QB Trevor Lawrence - Jaguars had cart available, I refused it - ESPN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence wanted to make something perfectly clear: The team did have a cart available to take him off the field after he injured his right ankle against Cincinnati on Monday night.

He just didn't want to use it.

Lawrence said Wednesday he was pretty close to the tunnel entrance and felt like it would be quicker for him to walk with some help to the EverBank Stadium locker room and X-ray facility than to wait for the cart to maneuver its way through the extra equipment to get to him. So that's what he did — though he did admit he may have had some regret.

«We talked about getting a cart and I was going to get a cart, and then I'm standing there and I'm already on the sideline at that point, the tunnel's right there, I just wanted to get off the field, get out of there,» Lawrence said. «I didn't know what was going on with my ankle and I felt like I could get off [the field]. I was like, 'Hey, you're good. Just don't bring it out. I'm going in.'

»And then once I got in there [the hallway], I'm like, 'This is a pretty long walk.' They asked again if I wanted a cart. I'm like, 'No, we're going to make it the whole way there.'"

The television footage of Lawrence, with people under each arm assisting him, walking in the tunnel and hallway of EverBank Stadium has drawn criticism on social media, television and radio. Jaguars punter Logan Cooke defended the team on social media by going after one of the more notable critics.

Lawrence found it ludicrous that people would actually think the Jaguars wouldn't have a cart available for an injured player.

«We have everything we need, and I was the one that that didn't choose to take [a cart] so you guys put that on me,» he said. «Maybe