With only about a week to go before the start of the regular season, there are a lot of reasons to be excited about the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The defense, which was best in the NFL against the run last year, is adding Travis Hunter as a full-time cornerback, and a healthy Travon Walker should provide a big boost for the pass rush.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence is coming off a career season and has the potential to be an MVP candidate.

Wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. has looked like the great player we saw during his rookie season in 2024, not the player who badly struggled a year ago.

Liam Coen is entering his second year as Jacksonville's head coach. He should continue to grow as a coach, and his players now have a year of experience playing in his system. Coen has been doing everything he can to make sure the Jaguars don't have a letdown in Year 2.

Even if the Jaguars don't repeat the 13 wins they earned a season ago, but they should be built better for success in the playoffs.

In the recently released "The Athletic Football Show" preview of the Jaguars, Robert Mays named the team's passing game as what "most excites him" about Jacksonville this season, comparing it to the Cincinnati Bengals and their explosive air attack.

After Travis Hunter's knee injury ended his season after only seven games, the Jaguars traded for Jakobi Meyers and gave Parker Washington more opportunities. The combination of Washington and Meyers allowed the offense to find a new level and allowed BTJ to play a role that better suits his talents, as Mays points out.

"Sometimes when you look at back-half-of-the-year stats and you cherry pick the endpoints, it can be a little bit all over the place. There’s a very actionable reason why it got better in the second half of the season for the Jaguars: the personnel changes. And when you watch the personnel change and it all starts to fit together, you understand what the offense is supposed to look like.

"With Jakobi Meyers and Parker Washington in their roles, Brian Thomas Jr. shifted into the role he should actually play. When Meyers and Washington were on the field together last year, the Jags averaged 0.18 EPA per play. That’s the same number as when we were talking about Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins with Joe Burrow. When you put Brenton Strange on the field with those other two guys, it’s 0.33 EPA per dropback. I love the pass-catching personnel combined with the way that they were playing last year, and I am really excited to see if they can build on it."

Mays is right. It didn't take long for Meyers to become one of Lawrence's most trusted weapons after he arrived, and Washington went on a tear over the second half of the season.

The Jaguars may have the deepest group of receivers in the NFL this year. A full season of Meyers and Washington together could be a lethal combination. If Thomas has put his issues behind him, which appears to be the case, his connection with Lawrence on deep balls will open up the intermediate  areas for the others.

Jacksonville has a terrific group of pass catchers and a potential MVP quarterback to get them the ball. The offense was great in Coen's first season as coach. It should be that much better this year.

It is very easy to single out the Jaguars' passing game as the team's most exciting strength. Lawrence and those receivers should make Jacksonville's one of the very best in the league.