On Tuesday, the Jacksonville Jaguars took to the Miller Electrical apply fields for his or her second day of padded practices in 2025, with this one being barely longer and extra bodily than Monday’s affair. With a near-sold out attendance, the highly-competitive Tuesday coaching camp featured many anticipated spectacular performances, with possibly just a few shocking names. Listed below are our prime highlights and observations from Day 6 of Jaguars’ coaching camp on the Miller Electrical Heart apply fields.
Notes from apply
- CB Jarrian Jones put up a second consecutive dominant day in converge on Tuesday, with two compelled incompletions within the groups interval (considered one of which was arguably a go breakup). He then took the apply temperature as much as one other degree, after giving up a five-yard catch within the 1-on-1 session towards Brian Thomas Jr. He would comply with up that rep with a game-changing play. This one a powerful one-handed interception, snatched from Thomas Jr’s grasp on the marginally late and/or off beam throw from Lawrence.
That’s again to again practices with spotlight performs made out of the second-year nook out of FSU. With the extra snaps since Montaric Brown’s early coaching camp harm, Jones has stepped up in an enormous approach this week. Along with his play persevering with to be at this degree, he might doubtlessly push Jourdan Lewis for a beginning function.
Defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile spoke about Jones after apply:
“He’s an ideal competitor. He actually works laborious to play with method. I feel he did an ideal job within the spring, after which he actually labored. He’s one of many guys who actually labored laborious in the summertime, was with lots of the fellows on the crew, working method, finding out, so he got here again to camp actually able to go. I see lots of the drill work he’s doing daily is displaying up now. The muscle reminiscence is beginning to set in, and he’s actually enjoying with good method. It’s beginning to present up in all of the one-on-one work and crew intervals”.
He later continued…
”He’s going to offer you every part he’s received till the tip of the play, so I feel that was superior that he was rewarded on that.”
- WR Travis Hunter accomplished his second consecutive day on offense, with a easy trying day working his routes. Hunter would open his day with a redzone landing, breaking freed from the protection in a scramble drill. Lawrence would discover him settled within the gap throughout the zone in the back of the endzone for the catch. He would then catch three further targets between the 1-on-1 and 11-on-11 groups intervals, with one other near-touchdown within the redzone interval the place he didn’t get his second foot down.
- S Eric Murray collected a pleasant go breakup through the redzone 11-on-11 interval whereas protecting TE Brenton Unusual. Nonetheless, the opposite security place reverse of Murray should be awaiting somebody to leap off the tape and take the reins (Antonio Johnson, Caleb Ransaw, Dewey Wingard, Rayun Lane, and many others).
- CB Jourdan Lewis continues his placement on this record of highlight gamers with one other day of high quality secondary play in protection. Lewis had one cease for 5 yards on Hunter Lengthy, with a powerful go breakup when matched up towards Austin Trammell within the 11-on-11 interval.
- WR Joshua Cephus went 2/2 within the 1-on-1 interval, beating Christian Braswell and Aydan White on every play. Nonetheless, Eli Pancol additionally had a comparable day, additionally going 2/2, with a powerful, out-breaking route on a deep catch over White within the 1-on-1 interval.
- WR Dyami Brown rushed for a number of 20+ yard runs on Tuesday, along with catching a 30-35-yard go from Lawrence through the 2-Minute Drill Groups interval.
- QB Trevor Lawrence had one other high quality day, managing the offense. Jamal Saint Cyr for News4Jax had Lawrence at 11/15 with a landing within the 11-on-11 intervals. Exterior of my (albeit small) criticism on the Jarrian Jones 1-on-1 interception, I assumed this was in all probability considered one of Lawrence’s finest days passing the ball in camp. He well timed and precisely hit Dyami Brown on the aforementioned 30-35-yard ball through the two-minute drill interval and marched the crew down the sector for the Cam Little discipline aim as time expired. He typically saved the ball out of harms’ approach whereas choosing up chunk performs when the chance offered itself.
- It was a quieter day for WR Brian Thomas Jr who scored no touchdowns in right this moment’s apply, whereas securing three catches on 5 complete targets (two catches on three targets in groups intervals; one catch on two targets, and an interception in 1-on-1s).
- RB LeQuint Allen had what an efficient day in go safety within the 11-on-11 intervals. He did nevertheless, drop his second meant goal in right this moment’s apply, The usually sure-handed again (in school) beforehand dropped his first go of camp in Day 4 of camp.
- RB Travis Etienne broke off two noticeably explosive rushes in right this moment’s apply, with the offensive line having occasional success getting motion up entrance. RB Tank Bigsby additionally had an extended (15-20-yard rush on the day.
- LB Jack Kiser recorded a “sack” of Nick Mullens within the 11-on-11 interval. Moreover, DE Josh Hines-Allen beat RT Anton Harrison within the 11-on-11 redzone interval for a could be sack of Lawrence (LB Devin Lloyd was additionally there).
- Ok Cam Little went 4/4 on discipline objectives within the groups intervals, making the longest from round 40-yards out. He additionally made 4/4 through the earlier warmups, by my rely.
- The crew brings has Wednesday off and can return on Thursday, earlier than Friday’s late afternoon scrimmage on the stadium.
Accidents
- G Patrick Mekari: was nonetheless out resulting from again spasms and tightness.
- CB Montaric Brown: continues to be day after day. He has been held out of three consecutive practices as a precaution.
- TE Johnny Mundt: day after day with an undisclosed harm.
- TE Hunter Lengthy: left apply with an ankle harm and is reportedly day-to-day.
- WR Louis Rees-Zammit: was seen on the sector, however not through the groups and 1-on-1 intervals. Unknown if he’s nonetheless day after day with an undisclosed harm.
- DT Maason Smith & LB Dennis Gardeck are each nonetheless on the Energetic/PUP record
Notes from pressers
Coach Campanile summarized his view of the defenses’ previous two days of padded practices as this:
“I feel right this moment, we practiced somewhat bit extra bodily on our aspect. I assumed we had been speaking properly, flying round. To me, it’s at all times concerning the play type, the way you’re enjoying on protection. I feel we’re trending the fitting approach however there’s lots of work to do. To reply your query, what I do like is the physicality right this moment, and we’re beginning to get a great tradition in our room.”
LB Foye Oluokun then had this to say when discussing his pleasure over getting their “chip again on their shoulder”:
“Clearly, final 12 months didn’t go nice. It’s straightforward to get down on your self, form of get by way of. That’s a poisonous mindset of soccer there, and we received by way of the season abysmally. So, come again this season, attempt to proper our wrongs and let’s get out on the fitting foot.”
He later continued, discussing gamers all understanding their assignments:
“I feel it’s so essential for the entire protection to know what everyone’s doing. When you’ve got trusted folks behind you, it’s actually cool. I’m seeing the expansion that we take as an entire protection and the expansion that I’m taking as a participant simply enjoying my play. I keep in mind Coach Caldwell [former Defensive Coordinator Mike Caldwell] referred to as me an eraser approach again within the day and generally that hurts you since you’re making an attempt to ensure everyone else is true. Clearly, I’m across the ball each play, however I can simply belief my play, and if the ball will get funneled again to me, staying in my hole, then I really feel like I could make much more splash performs.”
You’ll be able to catch the whole presser right here.
Keep tuned for extra updates from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 2025 coaching camp!