Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) reacts during the second half in the AFC Divisional Round game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Jaguars fans upset over lack of roughing the passer call

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 1/21/23

Jacksonville Jaguars fans were unhappy over the lack of a call they felt should have benefited them and Trevor Lawrence during Saturday’s AFC Divisional Round game at Kansas City.

The Jags had a second-and-7 from their 40 down 17-10 in the third quarter. Lawrence threw an incompletion on a pass intended for Christian Kirk. He was shoved to the ground by Khalen Saunders, who rushed through untouched.

Trevor Lawrence gets launched, but no roughing the passer on this play pic.twitter.com/xRaUGVlwE4

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 21, 2023

No roughing the passer foul was called, which was the correct call. But Jags fans wondered how there wasn’t a foul called there while Chad Henne drew a roughing call in the second quarter.

Here is the play where Henne was hit:

On 3rd & 3, Chad Henne 4-yd pass to Travis Kelce + 15-yd Arden Key roughing the pass penalty#Jaguars 7 #Chiefs 10 2ɴᴅ pic.twitter.com/mN0AOo0jqX

— Sᴘᴏʀᴛs 24/7 (@Sports_24x7_) January 21, 2023

Why was that a roughing the passer penalty but not the Lawrence hit? There are two reasons.

Arden Key led with the crown of his helmet and hit Henne in the head/neck area. Comparatively, Saunders hit Lawrence in the chest.

Key's hit on Henne that was flagged pic.twitter.com/hysPolMQb4

— John Fraley (@johndavidfraley) January 21, 2023

Jags fans still won’t care about those reasons considering their team lost and they punted on that possession. The Chiefs won the game 27-20 to advance to the conference championship game.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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