Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is again after lacking two video games with a left shoulder damage.
Head coach Doug Pederson confirmed Friday that Lawrence would be the QB1 Sunday when Jacksonville welcomes the Houston Texans. Lawrence cleared exams this week with observe exercises that started Monday following the workforce’s bye final week.
Lawrence described his bodily standing as “feeling higher” however earlier within the week mentioned surgical procedure stays an possibility in some unspecified time in the future.
The Jaguars (2-9) host the AFC South-leading Texans (7-5) at EverBank Stadium in a rematch of Jacksonville’s Week 4 loss at Houston.
“That is what I need. I wish to be again on the sphere taking part in with my teammates and that is the plan,” Lawrence mentioned Wednesday.
Lawrence, 25, mentioned a shoulder operation is “positively one thing I am contemplating and never off the desk in any respect.”
“It has been fairly a tough factor to gauge what’s one of the best path ahead,” he mentioned. “Hopefully, I will get again on the market this week or as quickly as potential, then it should be simply each week type of evaluating it, seeing the place it is at. Up till this level, I have been doing all the pieces I can to keep away from that. I wish to be again on the market with my guys and end the season. That is my purpose. That is what I wish to do. Past that, I do not know.”
Lawrence was damage within the Jaguars’ Week 9 loss at Philadelphia. Mac Jones led the offense in his absence.
Jacksonville returned from a bye final week and Lawrence was capable of observe on Monday, however mentioned he felt the clear good thing about relaxation in the course of the downtime.
He has accomplished 168 of 274 passes for two,004 yards and 11 touchdowns with six interceptions this season.
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