What It Means:

Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson said Lawrence would practice in some capacity on Thursday, but the quarterback was listed as a non-participant for a second straight day. He suffered an AC joint sprain in last week's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is uncertain for Sunday's matchup with the Panthers. C.J. Beathard will start if Lawrence is ruled out for the first time in his NFL career.

Lawrence is the QB10 in numberFire's Week 17 rankings and our models project him for 17.0 FanDuel points. The Panthers are only allowing the fourth-fewest FanDuel points per game to quarterbacks, but they allow the fourth-most to running backs, so the Jaguars may look to rely more on Travis Etienne if Lawrence is less than full strength. Per numberFire's opponent-adjusted efficiency rankings, Carolina has the No. 21 pass defense and No. 30 run defense in the league.