JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An MRI revealed that Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence sprained his right shoulder on Sunday late in a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson confirmed to the media Tuesday during a press conference that Lawrence has sprained his AC Joint in his right throwing shoulder.
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Pederson said Lawrence is progressing, but a little sore. He also said it is too early to tell if Lawrence can practice this week or even play in the game on Sunday and doubts Lawrence will practice on Wednesday.
“He may do a little something tomorrow, but I would doubt that tomorrow,” Pederson said. “It’s a little bit too soon, but we’ll see as the day, as the week goes on.”
Lawrence injured his throwing arm on a fourth-and-1 play late in the third quarter of Sunday’s 30-12 blowout loss to the Buccaneers. Lawrence stretched the ball in his right arm out for the first-down marker and banged it up as he went to the ground.
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“Yeah, it’s bothering me. We’re going to check it out tomorrow I’m sure, so [we’ll] have more later on in the week,” Lawrence said Sunday. “Hopefully it’s nothing major, but yeah, it’s bugging me right now.”
Lawrence stayed in for five more plays, capping the drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Ridley. Lawrence’s two-point conversion pass to Tim Jones was no good and then his day was over. Lawrence finished 17 of 29 passing for 211 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Lawrence also lost a fumble. Tampa Bay turned those three turnovers into 21 points.
For Lawrence, who started his 49th consecutive game after a week in the concussion protocol, has been banged up more this season than in his previous two years. He was questionable for a knee injury entering a Thursday night game against the Saints and wound up playing. Lawrence suffered an ankle injury against the Bengals and was questionable a portion of the lead up to a road game against Cleveland. Lawrence returned for that game, but self-reported concussion symptoms after a loss to the Ravens. Now, it’s his throwing shoulder that will have the Jaguars watching their franchise quarterback’s health for another week.
Jacksonville is 8-7 and riding a four-game losing streak into Sunday’s Week 17 game against visiting Carolina.
“Yeah, when I landed, I knew something was off. Then, the next play, I throw it and it kind of hurts to throw. I just wanted to finish the drive out,” Lawrence said. “We were able to get some points and then on the two-point [conversion], I just could tell by the way that I threw it that I couldn’t really get my shoulder up good enough to really keep playing. So, I would’ve loved to have stayed in, but I’m just kind of hurting everybody at that point if I do.”
The Jaguars announced Tuesday afternoon that it has signed quarterback Matt Barkley to the active roster from the New York Giants practice squad and placed S Daniel Thomas on the reserve/injured list.