Lawrence has 3 INTs as Meyer abilities begins with loss

HOUSTON — The NFL debut of coach Urban Meyer and quarterback Trevor Lawrence turned into once on no account what Jacksonville Jaguars fans had hoped.

In spite of all the pieces, it turned into once handsome nasty.

In a 37-21 loss to the Houston Texans, the Jaguars had ache lining up and guaranteeing they’d the objective sequence of players in the huddle, got referred to as for four keeping penalties, threw three interceptions and had six dropped passes. It turned into once an sudden efficiency after an offseason elephantine of optimism.

But Meyer talked about he and the locker room aren’t shell-scared by what turned into once the franchise’s 16th consecutive loss, relationship aid to a season-opening victory over Indianapolis in 2020.

“I don’t no doubt know that notice [shell-shocked] a quantity of than now we comprise all got our ass kicked sooner than,” Meyer talked about. “Let’s tighten up and lag. I believe in that workers. I believe in our workers. Advance aid to work. Going to salvage your captain’s stripes and leadership stripes as a coach and leaders on the workers. But I believe in those guys.”

Sunday marked the considerable three-interception sport of Lawrence’s career — along with high college and college.

It turned into once the considerable time Meyer lost a season opener as a head coach (he turned into once 16-0 sooner than Sunday at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio Pronounce) and the considerable time he lost his first sport with a brand fresh workers.

It also turned into once the considerable time Lawrence has ever had a shedding characterize as a beginning quarterback.

“It obviously sucks,” Lawrence talked about. “Losing’s repeatedly traumatic, in particular when you in actuality feel such as you are willing and had an unlimited week and no doubt non-public we had been ready. True obviously didn’t play neatly. It begins with me. I played no doubt nasty tonight. Disappointing for certain.

“I unruffled think in this workers. I unruffled know what we’re able to. We did some objective issues. We started off with some penalties, three-and-out; but then after that, we had a pair objective drives, we’re hitting some astronomical performs. There could be heaps of objective issues there, and now we comprise got to defend doing those and learn from the nasty. Now we must see it and learn from it, for certain, but then flip the page. It is miles a prolonged season. We can no longer let this snowball. Now we must pass on and lag pick on next week.”

Most of the Jaguars’ problems had been self-inflicted. They had been penalized for unlawful formation three times (one turned into once approved, one turned into once overridden by a roughing the passer penalty and one more turned into once declined for a keeping penalty). They dropped six passes, along with two by DJ Chark (who had one of many unlawful formation penalties) and two by James Robinson.

There also turned into once an unlawful participation penalty for 12 men in the offensive huddle.

“It is inexcusable the issues that can comprise to be fastened,” Meyer talked about. “Three preseason video games you will non-public we’d comprise that fastened, so as that’s one thing that we are going to … I’d guesstimate you would no longer glimpse that again. That is inexcusable.”

Then there had been Lawrence’s three interceptions. He owned all of them, pronouncing the considerable came on a abominable throw, the second on a abominable option and the third after he lost see of the guts linebacker and tried to pressure a throw.

“It is both a abominable throw or a abominable option when you throw a bewitch,” Lawrence talked about. “Execrable choices, those are the ones that’ll salvage you, for certain.

“Turnovers, it’s all me. You are likely to be no longer going to pick on many video games with three turnovers, in particular when the margin turned into once minus-3 for us. True no longer only.”

It wasn’t all nasty for Lawrence, though. His first NFL touchdown went to tight end Chris Manhertz, he hit Chark down the left sideline (Lawrence saved the ball commence air so the safety could no longer salvage there) for a 41-yard TD and he hooked up with Marvin Jones for a 4-yard receive boring in the game.

Lawrence completed 28-of-51 passing for 332 yards, as the Jaguars had been compelled to desert the plod after falling in the aid of 27-7 boring in the considerable half of.

“I know I could acknowledge neatly. I am made of the apt stuff, so I should no longer comprise any doubt about that,” Lawrence talked about. “Nonetheless it’s traumatic, and I abominate shedding. Hate shedding. So, we are going to salvage better, but that’s all you are going to be in a build to construct is see the tape, learn from it, salvage better, pass on.

“We’ve apt got to stay together. That is the considerable aspect. That is form of in the previous, that’s over, it’s what it’s. Now we must pass on to next week and stick together.”