Coming off three consecutive wins, the Jacksonville Jaguars were riding high on confidence, especially after their last win over the Chiefs. However, the 20-12 defeat against the Seattle Seahawks also ended their unbeaten home record this season, pushing them to 4-2. And according to the Jaguars’ quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, no one is to blame for the loss but his own team for not playing to their potential.

This loss was more on the Jaguars than the Seahawks. At many points, the Jaguars had damaged themselves. Addressing the defeat, Lawrence admitted the mistakes, saying, “We just didn’t play anywhere close to our best football today.”

Overall, the Jaguars felt out of place and rhythm; they missed some key plays, such as field goals. And the penalties added to their troubles.
He continued, “Too many mistakes, too many things we did to hurt ourselves. We’ve got to clean that up.”

Seattle’s offense emerged strong in the second half of the game. The Jaguars’ reply? Lawrence was sacked back-to-back, which pushed them further into the pithole. The offensive line, which was their strength before this game, started to feel like a burden.

Lawrence didn’t take any name. But he made sure that everyone in the locker room was held responsible. “It’s on all of us.” He continued, “We’ve all got to own what happened and fix the things we can control.” For a team that came into SNF with the NFL lead in takeaways (14), the Jaguars didn’t create one against Seattle.

Meanwhile, they gave up seven sacks for 44 yards and committed over 70 yards in 10 penalties. “We’ve got to be honest with ourselves and address the problems that have been there all year,” Lawrence added.

Thomas’s fumbled pass on what should have been a first down put an end to any momentum. A short screen went in the opposite direction, another pass was dropped, and then the seventh and last sack of the afternoon, an appropriate conclusion to a day of blunders. When the defense retook the field, it couldn’t rescue the offense; safety Andrew Wingard was burned deep for 61 yards that clinched the loss.

As the Jaguars spiraled in all three phases, Lawrence’s message was as much one of leadership as it was of performance, a call for accountability within a locker room that has loftier aspirations than moral victories.

However, this game also brought a record to the Jaguars’ name that they surely won’t want.

Lawrence’s Jaguars make history

If the first half was inelegant, the statistics that followed were worse. As per ESPN Research, Lawrence was sacked or hurried 27 of his 50 drop-backs, an atrocious 54 percent rate.

After 2022, when the Titans harassed Patrick Mahomes 28 times, it was the first time a quarterback had been pressured this many times. However, this Sunday, Lawrence faced seven sacks, the most for any QB this season. He also handled 17 quarterback hits, which exposed the inability of the Jaguars’ pass protection.

It was also historic for all the wrong reasons. The seven sacks were Jacksonville’s highest ever in a single game since January 1, 2015, when Blake Bortles was sacked eight times by Houston. Lawrence’s personal highest had been five sacks, a figure he’d only gotten twice in his career, before this game.

Against Seattle, he outdid it frustratingly, going 27 of 42 for 258 yards and two TDs, but never establishing the rhythm necessary to overcome the relentless pressure. Only two weeks prior, the Jaguars’ offensive line was one of the league’s best, tied with Denver for the fewest sacks allowed (three) through four games. In their previous two games, that total jumped to 10. The sudden slide now stands as a glaring issue for a roster constructed on balance and composure.

If the Jaguars hope to establish themselves as true contenders later in the season, it’s clear they must fix their protection issues and eliminate costly mental mistakes. Do you think Jacksonville will get back on winning ways in Week 7 when they play the LA Rams in London?