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OTAs Week 1: "Intentional Every Day…"

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JACKSONVILLE – Details are the priority now, and focus.

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is entering Year 2 in Head Coach Liam Coen's offense – and as the 2026 offseason continues, Lawrence says he's undoubtedly "way further" ahead of where he was this time last offseason.

That means specifics matter now. A lot.

"It's really about being intentional every day," he said.

Lawrence and Coen spoke to the media on Tuesday, Day 1 of Jaguars 2026 Organized Team Activities – as did Offensive Coordinator Grant Udinksi. They spoke of how Lawrence, who finished fifth in NFL Most Valuable Player balloting last season, and the offense can improve moving forward.

"You're always looking to grow," Udinski said. "The core foundations and principles stay the same –and hopefully, they stay the same every single year. Whether it's improving on the things he did well last year or whether it's the areas of improvement that maybe we didn't quite meet our standard, we're going to try to find improvement in all those areas.

"It never really stops in terms of our expectation for growth and trying to get better, but there are certainly areas of focus based on doing something well or doing something that we might have already done well, but we know that there's more room to grow in those areas."

Lawrence on Tuesday spoke of avoiding the "trap" of going "through the motions just because you know the offense."

"Our focus as a whole unit has been really good on the details and really mastering all the little things," he said. "Now when we hear the play call, we hear it, we know it, we know what to do, we don't even really have to think about it.

"It's focusing on all the details to take us to the next level of being a great offense."

Coen said rather than expanding the scheme in Year 2 with Lawrence, this offseason is about honing it – an approach similar to that coaches took during last season's Week 8 bye, after which Lawrence threw 20 touchdowns with seven interceptions and seven rushing touchdowns.

"It's more refining the finer things of what he can do at a high level," Coen said. "What are the areas that we put on the shelf to improve upon? We're attacking those now."

Added Coen, "Last year, it's just a lot more to take in and your mind is racing a little bit because you're thinking about a lot. This year, to have the system down, a bunch of guys that have played together, obviously there's a few new pieces but majority of us really know it.

"We can focus on talking about all the details of each route and how it's going to adjust versus certain coverages and then also making tweaks to the concepts and to the plays that we already have in. [We're] trying to see what is better and making some tweaks."

Among areas of offseason focus Coen cited Tuesday: improving the deep passing game, particularly chemistry between Lawrence and Brian Thomas Jr.

"Our average depth of target went up towards the second half of the season, but we've got to keep pushing that envelope a little bit – especially with him and BT, that connection," Coen said.

Coen, too, discussed overall chemistry with receivers Thomas, Parker Washington and Jakobi Meyers.

"Not every guy is going to run the route the exact same way," Coen said. "Just getting to that page where they all really know what each other is doing, and what on each concept, the spacing and areas of what those guys can do at a high level, what are some of the weaknesses … to be able to throw to each player a little bit differently?

"Mastering that, mastering how each guy runs a route and being able to adjust to some of those things I think is critical for us moving forward."

Lawrence in 2025 completed 341 of 540 passes for 4,007 yards and 29 touchdowns with 12 interceptions and nine rushing touchdowns. The 38 total touchdowns were a franchise record and ranked third in the NFL.

"I don't really think about last year anymore," Lawrence said. "Offensively, we did some good things, especially towards the end of the season, but we didn't even really start clicking until the second half of the season.

"That says enough about how much more we can do as an offense, how much more I can do as a quarterback, an individual to help our offense score more points and be better throughout the whole season. Look at how much better we were Weeks 8 or 9 through 18. We have a whole half of the season we can really add that on to what we already did.

"But it's a new season, so that's not going to win us any games this year. The guys have really taken it seriously. Everyone has moved on, turned the page and we've got to get better."

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Lawrence called he and Thomas' offseason so far "great," with the duo connecting multiple times in OTA Day 1 practice Tuesday – including a deep touchdown pass late in practice. "We've put a lot of work in all spring just trying to get the timing down – the chemistry, all those things, get on the same page – and it's starting to pay off," Lawrence said. "It doesn't always happen immediately. Sometimes it takes a little time. But he's super committed to it and so am I and I think us getting those extra reps is paying off." Thomas, after setting franchise rookie records with 87 receptions for 1,282 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2024, caught 48 passes for 707 yards and two touchdowns in 2025. "We have a lot more time," Lawrence said. "We have four more weeks of OTAs, then we also have the break in the summer until training camp – so many reps that we can get from now until then to get us ready for the season. I have no doubt we're going to be ready to go. He is going to have a great year. He is a special player and just excited that I feel like we're clicking more and more every day."

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