Trevor Lawrence and Jaguars Stay Grounded After Blowout Win, Turn Focus to Broncos Test

The Jacksonville Jaguars are riding a wave of national attention after a dominant 34-10 season-opening win over the Cleveland Browns, and Trevor Lawrence is making it clear the buzz hasn’t gone to anyone’s head. The 1-0 Jaguars now shift focus to a Week 2 road test against the 0-1 Denver Broncos, a game that carries extra weight given what’s waiting on Jacksonville’s schedule for the rest of the year.

Lawrence delivered arguably his best Week 1 performance in six NFL seasons, completing 18 of 23 passes for 245 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. He spread the ball to nine different receivers and connected for scores with four different targets, including tight end Brenton Strange, wide receiver Parker Washington, veteran Jakobi Meyers, and rookie Josh Cameron. The performance extended a remarkable stretch for the Jaguars quarterback, who has now thrown 23 touchdowns against just five interceptions during Jacksonville’s active nine-game regular-season winning streak.

Lawrence Stays Even-Keeled Despite the Praise

Speaking to reporters as the AFC South-leading Jaguars prepared for Denver, Lawrence brushed aside the flood of compliments that followed the Browns win. “We played well Sunday, so hopefully our whole team’s getting a little bit of credit for it,” Lawrence said. “At the end of the day, we have another one this Sunday in Denver. People forget pretty quickly in this league, whether it’s good or bad. We have to move on.” Head coach Liam Coen echoed that sentiment while praising the quarterback’s ball security, calling it “a really good start to building off of some of the things we really liked” and noting that Lawrence “took care of the football as well, which was a huge deal for us.” Pass rusher Josh Hines-Allen pointed to the trust running through the locker room, saying Lawrence “has a lot of trust in our scheme and a lot of trust in his players.”

That trust will be tested in Denver, where the Broncos are coming off a lopsided 31-10 loss to the Chiefs on Monday Night Football. Despite that outcome, Denver opened as a favorite in this matchup, with lines shifting throughout the week. Bettors have leaned toward Jacksonville, with the Jaguars drawing roughly 90 percent of both bets and money on the moneyline as of midweek, and fans tracking live NFL odds have watched the number move as sportsbooks adjust to that action. Notably, Jacksonville was the only team to beat Denver soundly in all three phases of the game last season, a data point Jaguars fans have been quick to point out ahead of Sunday’s rematch at Empower Field at Mile High.

A Brutal Road Slate Looms Beyond Denver

Sunday’s trip to Colorado is just the beginning of an unusually grueling travel stretch for Jacksonville. The Jaguars will play 28 of their next 33 regular-season games away from home, a byproduct of the ongoing $1.4 billion renovation to EverBank Stadium. Two of Jacksonville’s eight home games this season will be played in London instead, and the team is slated to play its entire 2027 schedule away from the city entirely, with home games distributed between Orlando, London, and potentially another international site.

Team president Mark Lamping has said the club requested “a little bit of a donut in the middle of the schedule” to give construction crews room to work. After returning home on September 27 against New England, the Jaguars will go on the road for essentially a full month, a stretch that includes a trip to Cincinnati and two games in the United Kingdom before a bye week. A home date on November 1 is sandwiched by three consecutive road games, and Jacksonville closes the season with four of its final six games away from Jacksonville. The silver lining: this team went 6-2 on the road in 2025, giving Coen’s group real evidence it can win away from home under these circumstances.

Injuries and What’s Next

Jacksonville enters Week 2 monitoring a handful of situations, with receiver Jakobi Meyers (thumb) and Brian Thomas Jr. (shoulder) both limited in practice, alongside linebacker Foye Oluokun (wrist), offensive lineman Cole Van Lanen (knee), and running back LeQuint Allen Jr. (hip) all carrying game-status designations heading into Sunday. None have been ruled out, and the Jaguars will hope for clarity closer to kickoff at 4:05 p.m. ET.

A win in Denver would push Jacksonville’s win streak to double digits and validate the belief that Coen’s team is built to handle whatever its unconventional 2026 schedule throws at it. A loss, on the other hand, would be a reminder of just how quickly things can shift in a season already defined by uncertainty off the field. Either way, Lawrence and the Jaguars have made clear they’re not getting ahead of themselves — even with the accolades piling up after one of the best openers of his career.