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Social media reacts to the soul-crushing loss of the Philadelphia Jaguars

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Social media reacts to the soul-crushing loss of the Philadelphia Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars needed a big win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 9, but their efforts were in vain as they fell 28-23.

Social media exploded after the Jaguars’ latest loss, a loss that now puts the Jaguars at 2-7 and on a two-game losing streak.

Taking over the game saw the Jaguars some good news on the injury front, although there was still limited optimism going into the game against a top-flight opponent.

With that in mind, the Jaguars earned themselves some love after forcing an Eagles punt on the first drive … until backup receiver Austin Trammell attempted the Jaguars’ first punt return.

After the Jaguars responded with back-to-back punts, social media unsurprisingly exploded over Barkley making a superhuman move to force a missed tackle by rookie cornerback Jarrian Jones.

Jacksonville attempted a fourth down near their own end of the field to try to create a spark on offense, but the odd pass from a sneaky quarterback formation fell incomplete.

Things continued to get worse for the Jaguars, with a Lawrence pass going off the hands of Travis Etienne and landing in the arms of an Eagles defender. This set up a touchdown run by Barkley on 3rd-and-17 and a 16–0 Jaguars deficit.

Following a mistake-filled first half, the Jaguars went into halftime up 16-0 and with just 32 yards and a first down to their name. In short, the Jaguars had more turnovers than first downs, with the offense producing its fewest yards since December 2018.

Barkley himself had over 100 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in the half, pacing the Jaguars offense. Hurts then joined him on the scoreboard with an 18-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, though the Jaguars stopped a two-point push for the second straight time.

Jacksonville then began to cut into the Eagles’ lead with a Trevor Lawrence touchdown followed by Travon Walker returning a fumble 35 yards for a score.

Despite the Jaguars’ best efforts, they eventually fell 28-23 to see their record fall to 2-7 in nine games. Trevor Lawrence was intercepted by Nakobe Dean in the end zone on the final play.

The Jaguars will next play the Minnesota Vikings at home with the hope that they can get healthier and get back on track to potentially improve to 3-7. It certainly wouldn’t be a great place to be, but it would be a better place than where the Jaguars are right now.

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