JACKSONVILLE – How it was before is OK no more.

Liam Coen made that clear Wednesday – and as the Jaguars prepared for the first of back-to-back road games, players agreed with the first-year head coach.

The season's most impressive victory to date has changed perspective, at least a bit.

"There's a new standard now," Coen said.

Coen spoke Wednesday as the Jaguars (6-4) prepared for the Arizona Cardinals (3-7) at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Sunday – and if Wednesday's focus was on moving forward, players and Coen also spoke of needing to build on what happened this past Sunday.

That was a one-sided, 35-6 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers – and players agreed with Coen that what happens next must look more like what happened Sunday.

"It starts in practice," Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen said. "That week started in practice. We didn't just wake up Sunday and say, 'We're going to play as hard as we can.' It started in practice."

The Jaguars' practice on Wednesday was relatively light.

"Coach Coen took care of us," Hines-Allen said. "He took care of our bodies. We'll come out tomorrow and fly around. That's a plus. Today was very focused. Guys are locked in, communicating.

"Guys are doing what they're supposed to do. That's a good start to the week."

Rookie running back Bhayshul Tuten agreed that the week leading to the game will dictate the game.

"We know what we did last week in preparation throughout practice, the vibe, how locked in everyone was," said Tuten, who rushed for a season-high 74 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries Sunday.

"Last Sunday we went out there and we showed who we are. That's the new standard for us. We know what we're capable of. Now we just have to lock in throughout practice for the week and go out there and do what we best."

The Jaguars enter Sunday's game two games behind the Colts in the AFC South and in the seventh and final AFC playoff spot, having won two of three games after a two-game midseason losing streak. That losing streak followed a three-game early-season winning streak that had them briefly atop the AFC standings.

The task now: Play more consistently to the standard of which Coen and Tuten spoke, which means carrying what happened Sunday into the foreseeable future.

"Ultimately in a season, there's highs and lows," Coen said. "But when you play as we played on Sunday: 'OK, well that's what it looks like when we prepare the way we did and got ourselves in the mindset, mentality to go play that way – and performed obviously, cleaner.' "

Coen emphasized that last part of Sunday's victory, with the Jaguars – after struggling with pre-snap penalties through much of the first nine games – being penalized once for five yards. They committed no offensive penalties.

"The physicality and all that I really appreciated and we want every week, but it was just cleaner in a lot of ways and in all three phases," Coen said. "That is the standard and we all kind of owe it to each other in that room to uphold that standard moving forward in terms of the way that we go about our business, prepare and ultimately play.

"That's the thing about coaching and playing in the National Football League with long seasons is the teams that can maintain that sustained success and consistency throughout a number of weeks give yourself a chance."

NOTABLE

• The Jaguars this week signed seventh-year veteran safety Juan Thornhill to the practice squad. Thornhill, a second-round selection by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2019 NFL Draft, has eight career interceptions and spent 2019-2022 with the Chiefs before playing the past two seasons for the Cleveland Browns. He played nine games this season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with Coen on Wednesday calling him "A guy that's seen a lot of football has been on winning teams for sustained success." Andrew Wingard and Antonio Johnson started at safety Sunday for the Jaguars, with rookie Rayuan Lane and Khalef Hailassie as reserves. They waived Hailassie Monday, with veteran starter Eric Murray (neck) eligible to return from injured reserve against the Tennessee Titans in Week 13. "It's just another guy in there that can ultimately go in," Coen said of Thornhill. "hopefully learn a game playing quickly enough and get into the system and also be able to help the younger guys with anything – down and distance, situational football … all those things help when you get a veteran like that in the room."