After defeating the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night, the Jacksonville Jaguars returned to action in a short week against the Seahawks and fell short to Seattle in Jacksonville.
The Jaguars’ 20-12 loss seemed to be highlighted by offensive inefficiency. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence was under pressure the entire game, Jacksonville’s rushing game stalled, and its special teams failed to execute at multiple points throughout the contest.
Let’s highlight the top takeaways from Jacksonville’s Week 6 loss:
Passing offense stalls while Lawrence is pressured
Lawrence faced the most pressure he had felt all season against Seattle in the Jaguars’ second loss of the season.
Jacksonville’s signal caller was sacked seven times for a loss of 44 yards.
The Jaguars only scored a single touchdown – a 21-yard toss to Brian Thomas Jr. – up until the 13-minute mark in the fourth quarter. Up until that point, Lawrence completed 22-of-32 attempts for 222 yards and two touchdowns.
At halftime, Lawrence was pressured on 16 of his 25 dropbacks. That is the most first-half pressures a quarterback has dealt with since Patrick Mahomes faced 18 in New Orleans vs. the Saints in 2020, per ESPN’s Michael DiRocco.
He finished the contest, completing 27-of-42 attempts and throwing for 258 yards and two touchdowns, and was playing under duress since the opening kickoff.
Brian Thomas Jr. finally scores on a passing touchdown
The Jaguars’ sophomore receiver caught his first touchdown pass of the season, to tack on to the best game he has played in 2025.
Thomas Jr. recorded season highs in receptions (8), receiving yards (90), and touchdowns, and hauled in 80% of his targets. He has been trending upward for the past few weeks, only to peak against Seattle. Through the first three weeks of the 2025 season, Thomas Jr. caught 28% of his targets and averaged 4.6 yards per target. He was targeted 25 times and tallied seven receptions for 115 yards.In his last two outings, as noted by Ian Hartitz, Thomas Jr. has caught 69% of his targets and has averaged 9.9 yards a target. He tallied 13 targets, which resulted in nine catches for 129 receiving yards.He recorded 14 more receiving yards and two more catches, on 12 fewer targets in Weeks 4 and 5, compared to the first three games of the season.Despite the loss, Lawrence and Thomas Jr. finally seem to be on the same page. He even had a wild 54-yard circus touchdown that was negated due to Travis Hunter being offside.
Travis Etienne struggles on the ground
Etienne just played the worst game of the season in Jacksonville’s loss to Seattle. The Jaguars’ primary ball carrier tallied 12 carries for 27 yards and failed to find the endzone. Entering the game, Etienne recorded 77 carries for 443 yards – fourth most rushing yards in the league – and ran in two touchdowns. He also caught nine passes for 41 yards and a touchdown.
Jacksonville finished the game with only 59 rushing yards on 19 carries, completely unable to penetrate Seattle’s defensive line.
Cam Little failed to split the uprights
While four points may not seem like a lot, in retrospect, it could have changed the trajectory of how the Jaguars approached the second half of the game. Jacksonville’s kicker Cam Little failed to kick a ball through the uprights for the first time this season, not just on field goals, but on extra points as well. It started early, after Thomas Jr. put the Jaguars on the board with a 21-yard score in the first quarter. Jacksonville went up 6-0, but failed to tack on the seventh point as Little missed the extra point. Seattle would go on to take a 10-6 lead before Little would see the field again as a kicker. With 4:08 remaining in the first half, Little had a 50-yard attempt to cap off an 11-play, 46-yard drive that would potentially cut the Seahawks’ lead to just one point. However, he pushed it wide right, and the Seahawks would take advantage of the short field to knock in a field goal before the half to take a 13-6 lead. When Lawrence threw his second touchdown pass of the day to begin the fourth quarter, down 20-12, Jacksonville was forced to attempt a two-point conversion, rather than kick a field goal. The Jaguars failed and trailed by eight points, needing not only another touchdown but a successful two-point conversion to tie the game.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 4 things learned from Jaguars’ Week 6 performance vs. Seahawks
Reporting by Miles Jordan, Jaguars Wire / Jaguars Wire
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