{"id":921858,"date":"2026-06-18T02:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/921858\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T02:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:57:33","slug":"afc-notes-daniel-jones-trevor-lawrence-colts-jaguars-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/921858\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Notes: Daniel Jones, Trevor Lawrence, Colts, Jaguars, Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colts QB Daniel Jones<\/a> suffered a torn Achilles tendon back in December. Jones said he\u2019s still in the recovery process but feels he\u2019s in a \u201cgood spot\u201d with his rehab.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s still work to be done,\u201d Jones said, via James Boyd of The Athletic.<\/a> \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m all the way there at this point. So, yeah, I feel good about where I am and kind of where the rehab is taking me to this point. \u2026 I\u2019m in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones explained that his Achilles tendon is important to his throwing strength, which he thinks he regained over the last couple of months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my back leg, my push leg,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThere\u2019s a strength component. There\u2019s an ankle dorsiflexion component to loading into that front (foot), loading into that hip, loading into that side, but I felt strong throwing for a while now, and I think you can measure that with ball velocity and all that. So, I feel like I\u2019ve kind of got to that point probably a month, two months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colts LG Quenton Nelson<\/a> said Jones is always putting in long hours at the team facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gets here early. He\u2019s here late, and he\u2019s doing things that matter to help him be at his best,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cYou just really appreciate that in all facets of the game. He works endlessly to reach his whole potential, and that\u2019s just a guy you can really appreciate, especially at that position. He sets the example for the whole team because everyone\u2019s looking at him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence<\/a> is coming off one of his strongest seasons and now will get a second full offseason in HC Liam Coen\u2019s system. Coen praised Lawrence\u2019s leadership of the operation, as well as his willingness to challenge himself with new concepts and tight-window throws.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how many picks he actually threw, but I gotta believe it was under five throughout all of OTAs and minicamp,\u201d Coen said, via the team\u2019s YouTube<\/a>. \u201cSo I think while trying to challenge himself and our receivers more with down the field passing, challenging him to try new things of concepts, and fit some throws into maybe windows you would otherwise take a checkdown in, while balancing that, I thought he did a really nice job of taking care of the football, running the whole operation, managing the protections, and some of the concepts on the field. I\u2019m pleased with Trevor\u2019s spring. Absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texans LB E.J. Speed<\/a> is expected to miss the entire 2026 season after suffering a torn quadriceps and quad tendon. Houston LB Azeez Al-Shaair<\/a> remains confident in their linebackers group and will apply some of the leadership qualities he learned from his time with the 49ers in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every year it\u2019s been competitive rooms for us as a group, and I think this year is no different than the years prior, even from my first year with the guys that we had in to last year to now. Obviously, losing [LB] E.J. [Speed] was a big blow to us, but just in general, the guys that we have in there that they brought in from free agency, to the rookie class, to the guys that were already here in the past, I think just continuing to make each other better. That\u2019s something that I always took pride in because in San Francisco, that\u2019s what we did, me, Dre [Greenlaw], Fred [Warner]. I played with Kwon Alexander<\/a>, Malcolm Smith<\/a>, and it was all of us helping each other but pushing each other to be as great as we wanted to be,\u201d Al-Shaair said, via TexansWire<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Al-Shaair doesn\u2019t think Speed\u2019s injury should affect any players\u2019 mentality, and that you always have to be prepared to play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest thing is, like, whether E.J. was healthy or not, it shouldn\u2019t change the mentality for any player. You\u2019re preparing, you\u2019re treating yourself like a starter, because in the NFL, we want the best of the best. We don\u2019t want the ones to be at this level and then the drop-off to be drastic. The goal is that if I\u2019m not playing, if [LB] Henry [To\u2019oTo\u2019o] is not playing, if whoever\u2019s not playing, that whoever goes in there can seamlessly pick it up and keep it moving.So, I don\u2019t think it changed anybody\u2019s mindset in our room. Obviously, just from the person that E.J. is and the player that he is, it sucks. He works extremely hard, and all summer, all offseason, staying here with all the guys, and we\u2019ve just been training, really just excited for what it was going to look like playing with him year two in the same scheme and everything like that. Obviously, it sucks from that aspect but have full confidence in all the other guys to continue to work like they\u2019ve been doing, and just whoever gets the opportunity is going to step up and make the plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

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