When the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Trevor Lawrence first overall in the 2021 NFL Draft, they were looking for a franchise saviour. The Jags had just finished 1-15 and had endured 11 losing campaigns in the previous 13 seasons. They are one of just four NFL teams never to have played in a Super Bowl.
Lawrence arrived having won 34 of 36 games in college and 52 of 54 in high school, and he was expected to bring that winning touch to Florida. That did not happen. As a rookie, he was thrown right in and lost more games in five weeks than he had in five years. The Urban Meyer head coaching experiment was a disaster, and Jacksonville managed just three wins that year.
Lawrence and the Jags' campaigns under Meyer's replacement, Doug Pederson, were a mixed bag that included a playoff win, but a 4-13 season saw Pederson fired. Enter Liam Coen, a longtime NFL quarterback coach and offensive coordinator poached from Tampa Bay in January 2025. Coen's arrival, and Lawrence's development during his tenure, have put the 27-year-old in the mix for NFL MVP and the Jaguars among the Super Bowl contenders.
Since the start of last season, the Jaguars have won 17 games out of 22, tied for the best regular-season record in the league. Year one under Coen ended with a 13-4 record, the second-best in franchise history. This season, Lawrence is fourth in quarterback rating (106.3) after five games, with 10 touchdowns and 1,174 passing yards.
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