Jaguars crushed by Bills on Monday Night Football, 47-10

The Jaguars suffered the largest halftime deficit in franchise history, trailing the Bills by 31 points, in the visiting locker room at Highmark Stadium on Monday night.

Buffalo took its foot off the offensive gas pedal in the second half and easily won 47-10.

The Bills didn’t feel the need to push for more points in the final 30 minutes of play. Still, Buffalo scored nearly as many points in the second half, 13, as Jacksonville averages 13.3 per game this season.

While the Jaguars managed to score their only touchdown of the night on their first series of the third quarter, a six-yard play-action connection between quarterback Trevor Lawrence and tight end Brenton Strange, Jacksonville’s next offensive possession encapsulated the unit’s nightmarish start to the campaign.

A 13-play drive pushed Jacksonville into the red zone, at one point seven yards from the goal line. The series ended with a turnover on downs at the Buffalo 27-yard line, after two false starts and a sack by right tackle Walker Little, the latter sacrificed to Bills edge rusher Von Miller on fourth down.

The previous 70-yard touchdown drive matched the yards Jacksonville had accumulated in the first half.

Lawrence was eventually pulled from the game in the fourth quarter with Jacksonville trailing 40-10. He finished 21-of-38 passing for 178 yards with one touchdown and one interception, with 36 yards lost on four sacks.

Mac Jones, a first-round pick by New England the same year Jacksonville took Lawrence first overall and traded to the Jaguars this spring, took over and completed 5 of 8 passes for 22 with a fumble. Jones was tackled once for a loss of 17 yards.

Let’s not forget the Jaguars’ defensive collapse. After holding opponents to 19 points per game through the first two weeks of the season, the Bills scored five consecutive touchdowns to start the game, never failing to find the end zone before halftime.

Star Bills quarterback Josh Allen completed 23 of 30 passes for 263 yards and four touchdowns to tight end Dalton Kincaid, wide receivers Keon Coleman and Khalil Shakir, and running back Ty Johnson. Allen was not sacked once.

The Jaguars travel to Houston for their first divisional game of the season in Week 4, taking on the Texans at 1 p.m. ET/noon CT on Sunday.