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- Trevor Lawrence's heroic touchdown caps NFL's record-tying week of double-digit comebacks</p>
<p>ARNIE STAPLETON October 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM</p>
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<p>Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) runs for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)</p>
<p>Not even three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes was immune to the colossal comebacks that defined Week 5 in the NFL.</p>
<p>Trevor Lawrence rallied Jacksonville from a 14-0 deficit and scored the winning touchdown after getting stepped on by his right guard, falling back down, getting back up, slipping a tackle and diving into the end zone to give the Jaguars a wild 31-28 win over the mistake-prone Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night.</p>
<p>"It (stinks) when you get a lead like that and you're not able to hold it throughout the rest of the game," Mahomes said after the Kansas City Chiefs, who went 11-0 in one-score games last season, fell to 0-3 in such games this season.</p>
<p>The Eagles, Cardinals, Dolphins, Giants and Chargers knew exactly how Mahomes felt.</p>
<p>They also let double-digit leads slip away in Week 5 when a record-tying six teams lost after leading by double digits.</p>
<p>The six-pack of double-digit comebacks — or pratfalls, if you prefer — marked the sixth week in NFL history in which a half dozen teams had comeback wins after trailing by double digits.</p>
<p>It also happened in 1984, 1999, 2002, 2011 and 2013.</p>
<p>The Chiefs hd been 62-4 in games with Mahomes at QB after leading by 14-plus points and their loss at Jacksonville snapped a 23-game winning streak in which they led by 14 or more points, dating to the 2021 AFC championship.</p>
<p>The Jaguars joined the Broncos, Commanders, Panthers, Titans and Saints in roaring back after falling behind big.</p>
<p>The Broncos handed the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles their first loss by overcoming a 17-3 deficit with 18 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. Denver improved to 2-112 on the road when entering the fourth quarter trailing by 14-plus points.</p>
<p>Cam Ward got his first career win by rallying the Titans back from a 18-point deficit to beat Arizona 22-21.</p>
<p>The Panthers overcome a 17-point deficit to beat Miami 27-24; the Saints overcome an 11-point deficit to beat the New York Giants 26-14 and the Commanders clawed back from a 10-point hole by scoring 27 unanswered points against the Chargers.</p>
<p>Another defining moment in the Jaguars' comeback aside from Lawrence's eventful game-winning touchdown run was linebacker Devin Lloyd's 99-yard pick-six that broke a 14-14 tie.</p>
<p>Lloyd jumped the route at the 1 and eluded a diving Mahomes at the Jacksonville 12 on his way down the sideline to the end zone for the longest play in the NFL so far this season.</p>
<p>The Chiefs fell to 2-3. They didn't suffer their third loss last year until they were walloped 40-22 by the Eagles in the Super Bowl.</p>
<p>Apparel peril</p>
<p>The wacky weekend began with San Francisco's 26-23 overtime win against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night — which featured an early 14-0 lead for the 49ers before the Rams made a game of it.</p>
<p>The NHL's Colorado Avalanche were in town and donned Rams jerseys for a group picture before the game, which didn't sit well with sports fans in Denver.</p>
<p>The photo op might make business sense — Stan Kroenke owns the Rams and Avalanche along with the NBA's Denver Nuggets — but it was a public relations landmine considering the social media backlash it engendered.</p>
<p>"To be honest, I understand it," Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog said Monday. "Colorado fans are passionate. To me, I didn't watch the NFL until I came here in 2011. The Broncos are my team. That'll never change.</p>
<p>"But when the big boss invites you to come watch the Rams game and the way he took care of us there, you know it is a special bond for us to be a part of not just of the Avs and the Nuggets and the Mammoth but to be a part of the broader Kroenke Sports family, you know, the Rams and (soccer club) Arsenal overseas, it's special," Landeskog added.</p>
<p>"It was really a cool experience. Who would turn that down?" Landeskog said, adding, "for one night I think you can cheer on a team and it doesn't change how you feel about whoever your primary team is."</p>
<p>This NFL-NHL fashion faux pas brought to mind Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud, who caught flack last summer for wearing a Seattle Seahawks cap before and after a preseason game against Carolina.</p>
<p>"I love hats," Stroud explained back in August. "I probably have every team. But I support the Astros and the Dodgers — because I'm from L.A. ... but it's all about the swag, baby!"</p>
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<p>With contributions from AP Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow.</p>
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