The Jaguars gave a master class on what not to do on a punt return on national television, and the only thing missing was the “Benny Hill” theme music. 

During the first quarter of the Jaguars’ 31-24 win over the host Saints on “Thursday Night Football,” Jacksonville forced New Orleans to punt on fourth down from its own 45-yard line.

All had been going as expected as Jamal Agnew was back to receive and everything seemed normal until the ball was in the air. 

That’s when as Agnew went to play the ball, he was leveled by his own teammate, Tevaughn Campbell, forcing him to muff the punt and allow the Saints to come up with the ball. 

The Saints recovered the ball at Jacksonville’s 17-yard line and Agnew was hurt on the play, though he did return.

It was also the second Jaguars turnover in the first quarter. 

The Jaguars did get lucky in the end by holding the Saints to a field goal, which trimmed their lead to 7-3.

The muffed punt wasn’t the only oddity to occur involving a fourth-down play in this primetime game. 

The Jaguars employed a bit of trickery when Logan Cooke lined up to punt on a fourth-and-2 on New Orleans’ 46-yard line with 1:33 left in the first half. 

Instead of kicking the ball, he surprised everyone — including the defense — and threw the ball to Tim Jones for the first down. 

Jacksonville managed to get a field goal out of the drive to extend their lead to 17-6.

The Jaguars received many contributions from different players en route to the win.

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Travis Etienne ran for two touchdowns, Foyesade Oluokun returned an interception for a score, and Christian Kirk’s late 44-yard touchdown after a short catch propelled the Jaguars to the victory.

“I don’t think I’ve run that fast since college,” said Kirk, a former Texas A&M star, whose late score made up for his lost fumble in the first half. “That was some vintage stuff. I’m glad I was able to do it in that moment.”

Trevor Lawrence, who completed 20 of 29 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, returned from the knee injury that forced him out of the final minutes of a victory over Indianapolis on Sunday and wound up leading Jacksonville with 59 yards rushing.

“It’s crazy how you have something like that going on and don’t plan on moving a lot, and you end up running the ball more than you usually do,” Lawrence said. “It felt pretty good. It didn’t bother me too much and definitely didn’t set it back. That was the goal, to play, find a way to win the game and not set it back.”

The Jaguars improved to 5-2 — their best start since opening with that mark in 2007.

The Saints dropped to 3-4. 

— with AP