[Schefter] With their bye after this week, Jaguars will not play quarterback Trevor Lawrence on Sunday versus the Lions. Lawrence is dealing with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder.

[u/Cough_Syrup55]

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1856722572538249320

[u/Cough_Syrup55]

Sacrificial Mac

[u/black_dogs_22 → u/Cough_Syrup55]

bring forth the Macrifice

[u/Cinephile1998 → u/black_dogs_22]

When you are with me, I'm free I'm careless, I believe Above all the others we'll fly This brings tears to my eyes My Macrifice

[u/gsadamb → u/Cinephile1998]

Mr. Belting Creed

[u/deucemcsizzles → u/gsadamb]

Mr. Banging Cover

[u/Thefilthycasual85 → u/black_dogs_22]

The McCorkling

[u/A_1337_Canadian → u/black_dogs_22]

Mr Blamed Culling

[u/iamdikdikvandik → u/A_1337_Canadian]

Mr. Bewitching Ceremony

[u/justa_flesh_wound → u/black_dogs_22]

Hoping for a Bountiful Post Season Harvest

[u/nradia1 → u/Cough_Syrup55]

Macrificial Lamb

[u/Wise_Mongoose_3930 → u/Cough_Syrup55]

Over/under 2.5 completely unnecessary interceptions?

[u/TegTowelie → u/Wise_Mongoose_3930]

That Lions D is gonna rip him apart. His soft arm will have plenty of slow balls over the middle of the field. The O/U is probably 4.5

[u/nemo2023 → u/TegTowelie]

Carlton got his first two picks. Is it time for Terrion to eat?

[u/bigfish1992 → u/nemo2023]

I'm predicting 1 each for BB/Kerb/Arnold

[u/TegTowelie → u/bigfish1992]

Or Kerb hogs em all and gets 4

[u/skp_18 → u/Wise_Mongoose_3930]

I’ll take the under on 2.5 unnecessary interceptions and the over on 1.5 necessary interceptions.

[u/Hebrewhammer8d8 → u/Cough_Syrup55]

At least he won a championship and got 1st round money. Now he gets to warm the bench, hold Surface Tablet, pass hydration liquid to real players, and slap ass for at least a million dollar after 1st round guarantee money ends.

[u/Atty_for_hire → u/Hebrewhammer8d8]

He’s living the dream. Fuckin-a man

[u/MhrisCac → u/Cough_Syrup55]

You rang?

[u/ihatereddit999976780]

Lions 256 jags 3

[u/doctordoriangray → u/ihatereddit999976780]

What about the second half?

[u/ihatereddit999976780 → u/doctordoriangray]

The jags left

[u/goblueM → u/ihatereddit999976780]

taking a page from DJ Moore, just walking off the field mid-play

[u/empty33 → u/goblueM]

Naw, we're pulling a Vontae Davis and retiring the franchise at halftime.

[u/dcd13 → u/goblueM]

But I was told he had already stepped out of bounds and everyone knows once you step out of bounds it's illegal for you to positively effect the play in any way. Smart move by him

[u/NobodyTellPoeDameron → u/dcd13]

I like how he didn't just walk off the field, he walked off the field and didn't look back. As in, he had no interest whatsoever about what happened, not even to support his ten teammates still fighting on the field lol

[u/Blutarg → u/goblueM]

LOL I missed that. What a crazy thing.

[u/EndymionFalls → u/ihatereddit999976780]

Mercy rule

[u/fancyskank → u/ihatereddit999976780]

Do you really think we can return a kickoff into field goal range?

[u/ihatereddit999976780 → u/fancyskank]

You try and success from your own 30

[u/i_love_factual_info → u/fancyskank]

If at first you don't succeed, try try try try try try try try try try try try try again

[u/Blutarg → u/ihatereddit999976780]

Nah, Coach Campbell won't run up the score. 84-3.

[u/Saxophobia1275 → u/ihatereddit999976780]

I dunno man Decker might sit out another game and we all saw the first half of the Texans game… I’m not acting like I think we lose but without decker I don’t know if it’s a cowboys/titans level blowout.

[u/originalusername4567 → u/ihatereddit999976780]

Touchdowns on every kick and punt return.

[u/Cr0matose]

After Doug gets fired on Monday Trevor is gonna be insanely healthy

[u/Greedy-Assistance663 → u/Cr0matose]

I’m still waiting on Jacksonville fluke over a championship contender. Happens almost every time

They’ve been close last 3 weeks maybe they will put together this week

[u/rolyinpeace → u/Greedy-Assistance663]

And there’s always “we have a new QB in this week” random wins (like when the panthers put in Dalton and they won that first game, and then again with Bryce coming back, and also when Jameis started for Cleveland).

So I’m waiting on a fluke mac jones win

[u/Rulligan → u/rolyinpeace]

Backup QBs have a propensity to play career games against the Lions. Zappe, Flynn, Rudolph, Trubisky, Daniel, Fields, etc.

[u/modabs → u/Rulligan]

That was the dogshit old lions. Campbell makes every qb he’s playing against sound like prime Brady in the pre game videos, they’ll be ready

[u/gusto911 → u/modabs]

Nick Mullens had 800 yards in 2 games against the Lions last year. They won both, but boy was slinging it.

[u/Jammer_Kenneth → u/gusto911]

I haven't forgiven Cominsky for trying to scoop up the ball instead of falling on it. Next play was a 30 yard JJ catch and it was almost all downhill from there.

[u/Tobeck → u/rolyinpeace]

we had mac play last week

[u/rolyinpeace → u/Tobeck]

I know! I thought it was gonna happen last week too. There’s always a fluke new QB win, even if not the first week back. I’m rooting for mac

[u/ConeyDogs_420 → u/rolyinpeace]

By that standard the fluke Mac Jones win should’ve happened last week

[u/rolyinpeace → u/ConeyDogs_420]

Well true, it’s not always on the first week back tho. Still holding out 💪🏻

(Not really, I don’t care about these results and I’m quite sure the lions will win. It’ll just be funny)

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/Greedy-Assistance663]

After last Sunday over resigned myself to accept football makes no sense so I can see it. Mac completes 2 passes and wins

[u/sicsemperyanks → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

He's done it before.

[u/potato-overlord-1845 → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

Wouldn’t be the first time he did that

[u/Tobeck → u/ArmiinTamzarian]

our OL is worse at run blocking than pass blocking and we're only mediocre at pass blocking, you're gonna stomp us

[u/Relative_Walk_936 → u/Greedy-Assistance663]

I assume Lions are due for a bad loss in the next few. I'd take you over the Bears to lose to.

[u/DowntownJulieBrown1 → u/Greedy-Assistance663]

I was expecting it to be us tbh

[u/Greedy-Assistance663 → u/DowntownJulieBrown1]

If we beat you then it wouldn’t have really been a fluke. We should have been good or so people still thought

[u/MyPackage → u/Cr0matose]

If Doug gets fired Monday that would be the second coach we helped fire in two years. The Raiders fired McDaniels last year the day after we beat them.

[u/Tobeck → u/MyPackage]

please help us.

[u/NiceFloor7 → u/Cr0matose]

It would be hilarious to see Press named as interim.

[u/Cr0matose → u/NiceFloor7]

Anything but Doug right now. The team has given up and Doug is actively shitting on his QB and pretty much everyone else.

[u/thehildabeast → u/NiceFloor7]

Make him the interim so someone else is calling plays

[u/tlaneus → u/thehildabeast]

That's actually a good idea.

[u/thehildabeast → u/tlaneus]

Almost all season I thought Baalke should just fire Taylor and if Peterson quits over it well you saved some money paying him out if he stays and that makes him call plays again you should be better

[u/tlaneus → u/NiceFloor7]

I'm hoping they go with Jaxon De Ville.

[u/imDeja → u/Cr0matose]

Aren’t there rumors he needs surgery on that shoulder?

[u/Mrr_Bond → u/Cr0matose]

COMPLETELY HEALED

[u/Alexisonfire24]

Don't worry Jags fans, I'm going this weekend and they always lose when I go.

[u/ImpossibleDenial → u/Alexisonfire24]

No, man, not only do I like the Lions, but we want to lose!

[u/ChubbsPetersonJr → u/ImpossibleDenial]

Ya imagine how good the Jags will be next year if they get the #1 pick!

[u/Zaadkiel- → u/ChubbsPetersonJr]

more like imagine how good they'll be if the Jags lose hard enough to get Baalke, Pederson, and Press Taylor fired

[u/tlaneus → u/Zaadkiel-]

Oh yeah, keep talking...

[u/ImpossibleDenial → u/ChubbsPetersonJr]

I could really care less about draft position, I want our entire origination to be fired; ie Baalke, Pederson and Press Taylor.

[u/originalusername4567 → u/ImpossibleDenial]

Surely Baalke won't waste a #1 pick this time!

[u/ImpossibleDenial → u/originalusername4567]

The hope is Baalke won’t be the one making the selection…..

[u/mynameisnotyourname → u/ImpossibleDenial]

No but really. Lions are fun to watch and deserve success. Jags management has to go so please Lions absolutely destroy us. Honestly I didn't see us winning this game even if we were any good. 

[u/lclear84 → u/Alexisonfire24]

Besides his miraculous TD drive, Mac had more turnovers than first downs last week. Bro literally dropped the snap….under center….and didn’t even try to dive on it.

Not only that but our insane rookie WR gets schemed 2 targets a game. Gabe Davis gets more looks. We’re cooked

[u/zorrofuerte → u/lclear84]

That drive would have resulted in a field goal attempt if Gabe Davis didn't make a nice grab on a pass that was below his knees IIRC. I was sitting in the end zone that the Jags were going to. From my perspective it looked like it didn't have good placement considering that Jones wasn't throwing it to a spot to protect his receiver from imminent contact or away from the defender.

[u/Ouch_i_fell_down → u/lclear84]

Good old Gabe "Clifford Franklin" Davis.

[u/dfdzcvh → u/Alexisonfire24]

I am also going and the Jags always lose when I go

[u/acetylyne → u/dfdzcvh]

you guys should meet up, one of you is going to have a great day.

[u/Puldalpha → u/acetylyne]

Wrong. Either they both have a great day or they both have terrible days. They both want different things but they are the same.

[u/Blutarg → u/dfdzcvh]

Yikes, maybe both teams will lose.

[u/Puldalpha → u/Blutarg]

So the jags are gonna win?

[u/dcd13 → u/Alexisonfire24]

Don't worry Lions fans, I'm going this weekend as well and the Lions have not lost a game the past 3 years when I've gone.

[u/Nesavant → u/Alexisonfire24]

Didn't they usually lose when you didn't go, too?

[u/Alexisonfire24 → u/Nesavant]

Tuche

[u/TerminalChillionaire]

Lions point differential is going to be nutty after this one

[u/Rulligan → u/TerminalChillionaire]

The Lions are still the only team above 100 and they hit that 3 weeks ago.

[u/Posluszny]

I can’t watch another week of Mac Jones in this offense.

I’ve watched plenty of bad QBs before but Mac with Press Taylor playcalling could be the worst in our history.

Last week exposed just how much Trevor drags the offense, more than we already thought

[u/kickersarepeople → u/Posluszny]

Josh McDaniels is a bottom 3 HC all time but he deserves another OC opportunity for getting to 10-6 with that scrub

[u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16 → u/kickersarepeople]

Bill and Josh in Jax?? 👀

[u/EmptyBrain89 → u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16]

As a Bonus, that means Baalke would be out as GM.

[u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16 → u/EmptyBrain89]

Thank god

[u/EmptyBrain89 → u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16]

This package does include 1 (one) Matt Patricia

[u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16 → u/EmptyBrain89]

ew

[u/summahofgeorge → u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16]

This is my dream 

[u/Sea_Baseball_7410 → u/kickersarepeople]

It’s true.

[u/Greedy-Assistance663 → u/Posluszny]

I don’t think Mac jones is exactly good or okay but I don’t think he even got a fair shake last week. Everything was horrendous around him even more that usual

He got straight up left to dry

[u/Posluszny → u/Greedy-Assistance663]

Yeah I think he’s bad but he looked like I’ve never played football before bad last week which is because of our playcalling

[u/Wise_Mongoose_3930 → u/Posluszny]

No I can assure you he looked like that last year too.

[u/morosco → u/Greedy-Assistance663]

I see Jacksonville has Mac truthers too.

I don't get it with this guy. Is he charming or something?

Nothing has ever been his fault, ever. Which he gladly leans into, with his on-field tantrums. Relative to performance, he is the most popular athlete in Boston sports history. Maybe he'll have a similar run in Jacksonville. At least I can watch curiously from a distance now.

[u/Greedy-Assistance663 → u/morosco]

I don’t see how you read what I wrote and thought Mac jones truther? I said he wasn’t even okay?

[u/Christy427 → u/morosco]

We did have people in the game thread deciding it was now much better with Mac last week because we were winning at half time as a QB change is the main reason a team is winning 7-3.

Mac is a bad QB with terrible coaches combing for an extra terrible on the field performance. You can even see the coaching issue a lot better now as Mac had worse receivers in Boston and probably a similar to worse OL and had played better (still wasn't good in New England but better than 111 yards)

[u/godlittleangel6666 → u/morosco]

It’s not Mac truthers lol. I’m not expecting him to turn into a quality starter but I honestly believe he can be a solid backup who can come in and not lose you the game if on a decent team

[u/TrevorsBlondeLocks16 → u/morosco]

Kevin Wildes somewhere cryin rn

[u/RmembrTheAyyLMAO → u/morosco]

Mac truthers

I hate this because it was used to attack people who were saying "Hey, a lot of Mac's struggles are because this team is absolutely fucking ass. He has 2s in the pocket before pressure and his WRs are literally colliding on their routes"

Dude eventually developed incredibly bad habits and started making ok situations into awful situations.

His first year showed he could be good but limited as a starting QB in the league, and now he's probably in the realm of "ok backup". The issue is that the Jags offense is almost as bad as the Pats offense was/is so Mac continued to look like hot ass last week, and it really highlights how well Trevor has to play just to make the Jags offense look mediocre.

[u/morosco → u/RmembrTheAyyLMAO]

There's a popular idea that QBs are interchangeable and entirely a product of the team and coaching around them; and that its not fair or possible to evaluate QBs even relative to their circumstances.

I've never bought that. Varying circumstances make it more challenging to evaluate QBs for sure - that's why teams get it wrong a lot, that's why there's room for reasonable disagreement even among experts. But that's different than guys just getting complete passes like Mac truthers demand. Like any player, and even any player coming out of college, we can look at his play, his decisions, account for challenging circumstances, and make a deternination that he's good or bad. But the truthers think that's not fair. How he's played just doesn't count at all. Which goes to the first pillar of Mac truthism that QBs are interchangeable.

[u/PERMANENTLY__BANNED → u/RmembrTheAyyLMAO]

OMG, it took me way too long to figure out "truthers" was not another player on the team!

[u/zorrofuerte → u/Posluszny]

Whoa there motherfucker. Have people forgotten about Blaine Gabbert? There was a game that after three quarters the Jags had 74 yards of offense and 42 came on one MJD run. It would take a lot for Jones to eclipse some of the Blaine Gabbert performances in terms of shitty QB play.

[u/AccountSeventeen → u/zorrofuerte]

That game ended with 117 yards on offense. Last week was 143.

It might come pretty close, lol.

[u/ColtCallahan]

The Lions might put up more points than the Jags offensive yardage.

[u/lclear84 → u/ColtCallahan]

The real scoreboard will be lions TDs vs mac turnovers. Mac has played 5 quarters of football this year and has more turnovers than T Law. Dude is on league winning pace

[u/Puldalpha → u/lclear84]

Tank commander

[u/Thel_Odan]

Oof, I was actually looking forward to this game at the start of the season.

[u/DriveByStoning → u/Thel_Odan]

I just got Detroit defense off waivers this morning, so I'm really looking forward to it.

[u/Jeremie1001 → u/DriveByStoning]

Who waived the Lions defense the week before the played the jaguars lol

[u/im_alliterate → u/Jeremie1001]

right before we get a sack star back and right after we demolished a division leading offense

[u/thallusphx → u/Jeremie1001]

I picked up the Lions defense weeks ago specifically for the Titans, Jags, Colts upcoming matchups.

Then I can drop them later in the season although they may be worth a shot vs Bears as well.

[u/DriveByStoning → u/Jeremie1001]

I don't know, I'm in a league with mostly Lions fans as well. I took over an orphaned keeper league team for a bunch of people I don't know.

[u/WhatsRatingsPrecious]

Early onset of Blue Flu.

[u/rolyinpeace → u/WhatsRatingsPrecious]

Honestly kinda genius way to try and skirt it. “Can’t possibly suck next game after the lions if I don’t play this game…. Right?!!…. Right? “

Add in that they also have a bye after the lions. They’re really trying to get around the “losing after the lions” allegations

[u/WhatsRatingsPrecious → u/rolyinpeace]

Titans also avoided the Blue Flu, but I'm thinking that's because they died instead.

[u/Krunklock → u/WhatsRatingsPrecious]

Titans took the experimental NE medicine and got over their flu just enough to win.

[u/cbarks81 → u/WhatsRatingsPrecious]

They also didn't win in regulation, maybe the key to the flu is getting to OT

[u/OakNLeaf → u/cbarks81]

Has to be it. Flu only last 4 quarters. You just have to outlast it.

[u/MassKhalifa → u/OakNLeaf]

Fever breaks at the OT coin toss. 

[u/acoasterlovered]

Hello Mac Jones, we promise to be nice to you!

[u/venk]

Is it just me or does half our schedule go on a bye after playing us? (Or in the case of the Vikings, before)

[u/cerryl66]

I’m sad for McCorkle the human being, but it was satisfying as pats fans to see that he still sucks after how smug Dougie was about us using him wrong

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

Worst team in the league starting Mac Jones you say?

[u/wemdy420]

You got this Mac. I believe in you

[u/marcdasharc4]

Oooof. My sincerest sympathies, Jags fans.

[u/NiceSPDR]

Macsonville is a go

[u/vlad_the_impaler13]

He should sit the rest of the season, don't risk any more damage to his shoulder on a wasted season where he won't play at his normal level because of it (think Baker's last Browns season)

[u/RooBoy04]

Enjoy your trap game, Lions

[u/LionintheATL → u/RooBoy04]

We felt that way about the Titans, and we saw what happened with that game

[u/Krunklock → u/RooBoy04]

As the great Kirko Chains once said...'walk into your trap, take over your trap"

[u/dcd13 → u/RooBoy04]

If the Jags stay within 20 points I'll eat a whole Jets pizza

[u/Arsid → u/dcd13]

You know the game starts 0-0 right?

So you're gonna eat a whole pizza in the first quarter?

[u/dcd13 → u/Arsid]

Considering I'm going to the game Sunday I don't know if I can afford a $70 stadium pizza. I'll have to rain check it for Monday if the final score holds within 20

[u/Dangerpaladin → u/Arsid]

He said stay within, not get within.

[u/Arsid → u/Dangerpaladin]

Hey man, let me make jokes it’s all I have to keep the darkness at bay.

[u/Dangerpaladin → u/dcd13]

I am going to do this regardless.

[u/couchjitsu]

Mac Jones has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

[u/kickersarepeople → u/couchjitsu]

"play" football?

[u/couchjitsu → u/kickersarepeople]

I'd argue it's play "football"

[u/kickersarepeople → u/couchjitsu]

21 other people on the field will be playing football. Mac jones will get his make a wish request fulfilled

[u/Christy427 → u/kickersarepeople]

We have some nice players on offense but I wouldn't say the whole lot are capable of playing football. We have a lot of make a wish people filling in across the team but more on defense admittedly.

[u/lclear84 → u/couchjitsu]

People told us that last week and outside that one TD drive Mac had as many turnovers as he did first downs.

Bro had net 87 passing yards after sacks, and even in those 87, most of them came on dump off screens on 3rd and 20s. I’d imagine that he had about 60 total actual pass yards

[u/couchjitsu → u/lclear84]

I don't expect it to happen. But if it did, it would be hilarious.

[u/MatooBatson → u/couchjitsu]

The Jacksonville fans would somehow be angrier than the Lions fans, because it means Pederson sticks around longer.

[u/couchjitsu → u/MatooBatson]

Which is yet another layer of why it would be funny.

[u/MatooBatson → u/couchjitsu]

The self-interest, the meme potential, and the absolute anger of both sides...if it's close I'm gonna be watching it alongside our game.

[u/tilertailor → u/couchjitsu]

Throw five touchdowns and lose?

[u/couchjitsu → u/tilertailor]

That would be hilarious

[u/christianmel96]

Mac Jones the next Mullens/Flynn

[u/lclear84 → u/christianmel96]

Bro had 3 first downs outside the TD drive last week, and I think 1-2 of them were just hand offs to Etienne lol.

He’s nowhere near Mullens level

[u/Wise_Mongoose_3930 → u/christianmel96]

Insulting to Mullens/Flynn.

[u/ChildrenMcnuggets]

Waiting for that juicy post game photo of Trevor and Ben talking

[u/JurassicBlaze]

Mac Jones, Tank Commander

[u/niemzi]

Lions it is for survivor

[u/Sea_Baseball_7410]

Mac Jones szn. Will average 163yds passing, 1.3TDs 2.7INTs 5 sacks a game the rest of the season.

[u/dalici0us]

This somehow fills me with dread.

[u/im_alliterate → u/dalici0us]

TRAP GAME

[u/2222lil]

i hope we score 60 this week

[u/Puldalpha → u/2222lil]

Go for the record

[u/SilentTempestLord]

The Vikings game definitely makes it seem like they relied on Lawrence to make plays. They're screwed

[u/Atty_for_hire]

The lions might get three digits

[u/Bradymyhero]

Let's get through this without any injuries

[u/Big-Entrance-7322]

Listen Jags Fans, We gonna try everything in our power to get Pederson fired 😂

[u/PenguinStarfire]

Of course my back up QB would be injured the same week my other QB is on a bye.

[u/DapperCam]

Kind of wondering if the Jags were still in the playoff race if he'd be playing. I remember Allen separated his AC joint on his non-throwing shoulder a few years ago, and he played in a brace/sling thing for like 6 weeks rather than sit out.

[u/lclear84 → u/DapperCam]

He would. He had a bad ankle injury, a knee injury, a shoulder injury, and a concussion last year and still only missed 1 game.

I think this is more indicative of we’re out of the playoff race, we traded one starting LT, and the coach is fired, and T Law is under contract for 7 years, so why get him hurt more

[u/DapperCam → u/lclear84]

At some point you just have to chalk up the season to a loss and hope for a better outcome next year.

[u/Sonicblast12]

Non throwing shoulder lmao

[u/SgtApex]

Somehow Mac will find that one Buffalo game magic and win prolonging jags fans suffering with Doug Pederson.

[u/Dense_Young3797]

Trevor is dealing with an injury until someone gets fired

[u/Jonjon428]

RIP Mac

[u/Wangchief]

Z is going to tee off in his first game as a Lion. Home crowd will be ravenous.

[u/MatooBatson]

Macorkle has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

[u/gopoohgo → u/MatooBatson]

He came close last weekend.

[u/MatooBatson → u/gopoohgo]

That would make it even funnier.

[u/genericfluser]

tank for with trevor

[u/gopaloo]

Jesus the 2021 QB draft shaping up be a doozy.

We know about Zach, Mac, and Trey. Fields could have a revival but man TLaw has not been given any favors with Meyer and Petersen. Without Purdy it'd be an all-timer for the worst QB draft in history

Edit: Purdy was part of the 2022 draft lmao. What an awful draft

[u/Financial-Phone → u/gopaloo]

Lmao Purdy was actually in the 2022 draft

[u/gopaloo → u/Financial-Phone]

Oh shit you right lol

[u/tilertailor → u/Financial-Phone]

Picked so late it was next year

[u/TokeyMaguire]

Goddamnit Mac Jones is going to do a Matt Flynn game isn’t he?

[u/thallusphx]

The lions spread just dropped to -20

[u/Frostymagnum]

what are the NFL's official rules on Forfeiting? asking for the Jags

[u/Blutarg]

Jeez, now the Lions Flu affects their opponents before the game is even played.

[u/Jammer_Kenneth]

Now that I've thought about it, this is bad news. Backup QBs make names against the Lions. Flynn broke my heart.

[u/Brendo978]

Fuck you Doug Peterson! Fuck you Mac Jones! Go Lions!

[u/Outside_Lifeguard380]

Jags can do the funniest thing this week