The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting ready to begin a brand-new season. They believe that they are going to be a really good team.
How could they not be an elite team? They won the AFC South last season and then went on to win a Wild Card game.
Teams don't do that in year one of their competitive window and look backward. The Jaguars are only looking forward.
Honestly, this team could go on and win the Super Bowl if everything goes right for them. The depth is there for them.
They will win the whole thing this year because of these three reasons:
1. Trevor Lawrence
Trevor Lawrence is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL now.
Most of the time, you need one of "those" quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl. Only a handful of teams have a guy capable of getting that done.
We can safely say that Trevor Lawrence is capable of being that guy for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the number one high school recruit when he chose Clemson, he was the number one pick in the NFL Draft by the Jaguars, and he had a breakout pro year in 2022.
Now, the next step is making an even deeper run in the playoffs. With guys like Calvin Ridley, Christian Kirk, Zay Jones, Evan Engram, Travis Etienne, and Tank Bigsby there on offense to help him, he should be able to take even more steps forward.
Lawrence is a top 10 quarterback for sure and his ascension into super elite status is what can win the Jaguars the Super Bowl.
2. Doug Pederson
The Jacksonville Jaguars have a great head coach in Doug Pederson.
When you think about all of the Super Bowl winners of the last handful of years, they all have outstanding head coaches.
Andy Reid, Bruce Arians, and Bill Belichick amongst others are all big reasons for their team's championship success.
One other head coach that can come to mind is Doug Pederson. He won Super Bowl LII with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018. They beat the New England Patriots coached by Belichick oddly enough.
That type of head coach is someone who can continue leading teams to good things. Having an offensive coach is also important in the NFL today and Pederson is certainly that.
Pederson certainly helped the Jaguars develop Lawrence after that disaster of a rookie season that he had with Urban Meyer.
It should be tons of fun to watch him in his second year with the team. It was his second year with Philly that they won the Super Bowl. Let's hope history repeats itself.
3. Experience
The experience of 2022 is going to help the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2023.
The Jacksonville Jaguars saw Trevor Lawrence take a big step in 2022. That is experience that will help him tremendously in 2023.
Doug Pederson came to the Jaguars with a wealth of experience as a head coach. He knows what it is like to win a Super Bowl as a head coach. Knowing exactly what it takes is important.
Most of the rest of the players on this team gained good experience from the past season. They are tied for the most returning starters from a year ago so that should help as well.
They started the season 2-6 and then made it all the way back to win the AFC South and go to the playoffs. Then, they beat the Los Angeles Chargers to advance to the next round.
After that, they went on to lose to the Kansas City Chiefs. That was tough but the good thing is that they only lost to the eventual Super Bowl champions by seven. It was a very winnable game.
Now, they might have learned what it takes to win a game against that team. If they can beat that team, they can beat anybody.