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Week 17 Game Recap: Jacksonville Jaguars 7, Baltimore Ravens 27
What you need to know
| Jacksonville Jaguars |
QB David Garrard got off to a good start leading the Jaguars offense to a 7-3 lead, but the Baltimore pressure soon got to the quarterback, who had little success after the first couple of drives. Garrard finished the day only 14 of 25 for 127 yards with two interceptions and one touchdown pass. The only bright spot was that he ran for 40 yards on four scrambles.
RB Maurice Jones-Drew carried the bulk of the offense on his shoulders rushing for 78 yards on 23 carries. He added another ten yards on one reception. He was kept out of the end zone for the second consecutive game. He had two fumbles, losing one.
WR Dennis Northcutt finished the game as the Jaguar's leading receiver for an anemic passing attack. He finished the game with five catches for 35 yards.
| Baltimore Ravens |
Joe Flacco looked solid and led the Ravens offense on scoring drives of 65, 71, 78 and 77 yards to build a 24-7 halftime lead. Flacco went 17 for 23 for 297 yards and no touchdowns. He was intercepted once. He was replaced with 5:38 left to go in the fourth period.
RB LeRon McClain got the brunt of the rushing totals and finished the game with 25 carries for 70 yards and two touchdowns. McClain ran tough and bounced off numerous Jaguars defenders. His touchdown runs were five and one yards.
WR Mark Clayton had his second 100 yard game of the season and finished with 128 yards on four catches.
What you ought to know
| QB David Garrard, Pass: 14 - 25 - 127 - 1 TD / 2 INT, Rush: 4 - 40 - 0 |
Garrard had some success early on and led the Jaguars offense to a 7-3 lead in the first quarter. However, after that drive things got tough as he finished the game 14 for 25 for 127 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. Although only sacked once, Garrard was pressured often and had little time to throw. He added 40 yards on four scrambles.
| RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Rush: 23 - 78 - 0, Rec: 1 - 10 - 0 (3 targets) |
Jones-Drew got the bulk of the carries on the day and finished with 78 yards on 23 carries. His longest run from scrimmage was 23 yards. He ran tough, but was no match for an aggressive Ravens defense. Jones-Drew caught one ball out of the backfield for 10 yards. He fumbled twice losing one.
| RB Alvin Pearman, Rec: 1 - 23 - 1 (1 targets) |
Playing in his first game of the season, Pearman made his only catch of the season a good one as it went for 23 yards and a touchdown. Pearman was playing for the injured Fred Taylor, and was signed to the Jaguars team early last week.
| WR Dennis Northcutt, Rec: 5 - 35 - 0 (9 targets) |
Northcutt was the Jaguar's leading receiver in an anemic offensive show. He ended the game with five catches for 35 yards with no touchdowns. His longest reception was just 12 yards. He also lost one fumble after a catch.
| WR Reggie Williams, Rec: 2 - 16 - 0 (7 targets) |
Williams was the only other receiver on the day for the Jaguars to have more than one catch in the game. He finished with two catches for only 16 yards.
| PK Josh Scobee 0 - 0 FG, 1 - 1 XP, 1 points |
Scobee had no field goal attempts and managed only one extra point in the first quarter. This was Scobee's lowest out put of the season.
| JAX Rush Defense |
The rush defense had little success against the Ravens giving up two short touchdown runs to LeRon McClain (five and one yards). They allowed 127 yards rushing on the day and failed to force a turnover.
| JAX Pass Defense |
The pass defense had little success after the first few drives as they gave up 297 yards to Joe Flacco. They also did not cause a turnover and allowed WR Mark Clayton to achieve his second 100 yard receiving performance of the year. The only positive, here, was that they had three sacks on the afternoon.
| QB Joe Flacco, Pass: 17 - 23 - 297 - 0 TD / 0 INT |
Flacco appeared unflappable on the afternoon and was well in command of the Raven's offense leading them on scoring drives of 65, 71, 78 and 74 yards to build a 24-7 halftime lead. He hit seven different receivers on the day, and had no turnovers. Although sacked three times, he was well in control of the offense. He was replaced with 5:48 left in the fourth quarter.
| QB Troy Smith, Pass: 1 - 2 - 25 - 0 TD / 0 INT, Rec: 1 - 36 - 0 |
Smith came in late in the fourth quarter and was relegated to handing off to end the game.
| RB LeRon McClain, Rush: 25 - 70 - 2 |
McClain got the bulk of the Ravens rushing attempts and finished the game with 78 yards on 23 carries. He had two short touchdown runs of one and five yards. McClain ran hard and bounced off several Jaguar defenders.
| RB Willis McGahee, Rush: 4 - 24 - 1, Rec: 2 - 25 - 0 (3 targets) |
McGahee was used sparingly in this game but had some success against a tired Jaguar defense. He ended the game with 49 all-purpose yards (24 rushing, 25 receiving) and scored once on a 13 yard run up the middle to extend the Raven's first half lead to 17-7.
| RB Jalen Parmele, Rush: 2 - 27 - 0 |
Parmele seeing rare action for the Ravens carried the ball twice for 27 yards late in the fourth quarter.
| WR Derrick Mason, Rush: 1 - 3 - 0, Rec: 6 - 77 - 0 (9 targets) |
Mason, playing with a dislocated shoulder, had six catches for 77 yards on the day. The veteran played a pivotal part in the Raven's offense and even had one rush for three yards, when he took a lateral pass from Flacco. Mason was targeted deep several times in this game.
| WR Mark Clayton, Rec: 4 - 128 - 0 (5 targets) |
Clayton had his second 100 yard game of the season finishing with four catches for 128 yards. He was kept out of the end zone, but found himself open on several occasions. He had a long catch of 48 yards.
| TE Todd Heap, Rec: 3 - 25 - 0 (4 targets) |
Heap added three catches for 25 yards over the middle of the Jaguars' defense. His longest catch was 12 yards.
| PK Matt Stover 2 - 3 FG, 3 - 3 XP, 9 points |
Stover was perfect on all three extra point attempts, but missed a 48 yard field goal wide left in the second quarter. He connected on efforts of 41 and 32 yards.
| BAL Rush Defense |
The rush defense held the Jaguars without a rushing touchdown on the day giving up 128 yards. They forced two fumbles and played a mistake free game playing aggressive after giving up a first quarter lead. The stopped the Jaguars offense with either a turnover or punt on the opponent's last eight possessions.
| BAL Pass Defense |
Playing aggressively, the pass defense held the Jaguars to only 127 yards on the day, but did give up a 23 yard score to little used running back Alvin Pearman. They sacked Garrard only once, but had two interceptions. Free safety Ed Reed had two interceptions on the day.
