Denver Broncos (12-3) – Jacksonville Jaguars (11-4) : 20-34
For the first time in over a year, Denver Broncos fall at home ! Facing the extremely well-established Jacksonville Jaguars, Sean Payton’s men foiled against someone better than them. Making a series of errors on both sides of the field, they saw the Jaguars gradually widen the gap. Opposite, Trevor Lawrence, Parker Washington and the Floridian defense were excellent and led their team to success. Jacksonville is more than ever in race for AFC South title.
After a sluggish start, the Jaguars showed their fangs
Two drives. This is the time it took Trevor Lawrence (23/36, 279 yards, 3 touchdowns, 6 races, 20 yards, 1 touchdown) and others to take the measure of their opponents. Then the Floridians rolled out.
In the match, they scored no less than 4 touchdowns en 5 passages en Red Zonea remarkable performance when we know that the Broncos defense is the best in the NFL in this area (less than a touchdown conceded every 3 passes on average). Well helped by Parker Washington (6 receptions, 145 yards, 1 touchdown) author of his best game in the NFL, “Sunshine” showed the extent of his palette. He thus found Brenton Strange (5 receptions, 39 yards, 1 touchdown) in the End Zone before halftime, before returning there with his legs after returning from the locker room. He finally punctuates his solid performance with a final pass which finds the goal, this time to Travis Etienne (16 races, 50 yards, 4 receptions, 16 yards, 1 touchdown).
On the other side of the field, the defense was able to resist the muddled assaults of the Denver attack. If she was fragile in the first half of the match, she then resumed her good habits by causing two turnovers on offerings from Bo Nix (28/47, 352 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception, 4 races, 11 yards, 1 fumble).
Broncos too clumsy to hope for better
In Denver, between lost balls, missed tackles and missed field goals, the Broncos completely missed their match. After 11 consecutive successes, this defeat is a halt in the race for first place in the AFC conference. While the Patriots face the Baltimore Ravens this night and the Chargers have once again won, the Broncos are now looking in the rearview mirror.
The Colorado men, however, started the match with their usual standards, namely an iron defense and an attack that did just the essentials. But, after letting points slip away in a first half where the Broncos still stood up to the Jaguars, the Colorado team ended up completely derailed. Offensively first, with a squad unable to score a single touchdown in the last 28 minutes of the match. But also and above all defensively, with an unusually permissive and clumsy group, as evidenced by the numerous missed tackles on a burning Parker Washington. Finally, after gradually letting the match slip away, Denver’s dark evening ended in the worst possible way. After a head-to-head collision following a reception, Denver saw his rookie receiver leave the field on a stretcher in general silence. An evening to definitely forget in Colorado.
