JACKSONVILLE – So far so good at quarterback this week.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence practiced Wednesday after practicing Monday – and that's good news for the Jaguars entering their final six 2024 regular-season games.

"I'm feeling better," he said.

Lawrence, after missing the last two games before the Jaguars' Week 12 bye week with a left – non-throwing – shoulder injury, was listed as practicing on a limited basis Wednesday as the Jaguars (2-9) prepared to play the AFC South-leading Houston Texans (7-5) at EverBank Stadium Sunday.

"I'm hoping I'm back out there this week," Lawrence said. "It would be great. That's what I want. I want to be back on the field playing with my teammates and that's the plan."

Lawrence practiced for the first time in two weeks Monday, with Head Coach Doug Pederson on Wednesday calling Monday's work "encouraging."

"I'm not going to commit, but it was a good start to the week," Pederson said during his Wednesday morning media availability. "We'll see how he handles much more of a workload today."

Lawrence called surgery "definitely something I'm considering and not off the table at all."

"It has been pretty a difficult thing to gauge, what's the best path forward," Lawrence said. "Hopefully, I'm able to get back out there this week or as soon as possible, then it's going to be just every week kind of evaluating it, seeing where it's at. Up until this point, I've been doing everything I can to avoid that. I want to be back out there with my guys and finish the season.

"That's my goal. That's what I want to do. Beyond that, I don't know."

Lawrence started the first nine games of the season before being injured in a Week 9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He has completed 168 of 274 passes for 2,004 yards and 11 touchdowns with six interceptions this season, and said Wednesday he "definitely" has progressed physically since the injury.

"It's good for me to be able to rest and try to heal up as much as possible," he said. "Obviously, I want to be out there and I want to be playing."

Lawrence practiced on a limited basis the week leading to a Week 10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, then did not practice before a Week 11 loss to the Detroit Lions. He did not practice during the Jaguars' bye week last week.

"Monday was a big day just coming off the break," he said. "I was able to do some stuff on the field, which was the first time in a while that I was able to do really anything significant. That was great. I felt pretty good up to this point. It's kind of a balancing act. You don't want to push it too hard and set it back, but you also want to get yourself ready to play.

"We have a great plan. We'll just take it day by day."

Mac Jones started two games in Lawrence's place, completing 31 of 51 passes for 249 yards and no touchdowns with three interceptions. The Jaguars had 143 and 170 yards offense against Minnesota and Detroit.

Pederson said while the plan is for Lawrence to practice mostly with the first-team offense, Jones also will take starting repetitions this week.

"It probably wouldn't be 50-50, but still Mac would get opportunities to take first-team reps just to keep him fresh and keep him engaged," Pederson said. "We'd love to see Trevor get the bulk of the work when the ones are out there."

Added Lawrence, "I'm preparing to play and I'm preparing, but if that's not going to happen, you want to make sure that if Mac's going to play, that he gets some reps and is prepared as well. It's something you have to assess every day.

"There's a lot to consider. I feel the best I felt in the past few weeks, so I'm excited about it."

Pederson said pain tolerance will be a factor in Lawrence's status.

"It's just the comfort level of what he can tolerate and go from there," Pederson said. "We know that playing a position you're going to get hit and take hits, but I don't think that's necessarily the issue as much as just tolerating the pain level."

Lawrence has played through injuries multiple times in his career, starting three times last season after leaving the previous week's game with an injury.

"It's nothing new," tight end Evan Engram said. "It's who he is. It's how much he cares for the team and how much he loves football. He wants to come out and be great and push through adversity. That's just the type of guy he is and the type of player he is."