{"id":296416,"date":"2025-08-17T22:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/296416\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:06:10","slug":"what-we-learned-from-sundays-doubleheader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/296416\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Learned from Sunday’s doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"

FULL BOX SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n

READ: Saints’ Rattler gets comeback moment but QB battle too close to call<\/a><\/p>\n

Bobby Kownack’s takeaways:<\/p>\n

So far, so good for Jags’ first-team offense. \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffTrevor Lawrence<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff led long marches on both his possessions Sunday. He was under a bit more duress than Jacksonville would\u2019ve liked, but he navigated around it easily enough. He consistently made the right reads and stuck mostly to targeting \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffBrian Thomas Jr.<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff and \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffBrenton Strange<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff while looking comfortable in Liam Coen\u2019s system. Another positive included Thomas bouncing back from an early drop, something that\u2019s plagued him a bit in camp, to contribute a pair of catches. The Jaguars likewise showcased their ability to rebound from the comedy of errors that ended their opening drive: Lawrence tripped at the snap and managed to get the ball into \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffTank Bigsby<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\u2019s pocket, but then inadvertently headbutted Bigsby\u2019s knee to take the running back down with him and assure a fumble. It was embarrassing, but Lawrence and Co. scored their next time out. Lawrence is now 14 of 17 with 119 yards and a TD toss in two games of limited action. Coen\u2019s install is looking good.Kendre Miller<\/a>, Mason Tipton<\/a> might be ready to arrive. Don\u2019t look now, but Kendre Miller has looked flashy this preseason. His offensive line did him no favors against Jacksonville, causing several of his carries to go for little yardage, but he kept his legs pumping and fell forward on almost every occasion. He also looked reminiscent of vintage \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffAlvin Kamara<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff on a 13-yard pickup that required him to dance through and around traffic. Health — not talent — has always been Miller’s bugaboo. The Saints desperately need an RB2 to spell Kamara after failing to establish one last year. If he stays on the field, Miller could be just that. Wide receiver Mason Tipson also once again endeared himself to Saints fan. He continued his stellar preseason — collecting a 45-yard bomb from \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffSpencer Rattler<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff to add to his 54-yard TD catch from \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffTyler Shough<\/a>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff last week — was pivotal during a two-minute drill to tie the game and finished with 100 yards on six catches. He was unable to finish his route on a costly fourth-quarter interception, but he certainly deserves a spot on the 53-man roster. He could even push a thin WR corps for playing time if he keeps it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FULL BOX SCORE READ: Saints’ Rattler gets comeback moment but QB battle too close to call Bobby Kownack’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[90,1227,53,391,7,125,4083,9272,55,609,314,17981],"class_list":{"0":"post-296416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-around-the-nfl","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-chicago-bears","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","14":"tag-kendre-miller","15":"tag-mason-tipton","16":"tag-new-orleans-saints","17":"tag-no-minute","18":"tag-trevor-lawrence","19":"tag-what-we-learned"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115046382663414201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}