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Proven to already be a step or two ahead of the NFL’s average rookie receiver, Brian Thomas used Week 4’s AFC South clash to confirm that the same principle applies to opposing defensive backs. Understandably urgent from the game’s opening drive, Jacksonville’s new star wideout conquered the one-on-one rep, freezing Houston’s defensive back with a deceptive release step before breaking inward and snagging a two-yard touchdown catch. A last-second Texans score would dash the Jaguars’ victory hopes in a 24-20 loss on Sept. 29, 2024, but Thomas, unstoppable even so, turned in a seven-touch, 99-yard, one-touchdown performance.