Trevor Lawrence's Role in Mastering the Jaguars' Offensive Scheme

May 20, 2025 at 02:45 PM

John Oehser

Jaguars Senior Writer

JACKSONVILLE – He's liking what he's learning. And feeling.

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is in his fifth NFL offseason and he's learning his third NFL offensive system. That's one of the most important storylines of the Jaguars' 2025 offseason, and here's what's positive:

Lawrence sees the process as positive. Very positive.

"Without going into too many details, there are a lot of things I like about it," he said.

Lawrence, the Jaguars' fifth-year starting quarterback, spoke to the media Monday after Day 1 of 2025 Jaguars organized team activities at the Miller Electric Center – with first-year Head Coach Liam Coen speaking immediately after and reiterating what Lawrence said:

That the critical process of Lawrence learning Coen's system is going as planned.

"Mentally, he has done a phenomenal job," Coen said. "This guy, in terms of his work ethic, what he's put into this thing on his own time, while he's here, the play calls, handling the load, all that stuff, I've been very impressed with."

Lawrence is not only in his third offensive system in five seasons, he's also working with his third NFL head coach in Coen and third NFL offensive coordinator in first-year coordinator Grant Udinski.

Udinski on Monday called Lawrence's learning of the system "a work in progress."

Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) and head coach Liam Coen during phase two of the voluntary offseason program at the Miller Electric Center on May 13, 2025.

"He's done a heck of a job studying for practices and meetings," Udinski said. "It's a lot of work to learn the system and to get to the point where it's second nature, where he is out there playing and not thinking, and he can process things at that speed he will play at.

"We have a way to go, and we have time to build that. He has done a great job putting in the effort, putting in the time to get to where he is right now."

Among Lawrence's offseason objectives: Honing and eventually mastering footwork changes and techniques necessary in Coen's system. Lawrence said he began working on the area before the offseason program officially began. This was as he began throwing after rehabilitating from December surgery on his left (non-throwing) shoulder.

"I feel really good," he said. "I was able to work on the footwork. It was foreign to me a little bit, but now it feels more comfortable. Then having a ton of banked reps through all of the weeks in Phase 1, Phase 2 and now onto OTA practices. I am feeling more and more comfortable.

"I think it is really going to help me. I feel more confident with my feet aligned where I want to go – my progressions and tying my feet to my progressions, being balanced and being able to get across the field quickly. I think it has been really good, and I just have to keep working at it.

"It doesn't come overnight. It doesn't come in four months, either. It is going to take a while, so just keep working at it this whole offseason."

Lawrence called the work a combination of fundamentals and changes specific to Coen’s scheme.

"There is some stuff I can work on that would make me better, more accurate, a little bit more on time and all that stuff, transfer my weight a bit better," he said. "Then there is stuff that is kind of system-based that's different. The starting point in my stance, flipping that which changes how you drop – that was a big change, but that's more of the system and what the system prefers.

"All that stuff is knowing and drilling my feet, so when I hear the call and I do it, I'm not thinking, 'What's my drop?' You've done it so many times you don't think about it."

Lawrence, too, on Monday praised Coen's offensive system – a system based on that of the Los Angeles Rams under Head Coach Sean McVay. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025 ranked fourth in the NFL in rushing, third in passing and third overall in Coen's lone season as the Buccaneers' offensive coordinator.

"It has a lot of answers," Lawrence said of the offense. "It puts a lot on the players. You have to know your stuff, but it gives you all the answers. You don't feel like you are stuck in a play that's not set up for success. We changed the presentation a lot. A lot of things look the same.

"It is definitely unlike any system that I have learned before, so it has been cool to learn, pick the coaches' brains and try to get it down as fast as possible. I've been working to get it all down. I feel good about it. I now just have to go from knowing it to second nature. You don't think about it. You hear the play call, you spit it out, you go play. You play fast and you're not thinking about it.

"That's always kind of the transition when you learn a new system. You have to get it down to where you can just react."

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Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) and long snapper Ross Matiscik (46) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 19, 2025.