Lawrence vents as Jags' woes continue: 'We look lost'
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence acknowledged Sunday he's worried about the trajectory of his team following a blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"It's really embarrassing and frustrating," said Lawrence, who exited the affair with a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter. "You put a lot of work in to do that, and to look like you don't even practice - I mean, that's what it looks like. You just gotta call it like you see it sometimes; it's bad all the way around."
The Jaguars were on the receiving end of a 30-12 shellacking in Tampa Bay, suffering their fourth straight loss and dropping to 8-7 on the season. Jacksonville entered the season with lofty expectations after making a surprise run to the AFC divisional round last season.
After narrow defeats to the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns in early December, the Jags have been outscored 53-19 by the Baltimore Ravens and Buccaneers over the last two weeks.
"It just looks like we don't even practice," Lawrence said. "The stuff that we're doing, we look lost. No sense of urgency. God, I mean the list goes on and on. I feel like we have good weeks of preparation, and I feel like we're prepared going into games, and then something happens on game day the last month where it just all falls apart."
Lawrence threw for 211 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions before leaving against the Bucs. He's slated to undergo tests on his shoulder, which he hurt on a scramble.
The Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts, and Houston Texans have identical records atop the AFC South, though Jacksonville owns tiebreakers over both. The Jags finish the regular season against a pair of losing teams in the Carolina Panthers and Tennessee Titans.
"We've worked hard to be in this position, and we're close to pissing it away, so we've got to figure it out," Lawrence said.
Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson also pointed to a lack of urgency while assessing his team's slide and agreed that his team has reached a crisis point.
"I would say yeah," Pederson said. "Four-game skid, crisis, our goals are still in front of us, nothing's changed there. But somewhere, we gotta stop this dam from busting wide-open."