ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – This was tough, rollicking and one-sided.
Actually tough and actually one-sided.
The Jaguars have been outplayed in an enormous, huge approach early and by no means recovered of their 2024 prime time debut, with the Buffalo Payments scoring touchdowns on all 5 first-half possessions in a 47-10 victory in entrance of a raucous crowd at Highmark Stadium on Monday Evening Soccer.
“We’re pissed off – and somewhat bit surprised, to be trustworthy,” quarterback Trevor Lawrence mentioned, including, “Upset could be an understatement.”
Head Coach Doug Pederson referred to as the loss “actual surprising” and “very disappointing.”
“The truth of it’s that is who we’re,” Pederson mentioned. “We’re not an excellent soccer staff. We’ve got to get it fastened, we have now to provide you with some solutions and we have now to do it in a rush.”
Payments quarterback Josh Allen threw 4 landing passes – all within the first half – and Buffalo scored on its first six possessions with the Jaguars by no means inside double digits after the primary quarter.
The Jaguars have misplaced eight of 9 video games courting to final season.
“The primary factor is profitable the soccer sport,” vast receiver Christian Kirk mentioned, “and we’re simply not profitable the soccer video games – nor are we placing ourselves able to win the soccer sport.
“Crucial factor proper now’s simply profitable a soccer sport.”
The Payments led 13-0 after the primary quarter and 34-3 at halftime. They out-gained the Jaguars 140-19 within the first quarter and 288-70 within the first half.
Lawrence accomplished 21 of 38 passes for 178 yards and one landing with one interception. Payments security Damar Hamlin’s second-quarter interception marked Lawrence’s first turnover of the season and led to a Payments landing that gave them 24-point lead late within the first half.
“Gamers play, coaches coach – and after we step on the sector, we have now to make performs,” Lawrence mentioned. “We’ve got to take all of the accountability, all of the criticism, all of the scrutiny. That is our job, to go make the performs. We’re not doing that proper now.”
Allen accomplished 23 of 30 passes for 263 yards and 4 touchdowns with no interceptions. Buffalo followers chanted “MVP, MVP, MVP” after a number of Payments second-quarter touchdowns.
The Payments, the four-time defending AFC East Champions, moved to 3-0. The Jaguars, after ending 9-8 every of the previous two seasons, are 0-3 with a street sport towards the AFC South-leading Houston Texans (2-1) subsequent Sunday.
The Jaguars didn’t register a sack or a takeaway Monday. They haven’t pressured a turnover this season.
“It is a week-to-week deal,” Pederson mentioned. “We’re three weeks in and we’re not excellent proper now. Nobody’s going to really feel sorry for us. That is who we’re proper now and it isn’t excellent. We’ve got to be trustworthy with ourselves and I’ve to be trustworthy with myself. We’ve got to only hold plugging away.”