Trevor Lawrence says the Jacksonville Jaguars are at that point in camp where the season starts feeling real fast.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the Jaguars quarterback laid out the mindset shift that comes with the end of training camp and the move toward the regular season. Lawrence said the team still has work to finish this week, then enters “kind of an in-between week” before getting ready to play Cleveland.
“I always feel like there's something around the corner to stay ready for,” Lawrence told reporters on Wednesday. “You know next week is kind of an in-between week as well and we still have some prep this week to finish up.
But I mean, just in general that feeling of the season being so close and obviously in camp, when you start off you have so much camp ahead of you, so much time to work on different things. It can be kind of a grind, but now when you get to this point you're like man, we got two weeks?
Less than two weeks before we're preparing to play Cleveland. But I mean we play in basically two weeks.
So that sounds crazy thinking about it, how close it is.”
The Jaguars still have some questions hanging over them before the games count. Travis Hunter’s role on offense and defense remains something to watch, and Jacksonville also has to figure out life without Travis Etienne Jr. in the backfield.
Even with those unknowns, Lawrence sounded like a quarterback who knows exactly where the team stands: close enough to feel the pressure, but still with enough time to keep sharpening the details.
“We're on track but we've got to keep plugging away every day,” Lawrence added. “You can't relax. But physically, I think coach does a really good job of transitioning and shifting to where guys can get their bodies back a little bit.”
The Jaguars still have one preseason game left before the real thing begins. They face the Buccaneers on August 28th.
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