Jacksonville 34, Cleveland 10.

Trevor Lawrence threw four touchdown passes and four men caught them. Parker Washington, Jakobi Meyers, Brenton Strange, Johnny Cameron. One apiece.

Nobody caught two.

He was 18 of 23 for 245 yards with no interceptions.

The quarters went 14, 10, 10, 0. Jacksonville scored on the first three and not on the last one. Cleveland scored all ten of its points after halftime and did not reach the end zone until the fourth.

By then it was 34-3.

The penalties

Cleveland was flagged 11 times for 75 yards.

Jacksonville was flagged 4 times for 25.

That is a seven-flag gap in a game decided by 24, and it is the number to hold onto before deciding what the Jaguars proved in week one.

The ground

Bhayshul Tuten carried 15 times for 66. Ameer Abdullah had 4 for 32. Chris Rodriguez 6 for 23.

Nobody broke 70.

Jacksonville held the ball 33 minutes and 51 seconds. Cleveland had it 26:09.

360 total net yards to 272.

Cleveland

Deshaun Watson went 16 of 22 for 205, one touchdown and one interception. He also led them in rushing, 6 carries for 38.

Dylan Boston caught two balls for 59, including a 46-yarder, and the touchdown.

Their longest run of the day was 10 yards.

Next

At Denver, Sunday, 4:05 p.m. Eastern, CBS47 and Paramount+. Empower Field at Mile High.

Home again Sept. 27 against New England at one o’clock.