The Jacksonville Jaguars’ losing streak moved to 19 games after heartbreakingly falling to the Cincinnati Bengals on a national stage. While the Jags had their best offensive showing of the year, the Bengals were ultimately able to march down the field for a walk-off field-goal victory that put the score a 24-21.
The offense played a balanced game by taking 24 dropbacks and mixing in 30 rushing attempts, which allowed Trevor Lawrence to have the best game of his NFL career. However, the defense took a massive skid in the second half after holding the Bengals offense to 0 points in the first half.
In addition to losing Thursday’s game the way that they did, the Jags sustained some notable injuries in the process and will have to make adjustments going forward. However, with 13 games left the team must press on and look ahead to Week 5.
Before we get to that point, though, let’s review some of the things we learned from Thursday’s loss: