Trevor Lawrence to have checking out on knee, says he feels OK

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence mentioned he’ll go through additional checking out on his left knee Sunday night time, however the Jaguars quarterback mentioned his knee is bruised and he’s feeling OK.

Then again, he restrained decrease of claiming he would be capable of play games in Thursday night time’s sport on the Saints.

“Feel pretty good,” Lawrence mentioned then the Jaguars claimed sole ownership of first playground within the AFC South through beating Indianapolis 37-20 at EverBank Stadium on Sunday afternoon. “Walking around all right. I can’t really say much now but want to make sure everything’s checked out before [the game against the Saints].

“… It’s a negligible bit bruised, too, so simply seeking to more or less type thru what it’s now.”

Lawrence used to be harm on a third-and-7 play games from the Indianapolis 16-yard sequence with 3:10 difference. He pretended a sound to the precise to Travis Etienne, rolled left and used to be chased ill through Colts defensive finish Samson Ebukam at the 33-yard line.

Lawrence immediately grabbed his left knee and stayed down for a moment. He walked off the field and went to the bench, where team physician Kevin Kaplan examined his knee. Lawrence got up and walked around after several minutes and remained on the sideline for the rest of the game, participated in postgame handshakes and attended his postgame news conference without a wrap or brace on the knee.

“I simply felt some discomfort in my knee, and I went ill,” Lawrence said. “I don’t know if it used to be bent or landed on or what. I more or less felt it instantly and upcoming more or less put a negligible force on it. I noticed I may just be on one?s feet, so I used to be simply seeking to be on one?s feet and get off the farmland.”

Head coach Doug Pederson defended the play call by offensive coordinator Press Taylor, saying the Jaguars were trying to get a first down and be able to run out the clock. The Jaguars’ run game had been nonexistent in the fourth quarter — Etienne had five carries for 0 yards — and Pederson said the rollout pass has been a consistently successful play for the offense.

“That decision is within the sport plan as it’s a motion play games,” Pederson said. “It permits the quarterback to get at the edge. In statuses like that, you’ve revealed it paintings 1,000,000 instances. [The last time] it didn’t paintings. We have been ready to get 3 issues out of it. From that perspective it used to be efficient.

“Look, is there a little bit of risk there to run your quarterback? Yes. But at the same time, the reward is you get the first down, and you stay on the field and ice the game in those situations. Definitely wouldn’t change the scenario or the situation. We can coach that a little bit better and ask him maybe to go down a little bit sooner.”

Brandon McManus kicked a 51-yard farmland function at the then play games then Lawrence used to be harm to position the Jaguars forward 37-20. Extra quarterback C.J. Beathard performed the Jaguars’ ultimate ownership and took 3 consecutive knees.

Receiver Christian Kirk, who stuck certainly one of Lawrence’s two landing passes, mentioned he’s no longer involved that Lawrence may just probably leave out Thursday’s sport in Fresh Orleans.

“Not at all,” Kirk mentioned. “He’s tough. He’s dealing with whatever he’s dealing with but pretty sure he’ll be all right.”