He appeared to have better success running outside than inside, which the coaching staff should take note of when formulating next week’s game plan. So figuring out what to do with Rivers will be the key against San Diego. The Jaguars play at the Titans (2-9) on Sunday. He suffered a concussion the week before in a loss to Kansas City.
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Jaguars wide receiver Allen Hurns was taken off the field on a stretcher late in the game after suffering a concussion.
“There were a couple, there were two calls there where it was more of a run-pass option that we didn’t get it to him”, said Bradley. The second-year pro, a former undrafted rookie from Miami, has 48 receptions for 758 yards and seven touchdowns this season. The Jaguars were, and still are, one of the youngest teams in the league and Blake Bortles’ first game as a starter showed that, as he finished his first ever start with 29 completions out of 34 attempts with 254 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
The Jaguars can’t say the same about their red-zone performance. “We had a run play (on one play) but he (Bortles) threw it as an option”.
Two of those drives ended with field goals after Blake Bortles scrambled on third down and threw passes beyond the line of scrimmage.
On Sunday, Roberts caught six passes for a career-high 113 yards and two touchdowns in Oakland’s 24-21 victory over Tennessee.
Rivers found the end zone on all three red-zone possessions in the second quarter. Rivers completed 6-of-9 passes for 61 yards on the game-sealing series, but he made a big play with his feet, too.
“I think I have a pretty good idea how they’ll react”, Bradley said Monday, a day after the Jaguars’ loss to San Diego cost them a chance at a three-game winning streak entering December.
Yeldon didn’t get a single carry in the red zone, and it remains unclear what identity the Jaguars are trying to project on offense.
With Hurns appearing to be knocked unconscious, the team’s medical staff hurried onto the field to come to his aid. Johnson had seven catches for 92 yards. That’s 32 more punt return yards than the team had in its first 10 games combined.
“Thankful is the word that keeps coming to me”, Rivers said to ESPN.
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The game was stopped for several minutes while medical staff attended to Hurns.
