After Wednesday off, your Jacksonville Jaguars took to the Miller Electrical apply fields on Thursday to kick off their preseason, week two, mid-week simulated scrimmage. As a observe, a preseason week two scrimmage feels distinctive, and a primary that I can recall in current Jaguars’ offseason historical past. After a bodily Tuesday apply, a Thursday, closed-to-the-public scrimmage would be the groups’ try to arrange for Sunday’s 1 P.M. matchup towards the New Orleans Saints whereas additionally establishing a extra bodily tradition in Jacksonville.
Listed below are our notes from Thursday’s Jacksonville Jaguars coaching camp scrimmage.
The early arrow for the Jaguars’ beginning offensive group gave the impression to be pointing up, because the offensive line unit kicked off the day with what was arguably their finest interval of OL vs DL 1-on-1s, with high quality wins from Anton Harrison over Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen, Walker Little over Hines-Allen, Robert Hainsey over Davon Hamilton, and some others. The day actually gave the impression to be shaping up as a day belonging to the offense.
Nonetheless, on the opposite subject, Jaguars 1-on-1s had been occurring between the receivers and defensive backs, the place protection fairly convincingly gained the day, with one of the best play coming from Travis Hunter versus Dyami Brown.
Trenton Irvin beat Christian Braswell for a landing catch. In any other case, it was just about all protection, with Jarrian Jones forcing an incompletion to Brian Thomas Jr and Jourdan Lewis having comparable success towards Parker Washington.
The total staff, scrimmage motion then kicked off with Lawrence’s opening cross to Brian Thomas Jr falling incomplete – a drop by Thomas, with a defending Travis Hunter in protection. Nonetheless, the beginning offensive group would shortly rebound, shifting swiftly down the sphere by way of correct throws from Lawrence sprinkling a heavy dose of Travis Etienne within the run and passing recreation. The early drive would finish with a wonderful Tank Bigsby walk-in landing, utilizing his imaginative and prescient to search out the cut-back lane, with nothing however inexperienced grass in entrance of him.
Nonetheless, it was at this level that the day started to go downhill for the offense, with the protection and the referees proudly owning the rest of the scrimmage. The sound of useless ball whistles stuffed the Duval air because the sacks continued to roll in from Josh Hines-Allen, Yasir Abdullah, Jordan Jefferson, Ethan Downs, & Danny Striggow (who additionally had a sack final week vs Pittsburgh). So as to add to this checklist, Dawuane Smoot additionally had a sack that was referred to as again for cross interference.
The entrance 4 didn’t cease at sacks, both. DT Austin Johnson additionally secured a tipped ball interception off of Nick Mullens on the day. S Daniel Thomas additionally nearly got here away with a close to interception as collided with WR Joshua Cephus, popping the Mullens’ cross within the air for the incompletion. Moreover, S Andrew Wingard had a diving Trevor Lawrence interception referred to as again because of the protection leaping offsides, ensuing within the free play cross try. The defensive spotlight of the day needed to have been CB Jarrian Jones wrapping up the day with an impressive cross breakup on a deep, Brian Thomas Jr cross try from Lawrence the place Thomas had Jones stacked, but Jarrian discovered a technique to get his hand in there to affect the ball. Jones had two different cross breakups on the day because the beginning nook position with Campbell out.
When he wasn’t preventing for the ball Jarrian was, nicely…preventing. For consecutive days, the staff had a camp skirmish – at this time between Jones and RB Bhayshul Tuten. After a 15-yard Tuten rush, the place Bhayshul lowered his shoulder on Eric Murray, Jones knocked Tuten over late within the play. After a number of phrases, punches had been thrown after which they had been then separated by teammates.
QB Trevor Lawrence spoke with the media in regards to the story of the Jaguars’ 2025 coaching camp up to now, penalties:
“A bit sloppy offensively. I assumed we began nice, had a protracted – I don’t know what number of performs it was – had a protracted drive to begin. Went and scored. After which from there, the protection picked it up a little bit bit, and we had some errors. Simply self-inflicted wounds. It has form of been the story of camp, attempting to wash up a few of that stuff pre-snap. Simply have to wash up the operation, the errors that the protection doesn’t inflict on you, you do on your self. So all these errors, we’ve simply received to get higher and cleaner, however I assumed there was some good competitors, guys flying round. So, there have been some good, some dangerous. We’ll watch it. We’ll study from all of it.”
To Lawrence’s level, after an EverBank Stadium scrimmage with many flags, a Tuesday apply the next week with eight flags, and the Pittsburgh matchup with an extra eight flags, the staff on Thursday had 9-10 penalty flags thrown, together with:
- Walker Little false begin
- Wyatt Milum false begin
- Unlawful formation
Sadly, the staff additionally had anyplace from 6 to 9 drops (relying in your perspective of a drop vs PBU):
- Joshua Cephus (2-3)
- Hunter Lengthy (1-2)
- Brian Thomas Jr (1)
- Trenton Irwin (1)
- Austin Trammel (1)
- Tank Bigsby (1)
And whereas Lawrence’s day was fairly sharp, unbiased of the drops, Lawrence later continued, discussing the staff’s offseason season of miscues and penalties:
“It’s pre-snap stuff. There’s all the time a little bit little bit of that in camp, however the quantity we’ve had has been a little bit too sloppy for the offense that we need to be. If we need to be an ideal offense, it’s important to be actually sensible, not make these errors that harm your self. Clearly, execute. And I believe the execution has been truly first rate as soon as the ball is snapped, however the different stuff earlier than the snap, you don’t ever get an opportunity if you happen to don’t do this proper. So, there’s been some stuff that we simply need to lock in on the main points. For me as a quarterback, need to function a little bit cleaner. Let’s rise up to the road sooner so guys can talk and assume and have time to course of and remind one another of the cadence. All these issues. It’s all of us in it. We simply need to be sharper.”
As a key observe, Lawrence confirmed that whereas the choice doesn’t fall on him, he expects to play on Sunday versus the New Orleans Saints:
“Yeah. I count on to play. And that’s form of the mindset within the preseason is anticipating to play, and it’s all the time form of a variable variety of snaps. You don’t actually know precisely what it’s going to be, however anticipating to play. I’m undecided if the results of at this time’s apply would or wouldn’t have modified that, I don’t know so far as what Coach [Head Coach Liam Coen] is considering, however I’m ready to play from what’s communicated to us. We’re ready to go and play a little bit bit. So, it’s simply one other alternative for us to get higher.“
On the particular groups entrance, Ok Cam Little went 3 of three on the day with a protracted of round 40-45-yards with the gamers operating wind sprints after apply.
On the harm entrance, whereas not collaborating within the scrimmage, CB Tyson Campbell was again on the sidelines throughout apply. Nonetheless, RT Anton Harrison left the scrimmage early and didn’t return to play. With Harrison out the staff curiously flipped Walker Little to the correct aspect, with Fred Johnson sliding in at left deal with.
As an extra harm observe, the staff introduced previous to the scrimmage that DT Maason Smith has been activated from the groups’ PUP checklist.
Offensive coordinator Grant Udinski and quarterback Trevor Lawrence each met with the media post-scrimmage. Listed below are a number of further key quotes from their media availability:
Coach Udinski talking on the varied offensive line combos the staff has seen:
“I believe one of many questions you guys requested final week was in regards to the flexibility of the offensive line. I’d in all probability nonetheless have a look at it like that. We’ve had some accidents, guys go out and in, even momentary accidents the place guys miss a drive, and people have been alternatives for different guys to step up and play completely different positions. So, you in all probability see on the market at this time, now we have a number of guys play on completely different sides, play guard, play deal with, inside, outdoors, completely different facilities. So, it’s nice that these guys have the flexibility to try this, and now we have the possibility to get that kind of labor.”
Udinski talking on Brian Thomas Jr’s seen current camp frustration:
“I believe that he holds himself to a excessive normal, which we recognize and when he doesn’t play to the usual that he holds himself to, generally that comes out in frustration. That is what apply is about. You’re attempting to enhance on issues. You’re attempting to place your self in difficult conditions. If you happen to’re going on the market and simply succeeding at the whole lot each single day, you’re in all probability not pushing your self exhausting sufficient. So we count on there to be some factor of frustration with each place, whether or not it’s a receiver, whether or not it’s an offensive line, whether or not it’s mentally or bodily. Most guys are going to be in a state of affairs sooner or later all through the course of a apply, all through the course of a coaching camp the place they in all probability push themselves perhaps past their limits, or perhaps they only don’t carry out to their normal. So, I believe that frustration for all of us, coaches, gamers included, it turns into part of the method of progress, no matter we’re doing.”
Lawrence discussing the LeQuint Allen’s cross safety capacity:
“He’s executed an ideal job ever since he got here in. It’s been one thing I’ve seen is his cross safety. He’s picked it up actually shortly. The most important factor is, yeah, he is aware of what to do, however the way in which he does it, he’s actually bodily, violent, assembly linebackers on the line of scrimmage, and that’s enormous. You get these video games with these linebackers attempting to select off our facilities and guards. The earlier you may meet them, the extra bodily you’re, it knocks them off their recreation. They’re attempting to run, and you’ll cross it off. And that’s a killer for a bunch up entrance. If you happen to get picked on a recreation, it may very well be a four-man, five-man rush, and you need to be blocked. And if we get picked, then it’s an unblocked hitter on you. So, he’s been a very key blocker for us in cross safety.”
You’ll be able to watch the total press convention right here.
Keep tuned for extra updates from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 2025 coaching camp!