Jacksonville Jaguars @ Las Vegas Raiders
Final Score: Jaguars 30, Raiders 29 (OT)
Writer: Kevan Downs (kdsportsnet on Instagram)
Second. Half. Teams. Fifty of the 59 total points scored in this game came out of the second half (and overtime). After a very slow start to the day, Trevor Lawrence led the Jacksonville offense down the field with seconds to go to end the half with the Cam Little field goal, a league-record 68-yarder, and both teams kept the offense going from there. Lawrence contributed two rushing touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in overtime, while on the Raiders, Geno Smith ended his day with four passing touchdowns, three of which went to the now-healthy Brock Bowers. With little time remaining in overtime, the Raiders opted to go for the win and not the tie and went for the 2-point conversion following their touchdown. Geno had the newly signed Tyler Lockett open in the end zone but his pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage to end the game.
Three Up
- Brock Bowers — An absolutely dominant day for Bowers.
- Travis Etienne Jr. — Good bounce back after a couple rough outings. He didn’t find the end zone, but saw a heavy workload, ending his day with 27 touches. Bhayshul Tuten will stay in the mix in the backfield, but it is still Etienne’s.
- Parker Washington — With injuries piling up in the Jags’ receiving group, Washington may be the biggest recipient of increased targets share and paced all of Jacksonville’s receivers with nine. He also looks to be the target on quick-developing routes giving him solid PPR upside week to week.
Two Down
- Jakobi Meyers — Another week of limited work only seeing six targets for the receiver whose name has been coming up frequently in trade rumors. Any change of scenery would likely be a welcome one for Meyers.
- Brian Thomas Jr. — Trevor Lawrence is still having trouble with the connection with Thomas who only saw five targets. And to make matters worse, he left the game early with an ankle injury.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Quarterback
Trevor Lawrence: 23/34, 220 Yards, INT | 9 Carries, 24 Yards, 2 TDs
A tale of two halves for Trevor Lawrence. The first was riddled with poor throws and hesitant decision-making. The offense found itself in the second half en route to scoring three touchdowns, two of which Lawrence ran him himself.
Notes
- Lawrence has to make better decisions with the ball. At times, he holds on to it too long misses chances with his receivers. One play, designed for Brian Thomas Jr., sent him in motion pre-snap, and had space between the safeties if Lawrence had made the pass at the appropriate time instead of hesitating. This would have given Thomas a chance for a touchdown on the play. The team would instead settle for a field goal.
Missed Opportunities
- A number of poor throws that Lawrence would like to have back but none more than his end-zone interception on second-and-goal.
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— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 2, 2025
- The aforementioned play where he had Thomas open over the middle of the field beneath the safeties that Lawrence hesitated and held on to instead of making a throw with some level of anticipation. This would have allowed them a chance to connect for a touchdown reception
- Hunter Long dropped what would have been a touchdown pass. Lawrence did, however, take one in himself in the next plays for the rushing touchdown
Running Back
Travis Etienne Jr.: 22 Carries, 84 Yards | 5 Targets, 5 Receptions, 31 Yards
Not an overly efficient day for Travis Etienne Jr., but his continued high volume gives him chances every week to be productive. He wasn’t able to capitalize on goal-line chances in this game but helped make up for that by setting his season high for receptions
Notes
- The offense uses Etienne in a wide variety of ways. He ran up the middle, pitches to the outside, had screens set up for him, even ran multiple attempts out of the wildcat. While Bhayshul Tuten matched his season high in touches, it is still Etienne’s backfield and Jacksonville is committed to using him in a high volume role.
- Etienne had several attempts, including some near the goal line, where he was stuffed for a loss or minimal gain. However, he also had several attempts where he would break tackles and slip off defenders or beat them to the outside for a larger gain. These balanced out to end the day at a not so impressive looking 3.8 yards per attempt but overall ran well.
Missed Opportunities
- After getting the first two rushes starting on a first and goal, Tuten got the carry on third-and-goal and punched it in for the touchdown.
- In overtime, Etienne ran it out of the wildcat and was tackled on the 1-yard line. Lawrence would go on to rush it in himself.
Bhayshul Tuten: 9 Carries, 29 yards, 1 TD | 1 Target, 1 Reception, -3 Yards
Similar to prior weeks, Bhayshul Tuten will still get his limited opportunities in the backfield, but will have fantasy managers hoping for goal line opportunities like in this game.
Notes
- The Jaguars put Tuten on the field more frequently in the red zone. No matter which back led the charge down the field, red-zone and goal-line opportunities alternated, with Tuten putting in one touchdown himself, while getting stuffed on another.
- Tuten received very little work in the passing game and didn’t have screens and easy receptions for YAC attempts called up the way they were for Etienne.
Missed Opportunities
- In overtime, Tuten took the handoff on the goal line and was tackled for a loss. Etienne and Lawrence would take the goal line attempts after, the drive ending with Lawrence’s second rushing touchdown of the day.
Wide Receiver/Tight End
Parker Washington: 9 Targets, 8 Receptions, 80 Yards
With the injuries to the receiving group, Parker Washington stood the most to gain and made the most of it in this game. He struggled to haul in targets in the previous game (four of 10) but caught eight of nine against the Raiders. It will remain to be seen if Washington can find any consistency in the passing attack which has been inconsistent all season to this point.
Notes
- Washington runs routes designed to get him open quickly. Lawrence found him on quick outs, hitches, crossers, the types of routes that this offense will need to help make it second/third and manageable and give YAC opportunities for him. This should ideally provide Washington a safe week to week floor
Missed Opportunities
- Back-to-back catches for Washington called back due to illegal motion penalties by the offense.
Brian Thomas Jr.: 5 targets, 3 Receptions, 55 yards
Brian Thomas Jr. has still not been able to find that magic from his second half last year. Lawrence has been inconsistent all year and Thomas has followed suit. He does not look to have very many quicker developing routes called up for him and isn’t targeted as frequently as a result.
Notes
- Thomas left the game in the second half. He could be seen having his ankle wrapped on the sideline but did not return.
- After getting a catch on each of the first two possessions for the Jaguars, Thomas only saw one more catch in the game, the play in the second half that forced Thomas out of the game with injury.
Missed Opportunities
- A play that seemed to be dialed up for Thomas, sending him in motion before the snap, and was open across the middle of the field, but Lawrence did not throw it at him. He would have had a chance at a receiving touchdown.
Dyami Brown: 7 Targets, 3 Receptions, 25 Yards | 1 Carry, 4 Yards
While Dyami Brown may see increased usage with the injuries to the team’s receiver depth, he looks firmly behind Washington in terms of targets.
Notes
- Brown was forced out of the game with injury in the second half due to a concussion.
Las Vegas Raiders
Quarterback
Geno Smith: 29/39, 284 Yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT | 5 Carries, 9 Yards
With Brock Bowers back and healthy, Geno Smith is looking like the player we’ve seen in Seattle the past couple years. It was a slow start to the game, with some miscues, drops, some plays breaking down, but he really took control of the offense in the second half and overtime, ending his day with four touchdown passes.
Notes
- Geno was excellent at evading pressure in this game. He navigated the pocket well and bought time to find his guys. Being able to extend plays the way he was helped his guys have more space for yards after the catch with the defense getting more spread out. Ashton Jeanty also helped a ton in pass protection.
- He never really forced anything in this game. He took what the defense gave him, whether he was throwing darts down the middle of the field, or easy dump offs in the flat with a chance of yards after the catch. The offense had trouble sustaining drive in the first half, but found their groove in the second
Missed Opportunities
- Geno was forced out of the pocket on a fourth down, did his best to give Michael Mayer a chance in the end zone but threw it just out of reach
- On back to back plays, Geno’s passes fell incomplete to Tyler Lockett and Bowers in the end zone.
Running Back
Ashton Jeanty: 13 Carries, 42 Yards | 5 Targets, 5 Receptions, 47 Yards, 1 TD
Ashton Jeanty value in the offense was on full display in this game but maybe not in the most obvious way. His pass protection was outstanding in this game, helping to fuel Geno’s strong second half in the passing attack. In keeping him on the field in more and more passing downs, Jeanty was more involved in the passing game, matching his season high of receptions and taking one in for a touchdown
Notes
- Despite often being praised for his physical style of play, Jeanty was held to next to no gain on a handful of runs, being hit near the line of scrimmage and unable to turn his carries into bigger plays. There are times the offensive line certainly doesn’t help him out, one of his goal-line attempts he was met with two defenders at the line.
- Jeanty had a number of excellent pass protection reps in this game. Whether he’s running, catching, or blocking, he remains very important to the offense and will be on the field as much as possible.
- Jeanty was used more in the passing game. Smith has no problem taking what the defense will give him and finding Jeanty open in the flat, giving him a chance for yards after the catch.
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— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 2, 2025
Missed Opportunities
- Early in the second half, Jeanty was stuffed on a goal line attempt. He was stuffed on another in overtime.
Wide Receiver/Tight End
Brock Bowers: 13 Targets, 12 Receptions, 127 Yards, 3 TDs
The Brock Bowers we have been waiting to see this year. He turned up big in the second half, bringing in two of his three touchdowns of the day, including the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and the Raiders’ overtime touchdown.
Notes
- I’ll just leave these here.
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— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 2, 2025
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— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 3, 2025
- Bowers just knows how to get open, whether his beating his man in tightly contested coverage, or settling into the defense where he knows he’s in a soft spot to give Geno a chance to connect with him. Now that he’s healthy, we’ll hope to see more games closer to this one than his start of the season.
Missed Opportunities
- Bowers had another end-zone target that fell incomplete. Geno threw a desperation ball while scrambling and threw it just behind Bowers.
Tre Tucker: 4 Targets, 3 Receptions, 38 Yards
Part of the remaining receiving group after Bowers, Tre Tucker will have his chances for a blow up week, but will likely remain very boom or bust as we’ve seen over the course of the season. It appears to be tough for any of Tucker, Meyers, or Mayer to find any week-to-week consistency with how much the targets get spread around to feel too confident in starting any of them.
Michael Mayer: 7 Targets, 3 Receptions, 26 Yards
In a similar boat to Tucker and Meyers, Michael Mayer‘s upside is capped, but still looks like he can maintain some of his increased role he saw when Bowers was out
Missed Opportunities
- Mayer had an attempt at a big play, on a desperation heave from Geno after avoiding the pass rush on fourth down, the pass sailed just out of reach of him in the end zone.
Jakobi Meyers: 6 Targets, 4 Receptions, 23 Yards
A disappointing day for what looked like could have been a big one for Jakobi Meyers coming off the bye and injury. Meyers had three targets on the first two drives of the game for the Raiders, then only three more throughout the rest of the game.
Notes
- Meyers is still used in the role that was expected at the start of the season, quick, easy passes, he just hasn’t been seeing the volume expected, largely due to similar targets being sent Mayer’s and Tucker’s way.
- A trade might be the only chance Meyers has at seeing the volume we had hoped for at the start of the year.