Even though he was wearing a sling on his left arm, Trevor Lawrence was able to point plenty of fingers on Thursday — most of them at himself.
The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback spoke publicly for the first time since having season-ending shoulder surgery that came after he had recovered from a violent, concussion-inducing hit. His availability came three days after team owner Shad Khan fired coach Doug Pederson and kept oft-criticized general manager Trent Baalke.
Lawrence agreed with Khan's assessment that the offense was too predictable and made it clear that the Jaguars (4-13) need more toughness and a better culture under their next head coach.
"We need to get some juice back in this place," Lawrence said. "It seems like we've lost that in the past year and a half or so, for whatever reason. We got to get that back. And I think that's something that us as leaders on the team really have to look at.
"We have to take our part, too. This isn't just we fired Coach Peterson, so that's all on him. That's on us as players, too. We have to get that energy back. … We have to be the ones to really change our trajectory, to be honest."
The Jaguars have requested interviews with 10 potential replacements, a list that includes five current NFL coordinators and three former head coaches. Jacksonville released an eight-man list Tuesday but have since added Minnesota defensive coordinator Brian Flores and Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.
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