LONDON — — The Jacksonville Jaguars did not present any give up this week after falling behind early on Sunday towards the New England Patriots.
The Jaguars trailed 10-0 earlier than rallying and overpowering the Patriots 32-16 at Wembley Stadium.
“That is what our group can do,” coach Doug Pederson mentioned. “We had been down 10 however no person was like, ‘right here we go once more,’ or defeated or had adverse ideas. It was only one play at a time.”
Tank Bigsby rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns and Parker Washington returned a punt 96 yards for a rating. Rookie receiver Brian Thomas Jr. caught a landing cross for the Jaguars (2-5).
In his second begin, Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye led one fourth-quarter scoring drive however couldn’t muster a second one as New England (1-6) misplaced its sixth straight sport for the primary time since 1993.
Bigsby scored on a 4-yard run after the Patriots turned the ball over on downs after the two-minute warning.
The win ought to a minimum of quickly ease some strain off Pederson and generate slightly optimism concerning the season.
In fact, that was the considering two weeks in the past when the Jaguars beat the Indianapolis Colts for his or her first win. Then they reversed course with an embarrassing 35-16 loss to the Chicago Bears.
“Adversity reveals actual character,” mentioned Bigsby, who rushed 26 instances with Travis Etienne out injured. “It reveals who you might be and who you might be. At present confirmed what this may be … let’s hold going.”
No give up
Andre Cisco had mentioned after the loss to Chicago that he noticed “give up” within the group within the second half.
The Jags security mentioned Sunday he “cleared the air” with teammates this week and added that he wasn’t speaking about particular person gamers.
“Clearly, I didn’t say it how I wished to in that second, simply uncooked emotion,” he mentioned.
The Jaguars scored 4 straight instances after falling behind early.
Thomas caught a 6-yard landing cross on third-and-goal to get the Jags on the board and he arrange Jacksonville’s go-ahead rating when he streaked down the center of the sphere and caught a 58-yard cross to the New England 21.
4 performs later, Bigsby’s 1-yard plunge gave the Jags a 14-10 lead.
Washington’s record-setting 96-yard punt return for a landing made it 22-10. Lawrence threw to Thomas for the 2-point conversion after the Patriots had been offside on the additional level try.
Lawrence accomplished 15 of 20 passes for 193 yards and a landing. Thomas had 5 receptions for 89 yards.
Missed alternatives
The Jags had hassle increasing their lead within the second half.
They opened the second half by driving to the New England 3 however settled for a area aim — growing their result in 25-10 — when Christian Kirk couldn’t get a second foot down within the nook of the top zone on a 3rd down throw.
On its subsequent drive, Jacksonville drove down the sphere on a 17-play drive however Bigsby was stuffed for no achieve on a fourth-and-1 from the 6.
Maye received the Patriots again into the top zone lower than three minutes later when he discovered Okay.J. Osborn for a 22-yard landing cross to make it 25-16 after Cisco earlier dropped a would-be interception. The two-point conversion try failed.
In a primary for the Patriots this season, they scored on their opening drive. JaMycal Hasty caught a cross within the flat and made Josh Hines-Allen and Cisco miss to get into the top zone for a 16-yard landing reception.
Maye completed 26 of 37 for 276 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.
Patriots coach Jerod Mayo mentioned his group is “gentle.”
“They managed the ball for many of the day,” he mentioned. “Again to the drafting board. We will not sit right here and pout.”
Sights & sounds
Pats cornerback Christian Gonzalez arrived to Wembley carrying the England shirt of striker Harry Kane. The Bayern Munich star is England’s all-time main scorer and occurs to be an enormous Patriots fan, too. Kane was in attendance to see New England win its sixth Tremendous Bowl title in 2019. … Matt Turner, a goalkeeper for the U.S. nationwide group and London membership Crystal Palace, was within the Wembley crowd.
Accidents
Patriots: WR DeMario Douglas briefly left within the third quarter with an sickness. … RB Antonio Gibson stayed down after a 9-yard reception in first quarter… OL Layden Robinson (ankle) limped off in first quarter and was dominated out… rookie WR Javon Baker was inactive after lacking Friday’s apply with an sickness.
Jaguars: OL Cam Robinson was dominated out within the second quarter with a concussion… RB Travis Etienne was inactive with a hamstring harm.
Up subsequent
Patriots: Host the New York Jets subsequent Sunday.
Jaguars: Host the Inexperienced Bay Packers subsequent Sunday.
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