Jake Luton's 1st NFL start for Jaguars won't be last or best
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jake Luton´s first NFL start won´t be his last. The Jacksonville Jaguars don´t think it will be his best, either.
The sixth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 選ぶ from Oregon 明言する／公表する could 結局最後にはーなる 取って代わるing Gardner Minshew (thumb) for the 残り／休憩（する） of the season. Coach Doug Marrone certainly liked what he saw from the 新人 in a 27-25 loss to Houston on Sunday.
"I was impressed with a lot of things," Marrone said. "I thought he made some really nice throws. I thought there´s some that 明白に he´d like to have 支援する. When it´s your first time starting and you´re 負かす／撃墜する by a 得点する／非難する／２０ and a 2-point 転換 and lead your team 負かす／撃墜する the field to 潜在的に tie the game, I think that´s another checkmark.
"There´s a lot of checkmarks."
Luton 完全にするd 26 of 38 passes for 304 yards, 含むing a perfectly placed, 73-yard touchdown pass to DJ Chark on the game´s 開始 所有／入手. He became the first 新人 in franchise history to 最高の，を越す 300 yards passing in his first start.
His strong arm was evident.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Jake Luton celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing a touchdown against the Houston Texans on a 16-yard run during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
His athleticism was surprising.
Luton 緊急発進するd for 13 yards to make it a two-point game with 1:39 remaining. He stiff-武装した 新人 Jon Greenard and then spun away from Keion Crossen and into the end zone.
"I wouldn´t say it´s my strength, but it´s something I can do," Luton said. "It´s not something I choose to do, but when the 適切な時期 arises, I´m going to try to go out and make a play with my feet and was able to do that. It was fun. It was pretty 冷静な／正味の to have that play."
He took more pride in the stiff arm.
"The spin move, I didn´t really know what I doing," Luton said. "I was trying to make something happen."
His day wasn´t all good, though.
Luton threw an interception and had a fumble that a チーム仲間 回復するd. But those were somewhat 推定する／予想するd, 特に considering he was playing against Texans 星／主役にする J.J. ワット, who notched his 100th career 解雇（する） in Houston's sixth straight victory in the series.
Luton also had a chance to tie the game, but his 2-point 転換 pass to Chark landed at the receiver´s feet in the end zone.
"It was just a bad ball," Luton said. "Really no other excuse for it."
Still, the Jaguars saw enough to think Luton has something they can build around.
"It´s just 存在 comfortable and 確信して in himself," said James Robinson, who ran 25 times for 99 yards and a 得点する／非難する／２０. "He showed everyone that he can do that, so I like it going 今後."
追加するd Chark, who finished with seven catches for a season-high 146 yards: "He stepped into a divisional game and he never showed any 神経s. He just pl ayed football and did what was asked of him. He wasn´t afraid. He was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d up out there. He was excited. It´s good, definitely, for your first start in the NFL and not 推定する／予想するing it to come the way it did. Hats off to him for that."
Luton had の近くに to 30 friends and family members on 手渡す for his debut. All of them traveled from Marysville, Washington, north of Seattle, to be at his first professional game.
"Every family member I have pretty much is here," Luton said. "A couple of really good friends made the trip 負かす／撃墜する, trying to surprise me, but I 設立する out. A トン of support. I´ve got an awesome system that supports me. This just shows it.
"I´m as far away from home as I could be and they dropped everything at the 減少（する） of a hat to come support me."
They will have a chance to see him against next week in Green Bay. Marrone said Minshew still is unable to throw, so "there´s no 決定／判定勝ち（する） really to make 権利 now."
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Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Jake Luton, 権利, escapes a 取り組む by Houston Texans linebacker Jonathan Greenard (52) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver DJ Chark Jr., left, celebrates with quarterback Jake Luton after Luton threw him a pass for a 73-yard touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Jake Luton throws a pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Jacksonvil le Jaguars quarterback Jake Luton (6) throws a pass over Houston Texans 防御の end Carlos Watkins (91) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
