How can Jaguars replicate last season's success? Josh Hines-Allen details how

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The Jacksonville Jaguars had quite the turnaround last season.

After winning only four games in 2024, the Jaguars won 13 games this past year, were AFC South Champions, and hosted a playoff game.

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So, now looking ahead to 2026, how do the Jaguars replicate that success to ensure that what we saw in 2025 becomes the norm and not the outlier?

"It starts right now," said Josh Hines-Allen while appearing on the NFL Network. "It starts during OTAs. I think we got a packed house every day. Our guys coming in ready to work, committing to the cause, and we got a lot of competitors. A lot of guys that's going to come in here and compete every single day. For me, that's been my whole career. Always been a guy that's probably been in the shadows but came to work every day to get better. Became a better, complete person for myself, for my teammates, and then you see everybody that we brought in this year and the last, guys are just coming in working every single day."

In Year 1, the foundation for the current iteration of the Jaguars under GM James Gladstone and head coach Liam Coen was established. But as Coen said earlier this offseason, there is no more important year than Year 2.

To ensure that the Jaguars continue to surge and not go backward, Coen has emphasized the importance of this team continuing to find their edge, along with maintaining a high level of urgency.

"We finished 13-4 last year, obviously we were in the playoffs, we were champs in our division, but that's not enough for us," Hines-Allen added. "We want more, but it's not going to happen overnight and we know that as a team. You look at our schedule right here, a lot of primetime games, a lot of games that are very important to us and that's starting with Cleveland. So that's our mentality. We're prepaing for OTAs No. 7 on Tuesday and that's kind of what we're focusing on and that's what coach Liam has instilled in us -- every day is important and don't miss any opportunities."

The Jaguars' offseason has been criticized by the outside world, but a large portion of the roster from 2025 is back this season, while the continuity of being in the same system for a second offseason can provide both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball with a jumping-off point.

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 'We want more,' says Jaguars Josh Hines-Allen heading into 2026

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