Lawrence in the last two weeks has completed 36 of 70 passes for 460 yards and two touchdowns. He lost four fumbles against the Eagles and threw a red-zone interception with the Jaguars trailing 20-14 in the third quarter. He threw two interceptions against the Texans, including an end-zone interception with the score tied 6-6 in the third quarter.
“Being a great player is making all the routine plays, even the great plays, but it’s also, how do I minimize the bad plays?” Lawrence said. “Maybe I misread something, but it doesn’t turn into an interception, it’s just an incompletion. You throw it away. The great ones, that’s what they do really well. They don’t make bad plays worse, and they really minimize them.”
Pederson, a 13-year NFL coaching veteran who played quarterback 13 seasons in the NFL, has talked often since joining the Jaguars in February about the need for consistency around a young quarterback –and about a young quarterback needing time in a new offensive system.
He revisited the topic speaking to the media this week, also discussing the difficulty of balancing time to develop with an urgency to improve and win.
“There has to be patience with that,” Pederson said. “You can’t wait too long, but at the same time it’s our job as coaches to make sure he’s improving every week and pointing out the good and the bad. That’s just how you grow. It’s how you learn.
“I know Trevor’s young. He’s learning this game. One thing I appreciate about Trevor is his work ethic – how much he wants to improve and get better and help this team win. I also want him to understand he doesn’t have to do it himself, that there’s 10 other guys out there – and then obviously the coaches – to put him in position to be successful.”
Pederson on Wednesday recalled learning the Green Bay Packers’ system as a backup quarterback in the mid-1990s.
“It was vanilla and basic compared to what we’re teaching today, and we always said, ‘Three years,”’ Pederson said. “We always said,…
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