Trevor Lawrence News

Lawrence led a few long scoring drives, the highlight of which came early in the first quarter on a 10-yard touchdown pass to Christian Kirk (knee). That helped keep the Jaguars in the game, though Lawrence and the rest of the offense ultimately made too many mistakes and played too inefficiently to pull off the upset. His biggest mistake came with just under four minutes remaining in the game, when he was picked off by Jaylen Watson. Despite the letdown to close the campaign, Lawrence took a significant step forward in his second season in the NFL -- highlighted a 25:8 TD:INT across 17 regular season games.

Lawrence has been tending to a sprained big toe on his left foot since Week 13, but he's been able to play through it over the last six games, completing 66 percent of his passes for 261.2 yards per game while putting together 12 touchdowns versus six interceptions. He also tacked on a pair of scores on the ground during that stretch. Lawrence now will be facing a Chiefs defense that allowed the most passing TDs (33) to opposing quarterbacks during the regular season.

The Jaguars' QB has been a steady presence on his team's injury report since hurting his toe back in Week 13, but Lawrence has continued to play through the issue since then and there's no reason to expect that to change this weekend. However, official confirmation of Lawrence's availability for the divisional round of the playoffs won't arrive until Jacksonville's inactives are posted ahead of Saturday's 4:30 ET kickoff.

For the past several weeks, Lawrence's practice reps have been managed while he tends to the sprained left big toe he sustained in a Dec. 4 loss to the Lions, but the injury isn't anything that will seriously threaten his availability for Saturday's divisional-round game in Kansas City. After struggling out of the gate this past weekend in the wild-card round with four first-half interceptions, Lawrence showed poise in the second half and guided the Jaguars to a 31-30 come-from-behind victory over the Chargers. He finished the night with 28 completions for 288 yards and four touchdowns on 47 attempts to go with an eight-yard run in the thrilling win.

Lawrence had a disastrous start to his postseason debut, as he threw four picks in the Jaguars' first six offensive possessions. When the second half kicked off, he had completed only 10 of 24 passes for 77 yards. However, Lawrence led a remarkable second-half comeback, highlighted by touchdown tosses of six, 39, and nine yards while also averaging 9.2 yards per attempt. He won't have the same margin for error in the AFC Divisional round, particularly if the Jaguars line up for a matchup against Kansas City.

Lawrence has been no stranger to Jaguars injury reports since early December due to a sprained left big toe. Still, he's been able to suit up for each of the last five games, a stretch in which he completed 114 of 168 passes (68 percent) for 1,279 yards, eight touchdowns and two interceptions while also rushing 19 times for 80 yards and two more scores. Lawrence may have a tough task on hands Saturday, though, versus an L.A. defense that has allowed more than 200 passing yards to opposing quarterbacks just twice over the last seven contests.