Defending the Run Is Key Against Titans | Thursday Quick Hits Before Week 13

Walker missed this past Sunday with the injury, with Edoga, Mekari and Striggow sustaining their injuries in that game.
Five Jaguars players were listed as limited for a second consecutive day Thursday: Linebacker Yasir Abdullah (finger), cornerback Christian Braswell (hamstring), cornerback Jarrian Jones (quadriceps), cornerback Eric Murray (neck) and safety Antonio Johnson (elbow). The Jaguars on Wednesday opened Murray’s 21-day window to return from injured reserve.
Defensive tackle Arik Armstead (hand) was added to the report as practicing limited Thursday.
Starting nickel corner Jourdan Lewis (neck) practiced full a second consecutive day after missing the last three games, with tight end Hunter Long (knee) practicing full a second consecutive day after missing the last three games and starting right tackle Anton Harrison (knee/ankle) practicing full a second consecutive day after missing the last two games.
“I want to get out there and play healthy and show I can be dominant,” Lewis said.
Udinski on Thursday praised quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s resilience this season, with Lawrence this past Sunday in a 24-27 overtime victory over the Arizona Cardinals throwing 3 touchdowns in a game in which he also threw 3 interceptions and lost a fumble.
Lawrence in that game threw touchdowns on the drives following 2 of his 3 interceptions and led a field-goal drive on the possession following his lost fumble.
“You see the resilience to go from one drive to the next drive, to know we can make mistakes and still overcome that,” Udinksi said. “Not that we would ever want to do that, but there is an element of doubt sometimes for certain players when they make mistakes and say, ‘Even if I play well, can I play well enough to overcome that?’
“To be able to do your job at a high level and know that is enough to overcome a mistake in a game, that’s freeing moving forward to say, ‘I can go play fast and I don’t want to make mistakes, we’ve got to be better about protecting the ball, but if I do, we can play well enough to overcome those things,’ which is huge.” …




