JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There’s a really good chance the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to get something they haven’t had in a long, long time.

A normal week.

Relatively, anyway. The NFL’s updated COVID-19 protocols and restrictions are making things different with remote or outdoor meetings, no in-person meals and masking regardless of vaccination status.

But normal in terms of no unstableness, distractions and drama – that’s a welcome change.

“It'll be nice just to move on and to go into this week somewhat normal,” quarterback Trevor Lawrence said. “I think that'll be good for us, but we've just got to keep that focus. I know we will, but we've really got to attack this week.”

There haven’t been many normal weeks for the Jaguars this season -- and last week was, well, definitely strange.

To set the stage: On Dec. 11 an NFL Network report claimed that receiver Marvin Jones Jr. left the building for a while because he was angry at something coach Urban Meyer said about the receivers and that Meyer called assistant coaches losers during a staff meeting. The following day, the Jaguars lost 20-0 at the Tennessee Titans, which was capped by Meyer’s quick and cold post-game handshake with Titans coach Mike Vrabel.

Then it got really weird:

Owner Shad Khan hosted roughly 20 members of the media on his yacht for a news conference and said he wouldn't make any hasty decision nor be swayed by emotion regarding Meyer’s job status. Two days later, former kicker Josh Lambo alleged in a story in the Tampa Bay Times that Meyer kicked him during warmups before a practice. Just before 1 a.m. Thursday, the team announced it had fired Meyer.

Several players – including Lawrence – said they didn’t get the news that Meyer was out and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell was named interim head coach until they woke up that morning.

On Friday, a spokesman for Khan released a statement to the Associated Press that said Khan actually made the decision to fire Meyer after the loss to the Titans. Yet the Jaguars allowed Meyer to spend the next three days in the building, meet with the media twice and oversee Wednesday’s practice before leaving the facility shortly after the news of Lambo’s allegations broke in the afternoon.

Adjusting to the change, altering the schedule and digesting the information certainly had an impact on the team Thursday and Friday, but this week should go much more smoothly – they hope, anyway.

“I'm the kind of person; I look at today. I might peek at tomorrow a little bit, but as far as Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, I can't tell you much,” defensive tackle Malcom Brown said. “We've still got to go tomorrow, watch this film, get better at it. There's a lot of stuff we've got to analyze. Tuesday brings another day of whatever, rejuvenate, get the body back right.

“… As for your question, [what to expect this week is] too far ahead because I really don't know what that looks like.”

A normal, quiet week would be good for a team that has lost 27 of its past 30 games. On Sunday (1 p.m. ET, CBS), the Jaguars (2-12) play at the New York Jets (3-11), and it’s a critical game in terms of the top of the NFL Draft order. The Jaguars currently have the worst record in the NFL (the Detroit Lions are 2-11-1) and own the No. 1 overall pick for now.

Even though it’s a road game and the Jaguars have lost 15 consecutive games on the road, Sunday’s game at MetLife Stadium is the Jaguars’ best chance to snap that streak, as well as their six-game losing streak overall.

It’ll take a much better performance than what they had against the Houston Texans on Sunday in a 30-16 loss at TIAA Bank Field. Even though the Jaguars tallied their most yards in their past three games and scored their most points since scoring 17 against the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 14, the Jaguars dropped five passes, gave up a kickoff return for a touchdown and got torched by receiver Brandin Cooks (7 catches, 102 yards, 2 TDs).

“Yeah, it's definitely frustrating. All the guys are frustrated,” Lawrence said. “We want to be more consistent. We want to win. Like I said, we're the ones that control that. We've got to go make the play. I've got to make those throws. The other plays, guys got to make catches. We all have our part. There's no way around that. Like we all have to play better.

“That's the thing, you've just got to look yourself in the mirror and figure out how to get better, and I think we'll do that, but got to really do that this week.”

With no distractions or drama.