If this is the future of the AFC South, buckle up.
With the division lead at stake, the Jacksonville Jaguars won a 24-21 thriller over the Houston Texans Sunday in a game featuring two of football's most exciting young quarterbacks. Trevor Lawrence threw for 364 yards while the Jaguars defense thwarted a late rally effort at the hands of electric rookie C.J. Stroud.
Jacksonville took a 24-14 lead early in the fourth quarter, threatening to seize control of the game. Houston countered two possessions later with a 55-yard touchdown drive to cut its deficit to 24-21.
The Texans defense forced a punt on the ensuing Jaguars possession, and Houston took over with 3:01 and a chance to tie or win the game. But a pair of Jacksonville sacks stifled the drive, and Matt Ammendola's 58-yard field to tie the game bounded off the crossbar to secure the Jaguars win.
Jacksonville escaped Houston with a two-game lead over the Texans and the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC South. A Texans win would have tied Houston with Jacksonville atop the division and secured a season weep of the Jaguars.