In the 2022 NFL regular season, Trevor Lawrence’s average pass traveled 7.4 yards downfield — 22nd best among 33 starting quarterbacks. His 55 deep balls, however, were more than all but 10 other passers this fall.
Yet 45 minutes into his Divisional Round showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs, he’d thrown just one pass that traveled more than 15 yards against the league’s 20th-ranked pass defense (it was a 50-yard rainbow. That Christian Kirk dropped, but that’s beside the point). That’s how, after three quarters with a hobbled Patrick Mahomes and a better-than-expected effort from their defense, the Jaguars trailed 20-10.
