Pederson hopes to help Jaguars claw out of AFC South cellar
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By The Associated Press
New Jaguars coach Doug Pederson is trying to help his players “heal” after last year’s tumultuous season and hoping to build a winning culture that could lead Jacksonville out of the AFC South cellar for the first time since 2017. Pederson and the Jaguars will hold training camp at a nearby high school while they build a new practice facility. The daily bus rides could bond a team that has lost 29 of its past 33 games. But thanks to several high draft picks and some decent free-agent signings over the past two years, the Jags seemingly have enough talent to, at the very least, be more competitive each week. And if second-year QB Trevor Lawrence develops under offensively savvy Pederson, they could be a dark-horse contender in a watered-down division that lacks star power.