Trevor Lawrence Battered & Bruised In Buccaneers Loss; Texans Impact?

“It’s bothering me,” Lawrence said after the loss. “Hopefully nothing major but, yeah, it’s bugging me right now.”

The injury, which occurred late in the third quarter with the game already out of reach for the Jaguars, knocked Lawrence out for the remainder of the game and sent his availability for Week 17 into question. 

If Lawrence is unable to go in Week 17, and the Jaguars are forced to go with backup QB C.J. Beathard vs. the Panthers, the door could be open for the Texans to sneak into the lead of the AFC South. 

And by the sound of it, Lawrence's prospects for Week 17, sound at the very least questionable.

“When I landed I knew something was off,” Lawrence said. “And the next play it kind of hurts to throw. I wanted to finish the drive out and we were able to get some points, and then on the two-point [conversion attempt I] could tell by the way I threw it I couldn’t really get my shoulder up good enough to really keep playing.

“I would’ve loved to have stayed in but just kind of hurting everybody at that point if I do, so they made the call to just take a seat the rest of the night.”

They would obviously need some help as well. After all, with the Panthers sitting at 2-13, it is entirely possible that the Jaguars could still pull out a win next week. 

Not to mention they would still need the Colts, who are coming off a 29-10 blowout loss to the Falcons, to fall to the Raiders - which to be fair seems the more likely of the two scenarios.