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Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence Si coming into his fifth season at the helm.
When Trevor Lawrence spoke about Jacksonville Jaguars training camp on August 17th, his focus wasn’t on highlight-reel throws or spectacular plays. Instead, he emphasized the quiet, often overlooked foundation that makes those moments possible—the details. For Lawrence, it’s the daily commitment to precision and discipline that sets the stage for success.
“We always harp on the details,” Lawrence explained. “I would say it’s new in that way. I think this staff and everyone does a really good job of stressing how important the details are. But really letting that drive practice. If anything was wrong, it was started over.”
That one thought tells you everything about where the Jacksonville Jaguars are heading. In a league where practices can often move at breakneck speed. There’s a temptation to correct mistakes on the fly and keep things moving. For the Jaguars’ new staff, however, the approach is different. The message: don’t just get reps in, get them right.
Starting Over to Build the Right Habits
Trevor Lawrence described one particular practice where the pace was completely reset. Instead of rushing to the next play after a pre-snap error, coaches stopped everything. The entire drill started over.
“Usually in practice you have those mistakes—every team and everyone does it—and you kinda correct them after,” Lawrence said. “But one of the days this week, we just started everything over.”
That reset might sound small, but to a quarterback who lives in the margins of timing and rhythm, it represents something larger. It’s a culture shift. The staff isn’t just pointing out errors; they’re building habits by making sure players feel the weight of them in the moment.
Even the tempo of practice was adjusted. Lawrence explained how the group slowed things down after the snap to zero in on what was happening before it. Alignment, motion, cadence—all the things that can make or break an offense before the ball is even snapped.
“The coaches did a really good job of slowing it down,” Lawrence said. “So we slowed some of the tempo down as far as post-snap, but really focusing on all the pre-snap stuff. Because if you keep doing the same thing and getting the same results… I thought it was a good job by the staff for changing some stuff up, and I think that really helps us.”
Details Today, Results on Sundays
For a young quarterback like Trevor Lawrence, who is entering a critical stage of his career, this commitment to details isn’t just refreshing, it’s essential. His natural talent has never been in question. What will determine his success is how consistently the offense can execute under pressure. That consistency doesn’t happen by accident; it’s born out of repetition and a refusal to accept sloppy habits in practice.
The Jaguars have talent across the roster, but what Lawrence is describing hints at something even more valuable: a standard. Starting plays over, slowing things down, and refusing to gloss over the “little” mistakes creates accountability. It’s the type of approach that often separates playoff teams from those watching in January.
Lawrence’s leadership has always been about more than just his arm strength. It’s about the way he buys into the process and echoes the staff’s vision. If Jacksonville truly builds around that mindset, the details won’t just stay in practice—they’ll show up on Sundays.