Thursday Night Football: Jaguars at Bengals (7:20 CT) Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Football is back tonight, with a battle of the big cats (even Carole Baskin is excited), as Trevor Lawrence and Joe Burrow square off for the first time since the 2019 College Football Playoffs Championship. We all remember Burrow slung it all over the field, racking up 463 yards and five passing touchdowns as LSU steamrolled Lawrence and Clemson 42-25. Burrow smoked a cigar in the LSU locker room and became the top pick in the draft in the spring.

Anyway, let’s bring it back to the present, where people are losing their minds about Trevor Lawrence and Urban Meyer being 0-3 on the season. I saw a tweet, and it’s such a stretch I refuse even to go back and look for it and share it here, that said that Lawrence was about to match his total high school losses. Or high school and college losses combined. Whatever, it’s a desperate reach either way. It’s just good to know that football fans outside of Chicago also lose their minds over knee-jerk reactions.

I need this game to be absolute chaos as I have Joe Burrow as my fantasy team’s QB1, and James Robinson starting at RB. If I’m sitting on 50-points when I go to bed tonight, I’ll be highly disappointed.

Game Info

Jacksonville Jaguars (0-3, 4th AFC South) at Cincinnati Bengals (2-1, T-1st AFC North) – NFL Network (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Kristina Pink), Westwood One (Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli)

Kickoff Time: 7:20 p.m. CT
Site:
 Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati
Referee: Brad Allen
Odds: CIN -7.5 (-320), O/U 46 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Game Thread

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun!

Coaches

Jaguars: Urban Meyer (0-3) vs. Bengals: Zac Taylor (8-26-1)

Week 3 Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence: 23/38, 256 passing yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 13 rushing yards

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Bengals: Joe Burrow: 20/31, 234 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 12 rushing  yards

Week 4 projected stats via ESPN projections

Jaguars Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Trevor Lawrence
•   RB James Robinson
•   WRs DJ Chark Jr., Laviska Shenault Jr., Marvin Jones Jr.
•   TE Chris Manhertz
•   LT Cam Robinson, LG Andrew Norwell, C Brandon Linder, RG A.J. Cann, RT Jawaan Taylor

Defense
•   DT Malcom Brown, NT DaVon Hamilton, DE Adam Gotsis
•   OLBs Josh Allen, K’Lavon Chaisson, MIKE Damien Wilson, WILL Myles Jack
•   CBs Shaquill Griffin, Tre Herndon
•   FS Rayshawn Jenkin, SS Andrew Wingard

Specialists
•   Matthew Wright (kicker), Logan Cooke (punter, holder), Ross Matiscik (long snapper), Jamal Agnew (kick and punt returns)

Bengals Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Joe Burrow
•   RB Joe Mixon
•   WRs Ja’Marr Chase, Tyler Boyd, Auden Tate
•   TEs C.J. Uzomah, Drew Sample
•   LT Jonah Williams, LG Quinton Spain, C Trey Hopkins, RG Xavier Su’a-Filo, RT Riley Reiff

Defense
•   LDE Sam Hubbard NT D.J. Reader, DT Larry Ogunjobi, RDE Trey Hendrickson
•   LBs Logan Wilson, Germaine Pratt
•   CBs Trae Waynes, Chidobe Awuzie, Mike Hilton
•   S Vonn Bell, Brandon Wilson

Specialists
•   Evan McPherson (kicker), Kevin Huber (punter, holder), Clark Harris (long snapper), Brandon Wilson, Darius Phillips (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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Patrick grew up in Chicago's Bridgeport and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods before moving to the Western Suburbs of Chicago before eventually relocating to the Las Vegas area with his family in 2023. He started with Bleacher Nation in 2021 and has spent time as a Staff Writer and on the Chicago Blackhawks beat. He is currently a writer and editor at Bleacher Nation covering the Chicago Bears and the NFL at large and the author of the Bleacher Nation Newsletter. Patrick is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA).

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