JACKSONVILLE – The growth continues, steadily.

When it comes to Trevor Lawrence, not everything has gone right through three games this season. But some important things are going well, and Jaguars Head Coach Liam Coen likes the fifth-year quarterback's progress.

And he really likes Lawrence's approach.

"I have been very proud of Trevor's preparation, the way he has gone about it," Coen said.

Lawrence in his first season in Coen's offense has completed 63 of 113 passes for 671 yards and 4 touchdowns with 4 interceptions in three games. He completed 20 of 40 passes for 222 yards and no touchdowns with an interception in a 17-10 victory over the Houston Texans at EverBank Stadium Sunday.

Beyond statistics, Coen said he has been encouraged by Lawrence's off-field approach, which has enabled him to run the offense efficiently.

"He's making a lot of the right decisions," Coen said. "There is a lot of resiliency out of him and that group in general."

One such moment came late Sunday.

Lawrence – after throwing accurately at times and less accurately at other times in the first three periods, and after having receivers drop multiple passes – delivered the game's defining moment with a 46-yard pass to wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr.

Lawrence on first-and-10 from the Jaguars 44 checked out of a run play to a pass over the middle to Thomas. This came on the play after the fourth-quarter two-minute warning, with running back Travis Etienne Jr.'s game-winning touchdown run coming on the ensuing play.

"That was a play that he's extremely comfortable with," Coen said. "It showed a lot of ownership of the system in terms of, 'OK. It's a run to pass, zero blitz, get to a protection and go execute the play at a high level.' It definitely should serve as a springboard for us to continue to gain confidence and execution in the pass game.

"It was a really well-executed play in a critical moment for us."

Coen on Monday said Lawrence is playing better than his statistics indicate "in some ways, for sure." The Jaguars according to some statistical sources lead the NFL in dropped passes, with at least 4 or 5 dropped passes against Houston.

"It's hard when you may miss a few throws, then when you do make some, we don't catch them," Coen said. "That's frustrating for sure. It should probably be higher than a 50% completion percentage and then there's some throws that he needs to make and he knows that.

"It's not a negative, it's just, 'Hey man, we've got to make these throws and how can we help you, from a footwork standpoint or an accuracy standpoint?'"

Coen on Monday emphasized that from a work standpoint, "I've been very pleased with his preparation," which has enabled Lawrence to alter plays at the line of scrimmage correctly more than 95 percent of the time.

"He has worked extremely hard throughout the week at studying the plan, doing extra on his own and some of that is really helping us operate," Coen said. "Did it show in every statistical category on Sunday? No, but he is getting us in and out of the right plays."

NOTABLE

• The Jaguars through three games lead the NFL with 9 takeaways, including a league-leading 7 interceptions, after registering a league-low 8 defensive takeaways last season. They registered 3 takeaways Sunday, all in the fourth quarter inside their 20-yard line, and registered their first 2 interceptions in four meetings with Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud.

"As a defense, you emphasize creating turnovers and trying to make plays on the ball to score yourself or give your offense an opportunity to put points on the board," Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell said.

"Everybody, we just love playing with each other out there. We're just having fun playing for one another, not pointing any fingers, having each other's back and trusting that each player on the field's going to do their job. After that it becomes easy, just playing ball. I think that's really what it comes down to, everybody playing one play at a time and fighting until the end of the whistle."

QUOTABLE

• Jaguars tight end Brenton Strange: "You always want to go out there and impose your will against another team. That's what football's about. You're going out there every single play and you want to impose your will on another team. You want to keep hitting them as hard as you can until they lie down because eventually somebody's going to lie down, and we don't want that to be us. We want to be the team that's the most violent every time we step out on the field. That's a great thing that we're doing so far, and we've just got to continue to keep building on that because if we do, great things will happen."