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Trevor Lawrence had an extremely up-and-down day on Sunday. His first half performance did not fully fall on his shoulders, as his initial interception came due to immediate pressure from Trey Hendrickson, as he let the ball go. However, there were additional moments in the first half where Lawrence was obviously pressing to make a play, such as his underthrown deep ball attempt to Brian Thomas Jr, that was deflected into Travis Hunter, who dropped the ricochet. Additionally, Cincinnati dropped a deflected, contested Travis Hunter target that was initially ruled an interception, but overturned after review.<\/p>\n
However, in the second half, Lawrence made up for many of those opportunities, hitting Dyami Brown and Thomas Jr in the touchdown for would-be touchdown opportunities where his supporting cast was unable to capitalize. Brown dropped a touchdown pass with 4:30 remaining in the game, Thomas Jr failed to attack the ball on his third-down endzone target with 11:52 remaining in the game, and Thomas dropped the final offensive snap that likely would\u2019ve extended the drive.<\/p>\n
Those three plays are \u201chave to have it\u201d scenarios that cost Jacksonville an upwards of 18 points alone.<\/p>\n
RB LeQuint Allen: 0.33 EPA per play on 2 playsRB Bhayshul Tuten: 0.23 EPA per play on 8 plays (2.06 receiving EPA per play on 2 targets)RB Travis Etienne: -0.04 EPA per play on 14 plays (0.43 receiving EPA per play on 3 targets)<\/p>\n
The interior blocking was great in the run game, with the backs showing incredible vision to make one cut and get upfield. Robert Hainsey running 25-yards down the field, blocking the defender on Travis Etienne\u2019s 30-yard run, spotlighted his athleticism and allowed Etienne another 10-yards. LT Walker Little had his hands full with Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson on plays when the team didn\u2019t give him help. He gave up nearly immediate pressure that resulted in Lawrence\u2019s redzone interception while being hit. He also surrendered a QB hit on Dyami\u2019s opening touchdown catch. Hendrickson ended the day with 5 pressures (tied for 11th in the NFL), via Next Gen Stats. I loved Anton Harrison\u2019s game this week and truly had no issues on the tape.<\/p>\n
With two Monday Night Football games remaining, the Jaguars lead the NFL in rushing yards (169.5) and are tied for the league lead in yards per carry (5.7) with the Baltimore Ravens. They have 6 explosive rushes on the year (tied at 10th) and a league-leading 6.8% stuffed run rate per NFL Pro.<\/p>\n
WR Parker Washington: 1.19 EPA per play on 6 targetsWR Dyami Brown: 0.77 EPA per play on 7 targetsTE Brenton Strange: -0.15 EPA per play on 6 targetsWR Tim Patrick: -0.44 EPA per play on 1 targetWR Brian Thomas Jr: -0.59 EPA per play on 12 targetsWR Travis Hunter: -0.81 EPA per play on 6 targets<\/p>\n
Dyami Brown produced a really efficient game, often blocking well down the field on rushing plays, catching 5\/6 pass attempts, and scoring a touchdown. However, he also dropped a wide open touchdown that likely wraps this game up.<\/p>\n
Travis Hunter had a more involved day, with his offensive snap share being similar to week one, offensively but his overall defensive usage increasing. Per NFL Pro, \u201cTravis Hunter did not play a defensive snap until cornerback Jarrian Jones was injured late in the first quarter.\u201d On his most notable plays, Hunter had an opportunity to come down with a deflected BTJ deep ball attempt that fell incomplete, was targeted on Trevor Lawrence\u2019s underthrown redzone interception, and was otherwise primarily targeted in the quick-game area (screens, pop passes, etc).<\/p>\n
Parker Washington had an incredible game, working out of the slot. His highlight play was his first half catch, climbing the ladder over the Bengals defender to bring in the deflected catch. However, his biggest play was his 40-yard catch and run where he shed a tackler to pick up the remaining 17-yards after the catch.<\/p>\n
While Brenton Strange\u2019s snap production increased to 90% this week, he was targeted just 5 times – all in the quick checkdown area. A quiet game for Brenton, outside of blocking.<\/p>\n
The running backs all produced quality days catching the ball, with both Etienne and Tuten catching two targets and a touchdown each.<\/p>\n
The biggest topic of conversation on Sunday was obviously the play of second-year receiver Brian Thomas Jr, who received the lions share of Lawrence\u2019s pass attempts, leaving the game with a 28.6% target share. However, Thomas caught just four of those targets (33.3%) while seemingly shying away from contact mid-route or not attacking the ball in the air. On Trevor Lawrence\u2019s second-quarter interception, Thomas Jr seemed to be looking to sit his route down within the zone right as the pass is being thrown. With the safety barreling down, this makes sense to find the hole in the zone. Unfortunately, the QB and WR again read the play differently, and with Thomas tipping the pass in the middle of the field, the play resulted in a turnover.<\/p>\n
However, the less excusable plays were the late touchdown target where BTJ anticipates contact, only reaching up for the ball, instead of jumping for the contested target and the fourth down drop with the game on the line.<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville front seven blitzed Jake Browning on 27.3% of his dropbacks (per NFL Pro), providing him an average 2.42 seconds to throw on his 32 pass attempts. However, he often made Jacksonville pay with an 18.8% deep ball percentage. His quick time to throw negated much of the Jaguars\u2019 ability to get home, as he simply went to his playmakers quickly running isolation sideline routes, and allowed them to make plays on the ball on the backend. 37.5% of Tee Higgins\u2019 8 targets were deep as were 12.5% of Jamar Chase\u2019s 16 targets. With Joe Burrow and Browning combined, the Cincinnati Bengals had the NFL\u2019s quickest time to throw in week two (2.53 seconds), while Jacksonville still came away with three sacks (7th for the week) and 14 pressures (15th).<\/p>\n
DE Travon Walker ended the day with a sack and 4 QB pressures (tied for 18th of qualified defenders in week 2). DE Josh-Hines-Allen, DT Arik Armstead, LB Devin Lloyd, and S Eric Murray all tied for 34th in the league at 3 QB pressures each. Armstead also had a sack along with LB Foye Oluokun.<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville defensive front was dominant in the run game, facing the Bengals inconsistent offensive line. Jacksonville held Cincinnati to 2.8 yards per rush on 17 carries, with a long of 11-yards. Holding Bengals RB Chase Brown to a -1.2 rushing EPA and -1.1 rushing yards over expected per attempt (RYOE\/att) and only one explosive rush spells a good day up front for Jacksonville. The Jaguars wrapped up Sunday surrendering the second-least rushing yards per game at 48-yards, allowing the fourth-least per carry (2.8). They landed 21st in the NFL in week two with an 11.8% run stuff rate, however, per Next Gen Stats.<\/p>\n