Jaguars Monday Night Football 2024 Match Report: Jaguars vs. Bills

ORCHARD PARK, NY – It was rough, wild and one-sided.

Really rough and Really one-sided.

The Jaguars were outplayed early and never recovered in their prime-time debut in 2024. The Buffalo Bills scored touchdowns on all five possessions in the first half to win 47-10 on Monday Night Football in front of a cheering crowd at Highmark Stadium.

“We're frustrated – and, to be honest, a little stunned,” said quarterback Trevor Lawrence, adding, “Disappointed would be an understatement.”

Head coach Doug Pederson called the loss “really shocking” and “very disappointing.”

“The reality is that's the way we are,” Pederson said. “We're not a very good football team. We've got to fix that, we've got to come up with answers and we've got to do it fast.”

Bills quarterback Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes – all in the first half – and Buffalo scored on its first six possessions, with the Jaguars never reaching double digits after the first quarter.

The Jaguars have lost eight of nine games since last season.

“The main thing is to win the football game,” said wide receiver Christian Kirk, “and we just don't win the football games – nor do we put ourselves in a position to win the football game.”

“The most important thing right now is simply to win a football game.”

The Bills led 13-0 after the first quarter and 34-3 at halftime. They outscored the Jaguars 140-19 in the first quarter and 288-70 in the first half.

Lawrence completed 21 of 38 passes for 178 yards and one touchdown, with one interception. The interception of Bills safety Damar Hamlin in the second quarter was Lawrence's first turnover of the season and led to a Bills touchdown that gave them a 24-point lead late in the first half.

“The players play, the coaches coach – and when we step on the field, we have to make plays,” Lawrence said. “We have to take all the responsibility, all the criticism, all the scrutiny. That's our job, to make the plays. We're not doing that right now.”

Allen completed 23 of 30 passes for 263 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. Buffalo fans chanted “MVP, MVP, MVP” after the Bills scored multiple touchdowns in the second quarter.

The Bills, four-time defending AFC East champions, climbed to 3-0. The Jaguars, who finished 9-8 each of the last two seasons, are 0-3 and have a road game next Sunday against the AFC South-leading Houston Texans (2-1).

The Jaguars did not record a sack or a turnover on Monday. They have not forced a turnover this season.

“It's a week-to-week thing,” Pederson said. “We're three weeks into it now and right now we're not very good. Nobody's going to feel sorry for us. That's how we are right now and it's not very good. We have to be honest with ourselves and I have to be honest with myself. We just have to keep going.”