Jaguars Respond to Flagrant Hit on Trevor Lawrence

Officers penalized Engram, additionally ejecting Jaguars rookie cornerback Jarrian Jones for leaving the bench and throwing a punch. Referee Land Clark stated in a post-game pool report that no Texans gamers had been penalized for crossing the sphere to affix the altercation as a result of they “had been principally restraining their very own gamers.”

“Clearly Jarrian on our facet of it may’t do what he did, both,” Pederson stated. “That is unacceptable as effectively. The league will clearly ship out fines for each gamers and perhaps some others. It is an emotional soccer recreation as it’s, however on the similar time, it’s important to be the larger man in conditions like that. It is simply lucky that no one else was ejected from the sport.”

Whereas Clark stated the officers did not subject warnings towards additional motion, Allen stated, “The coaches advised us, ‘The subsequent violent play you are going to get ejected.”’

Pederson known as the incident “unlucky.”

“I’ve lots of respect for [Texans Head] Coach [Demeco] Ryans,” Pederson stated. “I do know he would not coach his group that manner. We do not coach our group that manner. I am simply glad Trevor’s going to be high-quality.”

The Jaguars, after trailing 6-0 on the time of Lawrence’s harm, rallied twice on Sunday – first tying the sport 6-6 early within the third quarter after which reducing a 23-6 fourth-quarter deficit to the ultimate margin with two fourth-quarter landing passes by backup quarterback Mac Jones.

“I believed we may have gone one among two methods,” Jaguars middle Mitch Morse stated. “We may have misplaced our self-discipline, or we may have honed in and understood the scenario we had been in. I believed it was the latter.

“You actually do have a brotherhood on this locker room. It was emotionally charged there. You would be remiss to say it wasn’t. We additionally understood that you can use that constructively or you may get exterior of your self after which it may have gone worse for us. I believed we did the perfect we may.”