A year ago, it appeared almost certain that the Jacksonville Jaguars would extend quarterback Trevor Lawrence during the 2024 summer. And, despite a poor 2023 season, that option looks to remain on the table. Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke told NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis that the early phases of extension discussions have begun. “We have begun conversations. And, as you are aware, these will continue to occur. Once again, none of this occurs overnight. We work hard between the two sides to try to get something done,” Baalke explained.
“You want to keep good football players. That’s the object. You want to draft good football players, you want to keep them, and the more players we get that we bring into the system under our tutelage and can maintain and keep in our system, the better we are going to be.” Lawrence finished the season completing 65.6% of his passes for 4,016 yards, 21 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, along with seven lost fumbles. Lawrence also missed his first career start as he dealt with four different injuries, with Lawrence seemingly having to limp to the finish of the season. After making it through his first two seasons with minimal injury scares, Lawrence was legitimately walking wounded for much of 2023. Lawrence sustained four different injuries this fall that forced him to miss valuable practice time and play in several games with injuries: a knee injury in Week 6, an ankle injury in Week 13, a concussion in Week 15, and then finally a shoulder injury in Week 16 that forced him to miss his first-career start.
