JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jack­sonville Jaguars took care of busi­ness against Chica­go on Sun­day, los­ing their 14th con­sec­u­tive game and then get­ting some help to secure the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL draft.

Hel­lo, Trevor Lawrence!

Mitchell Tru­bisky account­ed for three scores, includ­ing two touch­down pass­es to Jim­my Gra­ham, and the Bears pound­ed the Jaguars 41–17 in a game that meant as much to Jacksonville’s long-term future as it did to Chicago’s short-term fate.

The Bears (8–7), who gained con­trol of their post­sea­son path when Ari­zona lost to San Fran­cis­co on Sat­ur­day, can make the NFC play­offs for the sec­ond time in three years by beat­ing Green Bay next week at home.

The Jaguars (1–14), who set a fran­chise record for con­sec­u­tive loss­es, locked up the top pick for the first time in fran­chise his­to­ry when the New York Jets beat Cleve­land 23–16 a few min­utes later.

That means the same day Jack­sonville reached its worst skid in fran­chise his­to­ry could end up being a poten­tial game-chang­er for the small-mar­ket team that’s spent the bet­ter part of the last two decades search­ing for a fran­chise quarterback.

The only thing stand­ing between Jack­sonville and Lawrence is the Clem­son star for­mal­ly turn­ing pro, a deci­sion that’s expect­ed after the Tigers end their sea­son in the Col­lege Foot­ball Playoff.

The Jaguars’ lat­est loss was over long before the clock ran out. Chica­go scored 28 unan­swered points to start the sec­ond half, get­ting so far in front that Nick Foles got to close out the game against his for­mer team.

Tru­bisky com­plet­ed 24 of 35 pass­es for 265 yards, with two touch­downs and an inter­cep­tion. He also ran for a score. Trubisky’s per­for­mance was far from per­fect. His inter­cep­tion came in the end zone late in the first half — he inex­plic­a­bly scram­bled and threw into a crowd — with the Bears in field-goal range, and he near­ly had anoth­er ear­ly in the third.

But safe­ty Jar­rod Wil­son dropped the ball and then dropped to the ground to do 10 pushups.

Allen Robin­son fin­ished with 10 catch­es for 103 yards against his for­mer team. Robin­son spent the first four years of his NFL career with the Jaguars.

Gra­ham had four recep­tions for 69 yards.

For­mer Bears quar­ter­back Mike Glen­non made his fourth start of the sea­son for Jack­sonville and had two touch­down pass­es and two inter­cep­tions. Glen­non near­ly had a third turnover, but nose tack­le Bilal Nichols dropped a ball at the line of scrim­mage that hit him in the chest.

David Mont­gomery and rook­ie Artavis Pierce each scored on the ground.

Chica­go scored 30 or more points for the fourth con­sec­u­tive week, the first time the Bears have accom­plished the feat since 1965.

KEY INJURIES

Jaguars full­back Bruce Miller was ruled out with a con­cus­sion after a hel­met-to-hel­met hit on Bears punt return­er Antho­ny Miller.

UP NEXT

Bears: Can clinch a play­off berth by beat­ing Green Bay in Chica­go next Sunday.

Jaguars: Fin­ish the sea­son at Indi­anapo­lis, where a win wouldn’t alter their draft position.