Jakobi Meyers was on the field for the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in London, but he still had no catches through an early second-quarter drive that ended with an interception. He had been targeted twice by then, even though he wore number 3 and had been out there for most of the Jaguars' offensive snaps.
That is the reason people were checking his name in real time: Billy Heyen said, “Yes, Meyers is playing on Sunday.” For anyone watching the passing game, the follow-up was the bigger question, because Meyers had not turned those early looks into production while the Jaguars were still looking for their first points.
Through the early going, the Jaguars were 4-for-12 passing, and the ball had gone elsewhere more successfully. Brenton Strange had two catches for 34 yards, Parker Washington had an eight-yard catch, and Nate Boerkircher had a seven-yard catch. Meyers, by contrast, was active and involved in the formation, but he was still waiting for his first reception when Trevor Lawrence threw an end zone interception in the first two minutes of the second quarter.
The lack of early catches mattered because it showed how uneven the Jaguars' passing rhythm was in London. The team was playing overseas for the second week in a row, and the Houston Texans' defense was making the opening stretch difficult enough that even a receiver who was on the field so often could be held out of the box score.
That does not close the book on Meyers. It just means the opening part of Week 6 left him with two targets and no catches, and the next stretch is whether Jakobi Meyers and the Jacksonville Jaguars can turn that usage into something more before the day gets away from them.
