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He also responded to a question about shutting Lawrence down for the season by saying no decisions have been made yet, and that he “wants to send positive message to team that we’re still fighting.” Mac Jones would receive yet another start if Lawrence fails to clear protocol by Sunday. It seems like the Jaguars are at least giving some thought to shutting Lawrence down, which would make sense as they’re all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.

The targets are there, but they aren’t going anywhere. Engram has had five or more targets in every game since Week 7, and has yardage totals over that span of: 35, 36, 45, 40, 28, and now 41. He’s become a touchdown-or-bust player in an offense that rarely scores. This offense simply isn’t playing well enough to support Engram’s TE1 status as a tertiary receiver. He’ll be on the borderline again in Week 14 against the Titans.

He dropped one of his incompletions, but most of them floated harmlessly out of his reach. A second potential touchdown was thrown in a spot where Thomas Jr. could only catch it and land with a foot on the line. Thomas Jr. has a score or 80 yards in five of his last seven games and will be a fantasy WR3 in Week 14 against the Titans due to the extremely deficient recent form of the Jaguars passing attack.

He turned around Texans corner Kamari Lassiter on his score, getting the rookie to commit DPI while falling down. Washington also had another 30-yard target ruled incomplete and upheld on challenge, while a second score floated harmlessly over his head as Mac Jones missed him open on the goal line. Washington might be worth a waiver claim this week, but it’s hard to trust the Jaguars to consistently score at this point. He’ll be a potential PPR scheme against the Titans in Week 14.

He added one catch for seven yards. The Jaguars split the snaps roughly evenly, with Bigsby finding 32 snaps to Travis Etienne Jr.'s 37, but Etienne Jr. was more trusted in pass protection and Bigsby lost the carry battle due to extreme negative game scripts. Bigsby will be a RB3/FLEX play against the Titans in Week 14.

Etienne Jr. managed a total of one yard on two red zone totes and had a seven-yarder that would have set up first-and-goal from the 3 called back by holding penalty. Etienne Jr. seems to have retaken the No. 1 role in this backfield from Tank Bigsby for some reason, but the results were hardly inspiring and he spent a lot of this game racking up horizontal yardage. He’ll be on the RB2/RB3 borderline against the Titans in Week 14.

They were the first two Jacksonville touchdowns since the second drive of the Vikings game in Week 11. Jones still left plenty on the field, but the Jaguars receivers won some routes against Houston’s non-Derek Stingley corners and there were a number of wide-open receivers. Jones actually missed a Brian Thomas Jr. shot play early in the second half that would have been an easy six, as well as an open Parker Washington on the sideline in the end zone that forced a field-goal attempt. It was Jones’ first game over 200 yards as a Jaguar, and his first over 220 yards since Week 7 of 2023. We would not dial up expectations that high for Week 14, but the Titans haven’t exactly been a dominant defense this year.

Getting into the open field, Lawrence slid down and gave himself up but was decked by Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair in what looked like an obviously dirty hit. A brawl ensued, and Lawrence went off on a cart, though he did walk to it on his own. Mac Jones replaced Lawrence. Lawrence was 4-of-10 for 41 yards before leaving. The Jaguars wouldn’t seem to have much incentive to rush Lawrence back from this hit, but then again, they didn’t seem to have much incentive to have him play through his shoulder injury either.

However, his ability to take hits on the shoulder — and the fact that he has said that in-season surgery on it is an option — would have us a bit skittish about starting him in any league with just one starting quarterback. Inactive for the Jaguars are: OLB Yasir Abdullah, QB C.J. Beathard, T Javon Foster, DT Jordan Jefferson, RB D’Ernest Johnson, and DE Esezi Otomewo. Abdullah is nursing a hamstring injury. Everyone else is a healthy scratch (or in Beathard’s case a third quarterback.)

The deal includes $26 million guaranteed and keeps little in Jacksonville through 2027. The former second-round pick opened the year as Cam Robinson’s backup. The Jags eventually moved on from Robinson via a trade to Minnesota, granting Little the starting job midseason. He has played well so far, allowing just two pressures and one sack in his four starts according to Pro Football Focus. Little was set to hit free agency in the offseason but played himself into a sizable deal to remain with the Jags.