There are high hopes for the Jacksonville Jaguars offense in 2023. The team finished 10th in yards and points a year ago and is now adding wide receiver Calvin Ridley to the mix.
With quarterback Trevor Lawrence entering his third season and his second year with head coach Doug Pederson and offensive coordinator Press Taylor, expectations are for the Jaguars to score a lot of points.
On Saturday night, Jacksonville will make its preseason debut against the Dallas Cowboys. And while the result doesn’t matter, Taylor knows what he’s hoping to see from his team.
“I think the expectation for them is to have clear communication in the huddle, substitutions in and out, being really crisp at the line of scrimmage,” Taylor said. “You want to see clean operations that everybody understands the excitement. It’s not some exotic game plan with a lot going on, it’s core stuff that these guys know really well. We anticipate them being clean with their operation and execution.
“That’s really what you want to see; you want to have a good feel for their confidence, get them back into being in a huddle, something is on the line more so than practice here. That’s what you’re looking for from the ones early on.”
Earlier this week, Pederson told NFL Network that the Jaguars’ starters would play “a series or two” against the Cowboys on Saturday. If the Jacksonville offense cruises its way down the field for a touchdown on its first possession that may be all it takes for coaches to feel content with what they saw.
