JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Not that they needed it, but the Jacksonville Jaguars got a reminder of just how integral takeaways have been to their winning ways.
The Jaguars, who entered the week leading the league in turnover margin, failed to record a takeaway for the first time this season in a 20-12 loss to Seattle on Sunday.
And the team’s performance was uglier than the final score.
The Jaguars (4-2) were penalized 10 times for 76 yards. Trevor Lawrence was sacked a season-high seven times and pressured 27 times. Cam Little missed a field goal and an extra point.
Travis Etienne was held to 27 yards on 12 carries. Brian Thomas Jr. dropped two passes, including another alligator-arm effort over the middle and one on a third-down play late. And the Jaguars had a 54-yard TD pass from Lawrence to Thomas nullified because rookie Travis Hunter lined up offsides.
“It’s an undisciplined operation at the moment,” coach Liam Coen said. “What’s standing in our way? Right now, it’s us.”
Some of those same issues — sloppy play, really — were masked early in the season. Jacksonville feasted on takeaways in wins against Carolina, Houston, San Francisco and Kansas City. Linebacker Devin Lloyd’s 99-yard interception return for a touchdown against Patrick Mahomes was a defensive highlight on Monday night.
But the Jags barely touched Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold despite getting defensive end Travon Walker back following wrist surgery. And the lack of pressure led to two crucial plays: a 61-yard touchdown pass from Darnold to Jaxon Smith-Njigba that put the Seahawks ahead in the first half, and a 61-yarder from Darnold to AJ Barner that essentially closed out the game.
“We’ve got to heat ’em up,” Coen said. “Do we need to send (an extra defender) a little bit more? Just didn’t get enough pressure at all.”
More telling: They didn’t do enough offensively to put any pressure on Darnold & Co.
Jacksonville’s O-line was a problem for the first time all season. Rookie center Jonah Monheim made his first career start, and defensive tackle Byron Murphy notched seven pressures. Left tackle Walker Little had his hands full with Leonard Williams and DeMarcus Lawrence.
That much chaos in the pocket usually means trouble for Trevor Lawrence. He completed 27 of 42 passes for 258 yards, with two touchdowns. The seven sacks were the most in his five seasons; the previous high was five.
“That’s part of playing quarterback in the NFL,” Lawrence said. “It’s a tight pocket back there. Those guys on the other side of the ball get paid a lot of money to rush the passer. That’s their job.
“You’ve got to play through it. We’ve got to clean it up.”
The Jaguars will try to clean it up in London against the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday. Equally important, they need to get back to creating takeaways.
“That’s our life blood,” cornerback Jourdan Lewis said. “We need turnovers. We need turnovers to win games."
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Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne (1) tries to escape a tackle by Seattle Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin (24) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 12 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (7) pulls in a reception in front of Seattle Seahawks safety Coby Bryant during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 12 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) throws to wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Oct. 12 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
PETIT-GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Many in Petit-Goâve were asleep when La Digue river began to rise after midnight.
By the time residents in the southern coastal town realized what was happening, it was too late. The river had burst its banks and swept away children, cars and homes as the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa lashed southern Haiti in late October.
One man escaped through a window while a woman grabbed onto a car and held her son tight to avoid being dragged by floodwaters that severely broke her leg.
They survived, but the Category 5 hurricane, one of the strongest Atlantic storms in recorded history, killed at least 43 people in Haiti. More than a dozen others remain missing.
Most of the deaths occurred in Petit-Goâve, where the community mourned their own on Saturday.
“Where is my strength?!” cried out Fanile Estinval as she opened her arms, dressed in all white to honor her two sons who died in the storm.
Eighteen caskets topped with bright yellow and orange flowers were carried into a public plaza where a crowd gathered to say its goodbyes. Many of the coffins were small, with Petit-Goâve losing at least 10 of its children.
Sadness mixed with guilt as the survivors of the storm wept and wailed.
Anger also prevailed, with a protest scheduled for Monday along a key highway to demand a quicker response and more aid from the government. The environment in Petit-Goâve remained tense, with some saying the deaths could have been prevented with better planning and infrastructure.
While the storm made landfall in Jamaica and killed at least 45 people there, its aftermath in Haiti will persist for months, officials warn.
Hundreds of people lost their homes and jobs, and many are going hungry.
Petit-Goâve used to be a farming community with a bustling commercial center that saw 90% of its fields washed away in the storm, said Wanja Kaaria, the U.N.’s World Food Program director for Haiti.
“It was very devastating,” she said. “It will take a while to really restore the markets.”
WFP has distributed food to more than 40,000 people in Petit-Goâve and expects to soon issue cash transfers to those affected by the storm.
Kaaria noted that for the first time in 10 years, WFP was unable to preposition contingency stock in southern Haiti ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season given ongoing funding issues. The agency estimates that Melissa affected 1.25 million people across Haiti, with 360,000 of them urgently requiring food.
Officials in Haiti also are concerned about an increase in deaths in the storm's messy aftermath.
More than 30 suspected cholera cases and six deaths have been reported in Petit-Goâve alone, said Boris Matous, UNICEF’s emergency specialist in Haiti.
The agency is rehabilitating and chlorinating water pumps, installing hand-washing stations and setting up mobile clinics, but challenges persist.
“What is worrying here is that we are talking about areas that are not very easy to access,” he said.
Melissa hit as poverty and political instability deepens across Haiti while hunger, cholera cases and gang violence surges.
“This hurricane, this catastrophe, is coming on the top of multiple other crises,” he said.
Hurricane Melissa damaged or destroyed more than 240 homes in Petit-Goâve, and hundreds more were flooded.
In recent days, about 100 families remained sheltered in a hotel and a private home that the owner opened to those affected, said Sergile Henry with the nonprofit Project Hope.
He noted that two small children were completely alone in a shelter, unable to find their parents.
“It was catastrophic,” he said of Melissa.
Estinval, whose two sons died in the storm, was inconsolable on Saturday.
“A mother usually doesn’t bury her children,” she said. “When I die, who is going to bury me?”
Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mourners carry to the cemetery the coffins during the funeral of people killed by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa in Petit Goave, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph).
Relatives of Rosiclaire Lenchise mourn during the funeral of victims killed by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa in Petit Goave, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Residents work to remove a partially buried vehicle in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A child walks on the banks of La Digue River in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Relatives of Rosiclaire Lenchise mourn during the funeral of victims killed by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa in Petit Goave, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A grieving relatives is carried away during the funeral of people killed by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Melissa in Petit Goave, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
