Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence left Sunday’s sport towards the Houston Texans with a concussion he suffered on a brutal hit from linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair.
Lawrence was down for just a few moments earlier than he was in a position to stroll to a cart and get taken off the sector. Mac Jones performed the remainder of the sport, and Jacksonville fell to Houston, 23-20.
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Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, #16, kisses his spouse Marissa Lawrence after a mixed NFL soccer coaching camp session between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at EverBank Stadium’s Miller Electrical Middle in Jacksonville, Florida. (Corey Perrine/Florida Occasions-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK)
Marissa Lawrence, Trevor’s spouse, thanked those that reached out to her.
“Thank you for all of the texts and prayers,” she wrote in a publish on her Instagram Tales. “Just taking time to make sure he’s okay and get healthy but we appreciate all of the love and support.”
The Jaguars quarterback additionally had a well being replace in a publish on X.
“Thank you to everyone who has reached out / been praying for me. I’m home and feeling better. Means a lot, thank you all,” he wrote on X.
The hit on Lawrence sparked a giant brawl between gamers from each groups. Al-Shaair was ejected for the contact, whereas Jaguars cornerback Jarrian Jones was ejected for his position within the combat.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and his spouse Marissa sit on the sector after coaching camp at Miller Electrical Efficiency Middle in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 27, 2023. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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Jaguars gamers ripped Al-Shaair for the hit.
“That was a dumb hit on his part,” Josh Allen-Hines mentioned, by way of ESPN. “At the end of the day he’s just playing football, but again, the way we’ve changed the rules of how we play, we go over these things.
“We discuss this stuff. We all know how one can play soccer. A few years in the past, that may’ve been a fantastic hit, however now that wasn’t a superb play on him. I’m not going to take a seat up there and say, does he should get suspended or not? That’s not my name at that second. It wasn’t sensible.”
Jacksonville tight finish Evan Engram known as Al-Shaair’s hit “soiled,” and he felt he had to defend Lawrence at that moment.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, #16, leaves the field on a cart after getting injured on a late hit by Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair during the first half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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“It was simply intuition,” he mentioned, by way of the Jaguars’ web site. “It did not really feel like a clear hit, so simply go stick up for him. I noticed him sliding, after which I noticed the hit. I simply knew it was fallacious. I knew it was a unclean play.”
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