Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence eyes return, won't rule out surgery - ESPN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence isn't ruling out having surgery on his sprained left shoulder before the season ends, but the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback also is adamant that he wants to get back on the field as soon as possible.

It looks like the latter could happen Sunday against the Houston Texans at EverBank Stadium if the rest of the week goes well in Lawrence's return to practice.

«I think [the sprained AC joint] has been a pretty difficult thing to gauge, honestly, of what's the best path forward,» Lawrence said Wednesday. "[Surgery is] definitely something that I'm considering and not off the table at all. It's something that we're going to have to just [approach] truly day-by-day, week-by -week.

«Hopefully I'm able to get back out there this week or as soon as possible and then it's going to be just every week kind of evaluating it, seeing where it's at. Obviously up until this point I've been doing everything I can to avoid that and want to be back out there with my guys and finish the season. So that's my goal.»

Lawrence suffered the injury in the first half of the Jaguars' loss at Philadelphia on Nov. 3 but didn't miss a snap and almost led Jacksonville to a come-from-behind victory until throwing an end zone interception with 1:38 remaining.

Lawrence missed the Jaguars' past two games. Behind backup quarterback Mac Jones, the Jaguars managed just a combined 313 yards and scored 13 combined points in losses to Minnesota and Detroit.

Lawrence returned to practice Monday for the first time since Nov. 8, and coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday that Lawrence's shoulder responded well.

Lawrence was going to get the majority of the first-team reps during Wednesday afternoon's practice, and Pederson called