he's been in the league, Trevor Lawrence has not missed a game to an injury ever. High school, college and the NFL. He played through a toe injury in the 2021-2022 season. He was not forced to miss any games.
He wouldn't be deterred this time, either, with the Jags announcing he would be on the field Thursday evening.
Game recap
The Saints won the coin toss and opted to kick.
In the first quarter, Travis Etienne Jr. trucks one in from inside the 10. The Jaguars pick up 7 in a fast start so far. 7-0, Jaguars.
After the missed field goal, the Jaguars picked up where the Saints left off. In their first drive with the ball back, Christian Kirk loses the ball and the Saints' recover the ball. In that drive, the Saints would stall.
The kick to the Jaguars would end in disaster as Jamal Agnew doesn't motion the fair catch and gets trucked by his own teammate Tevaughn Campbell. Saints ball in Jaguars territory.
The Jaguars would force the Saints to a field goal. Jacksonville still on top, 7-3.
Lawrence's big first down would put the Jaguars in scoring position and that's exactly what our guy, Travis Etienne Jr. did. Touchdown Jaguars, 14-3. This is Etienne Jr's second touchdown of the night.
Before the half ended, the Jaguars picked up a few penalties getting them in some trouble.
The Jaguars would settle for the field goal to cap off the half. They kept the lead, 17-6.
In the third quarter, the Jaguars would keep the Saints outside of the redzone and New Orleans would settle for the 3.
Jaguars were still on top, 17-9.
To pick up the pace of the game and gain momentum, Jaguars' Foyesade Oluokun picks off Derek Carr for the pick 6!
The Jaguars hold the Saints to zero touchdowns in the red zone the first three quarters of the game. The big cats were still up, 24-9 with one more quarter to go.
At the start of the fourth quarter, Saints quarterback Derek Carr finally gets the first touchdown of the night. 24-16, the Jaguars are still on top.
In very stressful fashion, the Jaguars allow the Saints to play ball. In three plays and 54 yards, the Saints pick up momentum and run with it, scoring in the fourth. We were all tied up at 24-24. A few minutes later, by the grace of Christian Kirk with less than four minutes left in the game scores a touchdown. Jaguars up, 31-24.