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Strange managed two red zone targets and was chugging towards the end zone early in the first quarter, but could not escape a tackle. He spent most of the game being more lauded for his strength (pushing Trevor Lawrence past the spot to gain on one fourth down, outright escorting Travis Etienne on a third-and-1 run by tackling him forward) than actually creating yardage. He’ll remain in the low-end TE1 ranks against the Jets in Week 15.

...What? Patrick had been threatening some high target counts (nine in the last three games) and playing more snaps of late, but he managed a season-high 42 snaps and scored in Parker Washington’s absence. In fairness — his touchdown catch wasn’t exactly impressive as Trevor Lawrence broke the pocket and Patrick simply sat down on a route wide open in the end zone. He also had dropped a touchdown the play before. It’s possible he goes back into the pocket with Washington back next week, but if Washington is absent again, it sounds like Patrick has some desperation FLEX appeal against the Jets.

Meyers was being used as an almost ever-present part of this offense, even taking three carries for nine yards as an end around threat on key downs. He’s got low-end WR2 vibes heading into Week 15’s game against the Jets and has now gone over six targets and scored in each of his last three games. It’s clear he’s become Jacksonville’s No. 1 receiver and is now fully integrated into the offense after coming over at the trade deadline.

The good news is that BTJ’s performance almost felt normal. He had a sensational one-handed catch down the sideline, and added a second long catch that wasn’t overturned despite being close on review. The bad news is that Trevor Lawrence threw 30 times and Thomas was only “in the picture” compared to Jakobi Meyers. He’s probably closer to the WR3 ranks than the WR2 ranks against the Jets in Week 15, and hasn’t scored a touchdown since October 12.

Tuten was evaluated for a concussion after getting his helmet rung on a kickoff return, and then fumbled one of his two carries away to the Colts in the pouring rain. He had just two offensive snaps. We’re not sure if he was sent to the bench for the fumble or if he started feeling symptoms, but the Jaguars turned away from him after he fumbled. Without some enthusiastic reports on his health and status, he’ll be a hard-to-trust FLEX play in Week 15 despite the smash spot against the Jets.

His second rushing touchdown was by far his best play of the day, as he deftly found the sideline from the opposite hash and found a wide-open alley to the score. It wasn’t exactly a dominant day on the ground for Etienne, but he did dominate the workload as Bhayshul Tuten managed just two carries in a wire-to-wire win for the Jaguars. He’ll be a high-end RB2 — maybe even a low-end RB1 — for Week 15’s slate as he takes on the Jets.

He was benched for Jacksonville’s last two series with an insurmountable lead. Lawrence had a couple of great throws to Brian Thomas Jr. downfield, but his best throw came with the Colts sending a big blitz on third-down. Lawrence saw the blitz and backpedaled to the sideline to buy enough time to find Tim Patrick and keep the drive alive. The Jaguars seized control of the AFC South lead with the win, and with Daniel Jones likely lost for the season with an Achilles tear (or so it looked), it looks like they’ve got a great shot at a playoff berth. Lawrence will be a very interesting QB1 streamer next week against the Jets’ sad sack defense.

As expected based on earlier reporting, Washington will be scratched. He’s droppable if you have a late move you need to get in ahead of Sunday kickoff. Also inactive for the Jaguars are: S Andrew Wingard (concussion), Yasir Abdullah, OL Walker Little (concussion), TE Johnny Mundt, DL Emmanuel Ogbah and DL Austin Johnson. DL Travon Walker (knee), S Eric Murray (neck) and Arik Armstead (hand) are playing despite questionable tags in a huge game for the Jaguars.

Washington was held out of Wednesday’s practice before returning for limited work on Thursday and Friday. The team officially listed him as questionable for Week 14. His absence will free up more slot work for Brian Thomas Jr., who has struggled to get much going this year. With Washington inactive, Dyami Brown should return to the lineup this week. Brown was made a healthy scratch in Week 13.

Little did not practice all week. Cole Van Lanen would seem likely to take over at left tackle in Week 14. The Jaguars also ruled out S Andrew Wingard with a concussion of his own.