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Jacksonville Jaguars 10 Thoughts start with who helped on Travis Etienne's TD run
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Ten thoughts about the Jacksonville Jaguars after their 26-21 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday:
1. Reinforcements required
The Jaguars sustained injuries all over their depth chart.
On offense, Chuma Edoga finished the first half (22 snaps) at right tackle before Anton Harrison (elbow) returned and Cole Van Lanen played 19 snaps when right guard Patrick Mekari (right knee) was injured. Playing without Dyami Brown (shoulder), Parker Washington played 58 of 68 snaps.
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On defense, the Jaguars went deep into their safety group after Eric Murray (neck) was ruled out after halftime and Antonio Johnson momentarily left the game. Rayuan Lane III played eight snaps. Linebacker Foye Oluokun (hand) departed at least twice, allowing rookie Jack Kiser to play 11 snaps.
The most notable non-injury personnel change was Buster Brown replacing Travis Hunter as the Jaguars' No. 3 cornerback in the second quarter . Hunter played only nine defensive snaps, none after he allowed a 7-yard catch by Ricky Pearsall on third-and-2.
2. Playing coverage
Remember the days when Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile was ultra-aggressive in sending extra pass rushers? It was two weeks ago.
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Against the 49ers , the Jaguars rushed five or more players on only five of quarterback Brock Purdy's 42 drop-backs.
The Jaguars' only six-man pressure resulted in defensive tackle Arik Armstead's sack/forced fumble that was recovered by Oluokun with 2:47 remaining .
We charted the Jaguars with 11 total disruptions (one sack, one knockdown and nine pressures).
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3. No pass protection blemishes
Zero sacks, zero knockdowns and zero pressures. That was our totals for the Jaguars in pass protection.
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Quarterback Trevor Lawrence had 34 drop-backs and San Francisco rushed five or more only six times.
Entering Monday's games, the Jaguars' three sacks allowed were tied for fewest in the NFL with Denver (the Broncos had played three games compared to the Jaguars' four).
4. Etienne assisted on touchdown
The Jaguars took the lead for good (7-3) on running back Travis Etienne 's 48-yard touchdown run with 14:41 remaining in the second quarter.
The Jaguars were in 12 personnel (2WR-2TE-1RB) and Etienne received the handoff and ran left.
Count all of the blocks: Left tackle Walker Little got enough of defensive end Mykel Williams . … Tight end Brenton Strange sealed off safety Marques Sigle . … Receiver Brian Thomas Jr. walled off cornerback Darrell Luter. … And center Robert Hainsey made a second-level block on linebacker Fred Warner .
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49ers linebacker Dee Winters took a bad angle and Etienne forced a missed tackle by safety Jason Pinnock at the 25-yard line.
5. Getting away with one
The Jaguars' sequence at the end of the first half …
Rookie Bhayshul Tuten 's 54-yard kick return set the Jaguars up at the 49ers' 47 with 32 seconds remaining. On the return, Tuten received single blocks from Kiser and Quintin Morris and double-team blocks by Antonio Johnson/Dennis Gardeck and Hunter Long/Ventrell Miller.
The Jaguars had second-and-5 from the 9 with 15 seconds remaining (no timeouts). Lawrence got away with one. He inexplicably threw away from the sidelines and Etienne caught the 1-yard pass. The play was over at 10 seconds, Etienne handed the football to Lawrence, Lawrence gave the football to Hainsey (five seconds), the Jaguars got set three seconds and Lawrence spiked it at two seconds. Whew.
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Cam Little 's 26-yard field goal was good for a 17-6 halftime lead.
6. Takeaway story
The Jaguars had a plus-4 turnover differential for the 15th time in franchise history (they are 15-0 in those games). Their 13 takeaways are the most in Jaguars history through the first four games of a season.
The Jaguars scored 17 points off their first three takeaways and ran out the clock after the fourth.
7. Throwing downfield
On passes that traveled 11-15 "air" yards, Lawrence was 2 of 4 for 25 yards.
On passes that traveled at least 16 "air" yards, Lawrence was 1 of 3 for 28 yards (completion to Hunter).
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Hunter's catch was the Jaguars' only completion of longer than 14 yards.
8. Penalty problems
The Jaguars won their first game with at least 12 penalties since Sept. 29, 2019, at Denver (12 penalties in a 26-24 win).
All-time, the Jaguars have 20 games of at least 12 penalties and are 5-15.
The pre-snap penalties on offense included one delay of game and three false starts.
The Jaguars entered Monday's games with an NFL-high 38 penalties
9. Numbers of note
Walker Little leads the Jaguars with four enforced penalties. … Kicker Cam Little has already matched his missed field goal total from last year (he was 27 of 29 in 2024 and is 9 of 11 this year). … The Jaguars are a combined 9 of 29 on third down in their last two games. … The Jaguars had their first turnover-free game of the season. … Because of Parker Washington's 87-yard punt return touchdown, the 49ers had a net punting average of 2.0 yards.
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10. Ups & Downs
Ups:Defensive end Josh Hines-Allen is still looking for his first solo sack (he has a half-sack), but we credited him with 4 1/2 pressures of Purdy. … We didn't book the Jaguars with a dropped pass after they had six drops in the win over Houston . … Etienne finished with 124 yards on 19 carries and his 394 yards through four games rank third in the NFL entering Monday's games ( Indianapolis ' Jonathan Taylor 414 and Buffalo's James Cook 401). … Washington scored the Jaguars' 10th punt return touchdown.
Downs:Murray and defensive end Travon Walker (left wrist) were injured on the same play while tackling 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey. … An iffy call on defensive tackle Maason Smith , who was called for a blindside block of tight end Luke Farrell during linebacker Devin Lloyd 's first interception.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jaguars Travis Etienne big run, more thoughts from win
