So it seems like the Jaguars are getting hot at the right time, huh?<\/p>\n
In the first year under head coach Liam Coen, the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to finish with a winning record. The team secured that after a 48-20 asskicking<\/a> over the New York Jets. Sunday\u2019s win moved the team to 10-4 overall, kept them a game up on the AFC South and put the squad in striking position<\/a> for a top seed overall in the AFC itself.<\/p>\n There are plenty of highlights from Sunday\u2019s game, but none are bigger than Trevor Lawrence\u2019s first of its kind statline. Lawrence\u2019s six total touchdowns and over 300 yards passing was a thing of beauty. It has now been three straight weeks of Lawrence \u201cplaying the best game of his career\u201d which is exactly the type of thing you want from your franchise quarterback heading into the playoffs.<\/p>\n Firing on all cylinders is an understatement to describe the Jags right now. Regardless of the opponent, they are crushing people. And now it\u2019s on to the biggest test of all<\/a> against the AFC\u2019s second best squad: the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve seen the statline. You know what he did.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Lawrence posted a statline that quite literally has never been seen before<\/a>. His five passing touchdowns, 300+ passing yards, his rushing touchdown and subsequent 50+ rushing yards has never been seen by an NFL quarterback. Ever. Until this past weekend.<\/p>\n Cam Newton never did this. Mike Vick never did either. Or Jalen Hurts with all his weapons. Not even Patrick Mahomes has hit that statline. Just Lawrence.<\/p>\n When asked if his former Clemson teammate is playing his best football, Travis Etienne said he has never seen Lawrence hit this kind of stride.<\/a> Even Coen is lighting up when he gets to throw praise towards his quarterback.<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve talked at length all over Big Cat Country about how the acquisition of wide receiver Jakobi Meyers has unearthed the excellence that lay dormant in this offense. But it\u2019s starting to go beyond that.<\/p>\n The running backs are playing well because the offensive line is playing well. The offensive scheme is good so the receivers are constantly open. The tight ends are blocking so everyone has time and room. And the quarterback is hitting everyone (minus maybe that one weird throw away in the end zone).<\/p>\n Everything is working in tandem right now, and you can give a ton of that credit to the quarterback. He was, and largely rightfully, given a lot of grief at the beginning of the year for making the same boneheaded mistakes that plagued him through his pro career. He\u2019s had a lot of different coordinators and coaches in his ear through his time in the league, but now it looks like he finally has one that fits. Coen always said the scheme was tough to learn and it would take a while. It turns out he was right. In the end, we are all better for it.<\/p>\n You can say the Jags haven\u2019t played the greatest of opponents in the past three weeks. But whatever. Making this type of throw two weeks in a row doesn\u2019t just happen because you are playing the pathetic Jets. This type of throw is something else entirely.<\/p>\n Speaking of the former Clemson star, the Jags sort of have to resign this guy right?<\/p>\n All Etienne has done under Coen is excel in both the run and pass game which are the traits that got Etienne to the first round of the draft anyway. Sunday, Etienne had 32 rushing yards. Most importantly, he led the team in receiving with three catches for 73 yards and a trio of touchdowns. What a day.<\/p>\n Etienne is now just 51 yards short of 1,000 yards rushing for the year. He is under 50 yards short of 300 yards receiving as well.<\/p>\n Whatever Coen has done to unlock this guy has absolutely worked this season. Last week, we said Etienne may be the odd man out when the Jags start giving out contracts this summer. After Sunday, he might have earned himself a seat at the table.<\/p>\n A guy that has to get paid though will be Jakobi Meyers.<\/p>\n Meyers led the team in catches with five and finished second on the team in receiving with 71 yards, just two short of Etienne.<\/p>\n There wasn\u2019t a single defensive player on the Jets that had an answer for Meyers getting open across the middle. There has hardly been a defensive player in the league since Meyers got to Jacksonville that has had an answer for him.<\/p>\n