Trevor Lawrence can 'feel the progress' despite slow start with Jaguars

Rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence has gone through plenty of ups and downs in the first three weeks of his NFL career. Despite falling to 0-3, the 2021 No. 1 overall pick sees progress in his game over the past month.

“I feel like every week I’ve gotten better,” Lawrence said, via Jaguars.com. “I definitely feel the progress, I feel like I’m seeing it really well, I feel good about where I am.”

He continued: “I think I’ve gotten better at getting through all my progressions. I thought I did a pretty good job getting through my reads, not holding the ball too long. I thought I was more accurate. Those are the biggest things.”

The rookie quarterback is 64-for-118 on passes with 669 yards, five touchdowns and seven interceptions in his first three NFL starts. While his stats have not impressed, Trevor Lawrence understands it is a long season and there is plenty of time to progress and recover.

“Everybody’s different and everybody’s situation is different,” he said. “I’m also not expecting this thing to take a year or two until I start taking care of the ball and playing better. I’m trending that way right now and I’m looking forward to the rest of the season and feel like there’s a lot of work for us to do and a lot of games we can win, I’m going to accelerate that as fast as possible. I haven’t played my best, but I know there’s a lot of good football ahead.”

Support from the coaching staff

The early self-appraisal from Trevor Lawrence was quickly backed up by offensive coordinator Darren Bevell, who has worked closely with the young quarterback over the past several months and sees progress.

“You can look around the league, and I’ll take our guy every day in the rookie quarterbacks and how they’re doing,” Bevell said during a Tuesday press conference. “It’s a different game for them when they come into the NFL. Trevor’s progression has been great. He’s doing a great job. He works his tail off. His play is getting better and better.”

He continued: “As you watch, and you assess his play, there are things he’s getting much better at,” said Bevell. “One thing he did a nice job of was getting through his progressions. Last week [in a loss against the Denver Broncos], there were a couple of plays he did that and this week he did it even more.”