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What grade do the Jaguars deserve for winning in Week 7?

What grade do the Jaguars deserve for winning in Week 7?

It was a must-win game and the Jacksonville Jaguars answered the call. It might have saved head coach Doug Pederson another day and another game. It was the team's most resilient and inspiring performance. Free football.

Trevor Lawrence was serviceable enough, completing 15 of 20 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown. It won't set the world on fire or make a list of Lawrence's top 50 performances when all is said and done.

But it was more than enough – he ran the game and was the facilitator of an offense that was able to sustain its attacks better than it had all season. Tank Bigsby had a great performance, 26 carries for 118 yards and two touchdowns.

The defense played a solid game against a rookie quarterback and a weakened Patriots offensive line.

For their efforts, the Jaguars received an “A” grade from John Breech of CBS Sports.

“Spending a full week in London seemed to have solved all of Jacksonville's problems, or maybe it was the game against the Patriots, but whatever the reason, the Jags looked like the team everyone thought at the start of the season expected,” Breech wrote. “Their offense controlled the line of scrimmage thanks to a rushing attack — led by Tank Bigsby (26 carries for 118 yards and two touchdowns) — that totaled 171 yards on 39 carries (the Jags are now 9-0 under Doug Pederson). they run the ball 35 times or more in a game).

“Trevor Lawrence wasn't asked to do much, but he was efficient and came up with several big plays, including a 58-yarder to Brian Thomas Jr., who finished with 89 yards. Even the Jaguars' special teams got in on the action.” The action, which included a franchise-record punt return by Parker Washington that went 96 yards for a touchdown, dominated all three phases of the game, and that's why Doug Pederson can fly back from London knowing that his place is no longer there “It's not quite as hot as it was at the beginning of the seventh week.”

The Jaguars have a difficult task ahead of them as they face the Philadelphia Eagles and the top three teams in the NFC North. They're going to need more production at the A level if Pederson wants to stay safe.

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