JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd won’t travel to London to face the Los Angeles Rams because of a calf injury.
The team ruled him out before getting on an overseas charter flight a day after he felt tightness in his right calf. The Jaguars never announced Lloyd’s injury during the game, instead saying it was a “coaches’ decision” that he was on the sideline holding his helmet.
Coach Liam Coen insisted after the game and again Monday that Lloyd was medically cleared to play.
“We just felt like, as coaches, watching him run a little bit, that it was just too tight,” Coen said.
The AFC defensive player of the month for September, Lloyd has an NFL-leading five takeaways this season. He has four interceptions and a fumble recovery. His 99-yard intercept