JACKSONVILLE – Confidence is high, and the future is bright.

When it comes to quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars offensive coordinator Press Taylor likes the progress and production – and perhaps he mostly likes how the fourth-year veteran continually improves and develops.

That has continued this offseason and continues still.

"It has been super-impressive since the day I got here," Taylor said.

Taylor, entering his third season as the Jaguars' offensive coordinator, spoke to the media Wednesday as the 2024 end-of-preseason bye week continued. This was a day after the Jaguars trimmed their roster to the NFL-mandated regular-season 53-player limit, with defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen also speaking to the media.

With the Jaguars preparing to play the Miami Dolphins at Dolphins Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on September 8, Taylor praised Lawrence's continued growth in his third season in Head Coach Doug Pederson's offensive system.

"Trevor just continues to grow every single year within the offense, just within playing quarterback, leading this team, being the face of the franchise," Taylor said. "Just to see him grow and step into what I think he would feel is naturally ahead for him has been really cool to see.

"I think he's just going to continue to get better every single day."

Lawrence, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft, threw 21 touchdowns and 14 interceptions last season. Through 11 games last season he had thrown 29 touchdowns with nine interceptions in a 16-game regular-season span in which the Jaguars went 13-3.

Lawrence then left three of the last six regular-season games with injuries, throwing seven touchdowns with seven interceptions.

Taylor, asked Wednesday if he believed Lawrence could take a significant step forward in his fourth season, said yes – and added, "I think he was on track for that last year.

"I think the first half of the season, he was playing as good as anybody," Taylor said. "I don't know if he was getting credit for that outside the building. I have no clue. But we were very happy with how he was playing, how he was running the offense, managing games, winning games for us."

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• Taylor on Wednesday said he doesn't yet know where he will coach on gamedays this season. He coached on the sidelines in all three 2024 preseason games after working from the press box the past two seasons. "I will do whatever [Head] Coach [Doug Pederson) wants me to do as far as it goes moving forward. I did enjoy being on the sideline. It was fun to just interact with the guys and players from drive-to-drive, be right there with coaches. It is a little different to just go stand side-by-side with somebody, talk through it, look everybody in the eye as they come off, things like that. Preseason is a different level of intensity within a game, but I enjoyed it down there. It's good just working through communication on the headset for coaches of who's going to do down and distance. We switched that up as games went along. We switched it up within a game of who's identifying defense personnel, things like that. I thought it was a smooth operation through the headset."

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• Taylor on Lawrence's toughness: "I don't think anybody questions Trevor's toughness at all of being able to take hits, respond. There were probably two or three instances last year, we probably didn't know until 24 hours before the game, if he would play and guys knew that. To see him continue to step up and rise to the challenge, play hurt, play banged up. I think it says a lot for the way he stepped up. I don't think anybody questions Trevor's toughness, at least in that locker room."

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• Nielsen on Wednesday discussed he Jaguars keeping 11 defensive linemen on the 53-man roster, including seven interior linemen. Nielsen's approach is to rotate the defensive front extensively with multiple players playing multiple roles. "We have some good interior players, but then some guys that can flex out and play out on the end – different personnel groups and packages," he said. "It allows you the flexibility of maybe getting a little bit bigger in times when we need it. The group has done a good job and those guys are deserving of being here and they've earned the spot. We want to keep them fresh, keep them on a rotation where the guys are fresh into the fourth quarter. When the game's on the line, you've got to win it. We have a good collection of talent in that position. That matters."