Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence now feels the pressure to win. The Jaguars have an offensive-minded head coach and a host of new offensive weapons. Lawrence, meanwhile, is heading into his fifth NFL season and signed a five-year, $275 million extension in 2024.
“I’m going into year five,” Lawrence said. “[It’s] been up and down so far, the first four years for me, and just our team and our situation. This is my third head coach. I’ve had a lot of turnover, a lot of change, but I really feel good about the situation we’re in,” he said.
Revamped Offense
The Jaguars revamped their offense in 2025. They fired head coach Doug Pederson and hired Liam Coen, who was the offensive coordinator for a Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense that ranked third in passing yards and tied for second in passing touchdowns in 2025.They signed wide receiver Dyami Brown, tight ends Johnny Mundt, Hunter Long, and Quintin Morris, center Robert Hainsey, and guard Patrick Mekari in free agency. In the 2025 NFL Draft, they traded up with the Cleveland Browns to select Heisman Trophy winner and two-way star Travis Hunter; they also drafted speedy running back Bhayshul Tuten and all-purpose back LeQuint Allen.
The influx of talent, on top of Jacksonville’s established stars like Pro Bowl wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., Lawrence’s college teammate, running back Travis Etienne, and Tank Bigsby, the team’s leading rusher last season, the Jags have an opportunity to turn the corner after just one playoff appearance in Lawrence’s career.
“It’s time to go and start winning consistently and be not just that team where it’s like, no one really takes you seriously,” he said. “You want to be that team that’s always competing for, you know, playoffs, Super Bowls, and you’re in the hunt.”
It’s also a pivotal season for Lawrence. Despite his team’s struggles, he has found individual success as a passer. He passed for 4,000 yards and 20-plus touchdowns in both 2022 and 2023, but is coming off a season marred by a shoulder injury and a season-ending concussion caused by a brutal hit to the head in a December game against the Houston Texans.
“I feel this is like getting into my prime,” Lawrence said. “Like I’ve got a lot of good years left ahead of me, and I need to really turn it on. And I think what we’ve built around me and what they’ve done this offseason has been a great start.”
Adjusting to life in the NFL has been a transition, Lawrence admitted. The smaller margins for error and the more intense mental side of the pro game—in particular being responsible for changes in the run game and calling multiple plays in the huddle—were a major adjustment. But the biggest difference for Lawrence, who went 34-2 in three seasons at Clemson, was learning how to lose.
“It can be frustrating,” the quarterback—who currently owns a 22-38 record in the pros—said. “You kind of have...a different perspective on, I guess, how hard it is to win, when you’ve only won...Being able to flush it and like play well the next week, I feel like I kind of I got a good dose of that my rookie year, trying to bounce back, ‘cause we went, what, 3-14?
“So that definitely got me adjusted to it. But still, you want to have the mindset like you’re going to win every game. So, it’s a fine line, but then after that is over, you got to flush it, win or loss.”
However, Lawrence said that it is important for a team’s culture to have players who have won many games and know how to win, rather than just assembling a team of players who have only experienced losing.
To “flush” those games from his mind, Lawrence told the hosts that he watches video from the game the night after. During the game, players only see images of the play as it develops, but the video is usually available immediately after the game. So, he will usually take a few minutes to review some of his bad plays and understand what went wrong, which helps him move on.
He does this whether he wins or loses.
