Trevor Lawrence expects to play despite ankle injury

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence seems to be prepared to play as we speak towards the Browns, simply six days after struggling a excessive ankle sprain.

Lawrence desires to go and expects to go, and a remaining choice might be primarily based on how he appears to be like throughout pregame warmups, in accordance to a number of reviews.

That’s surprisingly excellent news for the Jaguars: When Lawrence went down towards the Bengals, it appeared like a really critical injury that might power him to miss important time. He did miss the remainder of that recreation, an time beyond regulation loss, however returning six days later would symbolize a really swift restoration.

Jaguars backup quarterback C.J. Beathard crammed in for Lawrence for the remainder of the sport towards the Bengals and would wish to be prepared once more as we speak. The Jaguars additionally signed quarterback Nathan Rourke, who had been on their apply squad, to the energetic roster. He will seemingly be the emergency third quarterback as we speak behind Lawrence and Beathard.

Amid uncertainty about Lawrence’s standing, the 7-5 Browns are 2.5-point favorites over the 8-4 Jaguars in a recreation with main AFC playoff ramifications.