Trevor Lawrence mixed four interceptions with four touchdown passes as the Jacksonville Jaguars completed a comeback win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC wild card round.
Austin Ekeler made the most of the possessions that came from Lawrence’s early turnovers, with the Los Angeles running back scoring twice on 13 and six-yard runs to go with Cameron Dicker’s 22-yard field goal to put within the visitors up 17-0 after just one quarter.
Tight end Gerald Everett further fired up the Chargers midway through the second quarter with a textbook drag route to pick up a nine-yard Justin Herbert pass and push for a touchdown.
Dicker kicked a 23-yard field goal minutes later to make it 27-0, but the half ended as a preview of what was to follow with Evan Engram catching a nine-yard touchdown pass from Lawrence to put the Jaguars in the lead. marker. .
The Jacksonville secondary did a solid job during the second half as they managed to hold the previously scoring free Chargers to just three points on four possessions.
Lawrence came out firing after the break with touchdown passes to Marvin Jones, Zay Jones and Christian Kirk, with the home fans delighted when the quarterback himself leaped for a successful two-point conversion that made it 30-28 with five minutes remaining in the last quarter. .
Lawrence again led his team down the field to get them in position as time expired for Riley Patterson’s 36-yard field goal, which stayed just inside the right post to give them a 31-30 victory and a spot in the round. divisional.
In the other game of the night, Brock Purdy became the first rookie to throw three touchdown passes and run for another score in a tiebreaker while leading the san francisco 49ers past the Seattle Seahawks 41-23.
Purdy passed for 332 passing yards and had no interceptions while teammate running back Christian McCaffrey rushed for 199 yards as the Seahawks collapsed in the second half and the Niners advanced to the NFC Divisional Round for the second straight year. .
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