Running back Tank Bigsby’s best game as a pro couldn’t keep the Jacksonville Jaguars from dropping to 0-4 for the 2024 NFL season.
Bigsby ran for 90 yards on seven carries in the Jaguars’ 24-20 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday.
After running for 132 yards and two touchdowns on 50 carries as a third-round rookie in 2023, Bigsby opened the 2024 campaign with a career-best 73 yards on 12 rushing attempts in a 20-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 8.
In surpassing that on Sunday, Bigsby also surpassed the 26-yard run he had in that game with a career-long carry of 58 yards against the Texans.
The 58-yard run put Jacksonville on the Houston 4-yard line in the third quarter. But trailing 20-17, the Texans turned back the Jaguars on downs on the first play of the fourth quarter, and Bigsby did not carry the football in the remainder of the game.
Bigsby was among the 16 former Auburn players who got on the field on the fourth Sunday of the NFL’s 105th season.
Three other former Auburn players were involved in the Houston-Jacksonville game:
· Texans defensive tackle Marcus Harris (Park Crossing) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
· Jaguars safety Daniel Thomas (Lee-Montgomery) made two tackles and recovered a muffed punt at the Houston 2-yard to set up a touchdown for the first points of the game.
· Texans offensive tackle Kilian Zierer is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
In the other Sunday games:
Cincinnati Bengals 34, Carolina Panthers 24
· Derrick Brown is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
· Bengals guard Tashawn Manning is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
· Bengals defensive tackle Justin Rogers is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
· Panthers linebacker Chandler Wooten is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Chicago Bears 24, Los Angeles Rams 18
· Bears defensive tackle Byron Cowart did not record any stats. Chicago elevated Cowart from the practice squad to make him eligible to play.
Minnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 29
· Packers quarterback Malik Willis dressed for the game but did not play. Willis started Green Bay’s previous two games after Jordan Love sustained a knee injury with six seconds remaining in the season-opening game, and the Packers won both contests. In his return, Love completed 32-of-54 passes for 389 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions and ran once for 6 yards.
· Packers offensive tackle Colby Wooden was designated as a game-day inactive.
Indianapolis Colts 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 24
· Steelers nose tackle Montravius Adams did not record any stats.
· Colts cornerback Jaylin Simpson is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
· Braden Smith started at right offensive tackle for the Colts. Smith played even though he was listed on Indianapolis’ injury report as questionable after not practicing on Wednesday or Friday because of a knee injury.
Denver Broncos 10, New York Jets 9
· Bo Nix (Pinson Valley) started at quarterback for the Broncos. Nix completed 12-of-25 passes for 60 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions and ran five times for 3 yards. The first touchdown pass of Nix’s NFL career was an 8-yard throw to wide receiver Cortland Sutton as Denver took a 7-6 lead with 3:08 left in the third quarter.
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· Jamien Sherwood started at linebacker for the Jets. Sherwood made seven tackles and recorded one tackle for loss.
· Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham dressed for the game but did not play.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33, Philadelphia Eagles 16
· K.J. Britt (Oxford) started at linebacker for the Buccaneers. Britt made six tackles.
· Jamel Dean started at cornerback for the Buccaneers. Dean made five tackles and broke up two passes.
· Eagles offensive lineman Jack Driscoll is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
· Buccaneers running back D.J. Williams is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
Washington Commanders 42, Arizona Cardinals 14
· Cardinals defensive tackle Angelo Blackson made one tackle in his debut in his 10th NFL season. Arizona elevated Blackson from the practice squad to make him eligible to play.
· Commanders cornerback Noah Igbinoghene (Hewitt-Trussville) made three tackles and broke up one pass.
· Cardinals inside linebacker Owen Pappoe did not record any stats.
San Francisco 49ers 30, New England Patriots 13
· Jonathan Jones started at cornerback for the Patriots despite being designated as questionable because of a shoulder injury. Jones made one tackle and broke up one pass.
Kansas City Chiefs 17, Los Angeles Chargers 10
· Chargers long snapper Josh Harris handled the snaps on six punts, two field-goal attempts and one extra point in his 194th NFL regular-season game.
Cleveland Browns 20, Las Vegas Raiders 16
· Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson connected on fields goals of 52 and 34 yards and made two extra points.
· Raiders tight end John Samuel Shenker did not record any stats in his NFL debut.
Week 4 started on Thursday night, when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the New York Giants 20-15.
Week 4 concludes on Monday, when the Tennessee Titans and the Miami Dolphins square off at 6:30 p.m. CDT at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, and the Seattle Seahawks and the Detroit Lions meet at 7:15 p.m. at Ford Field in Detroit. ESPN will televise the Titans-Dolphins game. ABC will televise the Seahawks-Lions games.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AmarkG1.
