Trevor Lawrence’s damage is outwardly not as bad as it looked on Monday evening. He has been identified with a excessive ankle sprain and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson mentioned on Tuesday that Lawrence has not yet been ruled out for Sunday.
An ankle sprain is a nasty sufficient damage. This can be very painful and able to sidelining skilled athletes for weeks. The dreaded high-ankle sprain can typically hold gamers out for near a month, if not longer. Nonetheless, Patrick Mahomes’ valiant effort in opposition to Lawrence’s workforce throughout final season’s playoffs may peer stress the Jags’ QB onto the sector after a brief week.
Mahomes missed one sequence and a kneeldown when he suffered a excessive ankle sprain in opposition to the Jaguars within the first half of a Divisional Spherical matchup. His second half was not fairly and a few late Jags’ turnovers helped the Kansas City Chiefs sputter their method to a 27-20 victory. The Chiefs punted the ball 4 occasions within the second half.
Shout out to you, Chad Henne for the defining second of your NFL profession. He led the Chiefs on a 12-play, 98-yard drive for a landing within the second quarter that gave them a double-digit lead. The person ought to get free burnt ends for the remainder of his life.
When Mahomes limped into the sport after halftime, it was most definitely not the dazzling, pirouetting Mahomes behind heart. Air Mahomes was grounded, and it was Megabus Pat who trudged the Chiefs to victory. He was on the sector once more for the AFC Championship sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals. Freight practice Lavon was capable of intestine out a five-yard scramble within the fourth quarter to seal a 23-20 victory and get the Chiefs to the Tremendous Bowl.
Mahomes performed very nicely within the massive sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles and admitted that he nonetheless was not one hundred pc. KC gained, which accomplished one of the heroic performances in sports activities historical past. It was mainly three consecutive Michael Jordan flu video games.
That effort raised the bar for what is anticipated from a championship quarterback. There will likely be a gasbag with a microphone and an viewers who gained’t be afraid to demand the identical effort from Lawrence.
The Jaguars might actually use Lawrence the subsequent couple of weeks. Their subsequent two video games are in opposition to the 2 greatest defenses within the NFL — the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens. With the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts shut behind the Jags within the AFC South standings, poor C.J. Beathard may have his fingers full if he has to play.
These are additionally two video games during which Lawrence would vastly profit from a totally functioning proper leg. If he takes the sector in Cleveland with solely 5 days between video games, the remainder of his physique is in as a lot hazard as his dangerous ankle of being broken. The Jaguars beginning left deal with — Cam Robinson — is on injured reserve for the remainder of the yr and backup Walker Little missed the second half of their sport on Monday with a hamstring damage.
With an motionless Lawrence in opposition to the most effective go rush within the NFL with a third-string left deal with defending his blind aspect, Pederson higher shake unfastened of any lingering January Mahomes recollections.
He performed with the guts of a warrior that day, and for the remainder of the postseason, but when Jacksonville sends Lawrence on the sector Sunday he will likely be a tackling dummy for Myles Garrett and Co. I do know Jacksonville is 8-4 and in a decent playoff race, but when they’re going to drop to 8-5 anyway, the Jags may as nicely hold their star quarterback as wholesome as potential.
Don’t get bullied onto that discipline by the reminiscence of one of the proficient quarterbacks of all time placing on a postseason efficiency for the ages, Trevor. Deal with that top ankle sprain prefer it has historically been handled and sit down.
