Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars Tame Derrick Henry's Wildcat as Joe Fagnano's First Start Sinks the Ravens on Thursday Night Football

Baltimore spent a short week building an offense around a running back taking the snap, and for most of a soggy first half the idea held up. Then Trevor Lawrence needed one throw to remind everyone which team still had a real quarterback in the building.

The Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Baltimore Ravens 33-10 on Thursday Night Football at M&T Bank Stadium, never trailing on a night when the rain barely let up. Lawrence threw for 242 yards and a 50-yard touchdown to Parker Washington, Cam Little went 4 for 4 on field goals and the defense intercepted undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano twice in Fagnano's first NFL start. Jacksonville is 6-2 and has won five of its last six. Baltimore is 4-5, has lost four straight and is below .500 for the first time this season after a 4-1 start, according to the team.

Henry Takes the Snap

Lamar Jackson (thumb) and Tyler Huntley were both on injured reserve, which left the Ravens with Fagnano, a 25-year-old who had debuted a few days earlier in the 36-10 loss at Buffalo. Offensive coordinator Declan Doyle's answer was Derrick Henry. Baltimore snapped the ball directly to Henry 10 times, double the running back's previous career high of five set in 2018, per BaltimoreRavens.com.

Jacksonville saw it coming. "We practiced Wildcat a ton," coach Liam Coen told the AP.

The Jaguars also landed the first punch. On the second snap of the game, Lawrence found rookie tight end Nate Boerkircher for 52 yards, the longest play of the night, and Bhayshul Tuten finished the seven-play, 77-yard march with a 1-yard run. Tuten had been listed as questionable with a foot and ankle issue and played anyway.

"That opening drive was huge, just to set the tone," Lawrence said, per the AP.

Baltimore answered with a 53-yard field goal from Jake Moody, the kicker's first attempt as a Raven, and Little matched it from 36 yards later in the quarter after a Nnamdi Madubuike neutral zone infraction on fourth down kept that drive alive. From there the first half turned into a slow grind. Henry ran for 51 yards before the break, the Ravens ran four more plays than Jacksonville, and Foyesade Oluokun sacked Fagnano on a third-and-9 early in the second quarter, the linebacker's second sack in as many weeks.

Fifty Yards Before Halftime

The game flipped inside the final two minutes of the half. Facing a blitz look on second-and-8 from the Baltimore 50, Lawrence got the ball out quickly to Washington in the slot. Washington beat safety Malaki Starks in man coverage and ran away from everyone for a touchdown with 58 seconds left, completing a four-play, 80-yard drive and a 17-3 halftime lead.

Ravens coach Jesse Minter pointed to that moment afterward. "I really think the explosive play before the half really kind of broke the game open," Minter said, per the AP.

Despite all the clock Baltimore chewed with Henry, Jacksonville outgained the Ravens 224-101 in the first half.

Three Takeaways, Three Field Goals

The second half asked Fagnano to throw, and it went badly fast. On the first third down after the break, cornerback Montaric Brown jumped an out route intended for Zay Flowers and gave the Jaguars the ball at the Baltimore 26. Four plays later, Little hit from 45 yards for a 20-3 lead.

Baltimore's best chance came late in the third quarter. Starks knocked the ball loose from Travis Hunter on a screen pass, and Teddye Buchanan recovered at midfield. The Ravens moved to the Jacksonville 41 and went for it on fourth-and-1, but Mark Andrews fumbled the snap and the drive ended on downs. The home crowd booed.

"They have every right to boo or do whatever they want to do," Andrews said, per the AP.

Little pushed the lead to 23-3 with a 47-yarder early in the fourth. On Baltimore's next snap, Jourdan Lewis picked off another throw toward Flowers on a nearly identical out route, and Little added a 33-yarder. On the ensuing kickoff, rookie linebacker Jalen McLeod forced a fumble by LaJohntay Wester and recovered it at the Baltimore 32. Chris Rodriguez Jr. capped that drive with a 2-yard touchdown run with 7:26 left for a 33-3 lead.

Justice Hill answered 11 seconds later, bursting 65 yards for Baltimore's only touchdown. It was the second-longest run of Hill's career and the Ravens' first second-half touchdown since Week 5, and it snapped Jacksonville's streak of 24 games without allowing a 75-yard rusher.

Lawrence, Little and a Defense That Adjusted

Lawrence finished 16 of 26 for 242 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions, spreading 16 completions across eight receivers. Jakobi Meyers caught four passes for 65 yards, while Washington and Boerkircher each had two catches for 61 yards. Lawrence now has 18 touchdown passes and four interceptions this season, per Jaguars.com.

"He was very on when it was really a game," Coen said of Lawrence, per Jaguars.com.

Little accounted for 15 points, which helped cover for a quiet run game that produced 77 yards on 30 carries.

The defense is the bigger story. Henry finished with 57 yards on 17 carries and a long run of 8 yards, and Coen credited the defense for adjusting at halftime. "I was very pleased with the way they adjusted at halftime to some of the Wildcat stuff," Coen said, per Jaguars.com.

Jacksonville has now allowed 10 points or fewer in back-to-back games and 17 total since its Week 7 bye, following the 42-7 rout of Indianapolis. The three takeaways give the Jaguars 15 on the season, tied for second in the NFL, per Jaguars.com.

The Numbers Behind It

Fagnano went 10 of 18 for 60 yards and two interceptions while playing with a heavy wrap on the right ankle. Henry also completed one pass, for minus 3 yards. Baltimore converted 4 of 14 third downs and managed 10 first downs.

The Ravens ran for 172 yards on 34 carries, but 65 came on one play, and they were outgained 319-227 overall. They were also flagged seven times, four of them false starts, according to BaltimoreRavens.com.

Per the team, it is the first time in franchise history Baltimore has lost three straight games by 20 points or more, after defeats of 35-13 to Cincinnati and 36-10 to Buffalo. The Ravens have also been held under 14 points in four straight games, another first in team history. Henry did pass LaDainian Tomlinson for seventh place on the NFL's career rushing list.

What It Means

The Jaguars lead the AFC South by three and a half games over Houston and won a Thursday night game for the first time in three seasons, per Jaguars.com. Jacksonville visits the Tennessee Titans on Nov. 15.

Baltimore's injury list grew. Star safety Kyle Hamilton left with a hip injury, and starting cornerback Nate Wiggins missed the game with an illness, per the AP. Help at quarterback is on the way, with the Ravens finalizing a trade for Jacoby Brissett, who is expected to start when Baltimore hosts the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football on Nov. 16.

Fagnano did not hide behind the circumstances. "But I'm not here to sit up here and make excuses," Fagnano said, per the AP, before crediting Jacksonville. Minter struck the same tone: "Tough situation for our guys. But I just told them, there's no excuses."

Business as Usual in Duval

Coen's own word for it afterward was businesslike, and that fits. The Jaguars took the first punch away, hit the one big play they needed, protected the ball on a wet field and turned three Baltimore mistakes into 13 points. Good teams win games like this without drama, and right now Jacksonville looks like a very good team.

Sources: Stats from the official ESPN box score (opens in a new tab) and play-by-play. Additional details and postgame quotes as reported by the Associated Press, Jaguars.com (opens in a new tab), BaltimoreRavens.com (opens in a new tab) and NBC Sports.

Photo: Chris Kim/Jacksonville Jaguars.