There’s a real case to be made that Trevor Lawrence just put together the best offseason of his career, and the Jaguars are treating it like a sign of what’s coming next.
The buzz around Jacksonville’s quarterback isn’t built on hype alone. It starts with what Lawrence did during OTAs and minicamp, where he looked like a player who had found another gear in Liam Coen’s system. Coen backed that up on “The Schrager Hour,” and he didn’t exactly sound like a coach trying to temper expectations.
“I would say the last about eight or so practices, man, he was lighting it up. He was making throws on a daily basis that not just myself but everybody around him were very impressed by,” Coen said.
He went a step further, pointing to how comfortable Lawrence looked while working through new concepts in the spring.
“And you're like, oh, dang! Did he just fit that in there? I think he was trying new things a little bit, the comfort and confidence to just, you know, fit some balls into windows maybe he wouldn't otherwise or to practice some of these new things that we were incorporating throughout the spring and without thinking as much.”
That’s the part that stands out: not just the production, but the ease. Lawrence wasn’t merely going through the motions in the offseason program. He was stacking strong practice after strong practice, showing the kind of rhythm that suggests he’s carrying over the momentum from last season rather than starting over.
And last season gave plenty of reason to believe the leap is real. Lawrence was one of the NFL’s most productive passers by the end of the year, even if the opening stretch was rough while he adjusted to Coen’s offense.
The early weeks were uneven. Once he settled in, though, the growth showed up fast.
That’s what makes this version of Lawrence so interesting. He’s 26, entering his sixth season, and still clearly not finished developing.
He’s already shown flashes before, including the second-half surge in 2022 that helped Jacksonville win the AFC South. But the quarterback who came out of this spring looked different from the one fans saw a few years ago.
He looked more settled, more confident, and more at home in Coen’s scheme.
Coen said the goal at some point is simple: trust the quarterback and let him go.
“So as much as we're trying to coach him on a day-to-day basis of improvement, you also at some point want to be able to be like, dude, just you got it, man. Just go play," Coen said.
"Here are some of the parameters. Just go play and have fun and cut it loose, which he's continued to do throughout the offseason program.
So to get him at a high and confident coming into training camp, yeah, we're excited about that.”
That confidence is easy to understand. Lawrence already ranks among the most productive quarterbacks in Jaguars history, and he has helped the team finish with a winning record in three of his five seasons. The only years that didn’t look like playoff-caliber seasons were his rookie year under Urban Meyer and 2024, when injuries forced him to miss several starts.
Now the question is whether this offseason becomes the springboard for something bigger. Lawrence has been close to elite before.
The Jaguars believe this summer may be the stretch that finally pushes him over the top. Training camp next week will be the first chance to see whether that spring form carries over for real.
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