As we speak was the ultimate coaching camp follow on the Miller Electrical Middle for the 2025 Jacksonville Jaguars. The group will head to Miami this afternoon forward of its joint follow (Thursday) and Preseason Week 3 sport (Saturday) towards the Dolphins.
Listed below are our notes from Day 18.
No. 2 general decide Travis Hunter practiced with the offense throughout particular person drills and met with defensive coaches throughout group drills. Nevertheless, he was held out of group drills for a 3rd straight follow, because the group continues to be cautious along with his minor upper-body harm that held him out of the Week 2 preseason sport. He gave the impression to be transferring round simply high quality.
Beginning cornerback Tyson Campbell was a full participant in follow for the primary time since getting banged up in Week 1 of the preseason — a fantastic signal for his Week 1 common season availability. He was sporting an orange non-contact pinny, however it was good to see him again in motion. He had tight protection down the sideline towards Brian Thomas Jr. on one rep.
Defensive tackles Arik Armstead and Maason Smith practiced in full once more — they’d been out for a lot of coaching camp as a result of accidents. Large receivers Josh Cephus and Eli Pancol have been held out.
Parker Washington had the play of the day for the umpteenth time. He secured a protracted throw from Trevor Lawrence within the nook of the endzone towards Jourdan Lewis towards the top of group drills.
Hunter “one massive play a day” Lengthy had a pleasant catch and run throughout group drills on a deep move from Nick Mullens. Not that it’s a shock, however the free company pickup appears to have a agency grasp on the group’s TE2 position behind Brenton Unusual.
De’Antre Prince had an interception off a dropped move by Patrick Herbert.
With the group making ready for a highway journey down I-95, it was a comparatively mild follow with few reps in group drills.
Large receiver Dyami Brown, offensive coordinator Grant Udinski, and defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile spoke with media after at this time’s follow.
A bar from Campanile: “I believe the perfect groups are undoubtedly player-led greater than they’re coach-led. Coaches play an enormous half in that, setting the stage of the tradition, however the gamers play the sport, the gamers win the sport.”
“Toughness” is what new addition Khalen Saunders brings to the protection. “He’s a extremely, actually twitchy man for my part. Watching him and all that, simply watching him undergo the drills and all the things, he brings a stage of physicality. I believe he’s bought great block launch, to be sincere with you. Whenever you watch him, he does a extremely nice job of not staying blocked, exhausting to maneuver inside within the inside. So, it’s at all times nice to have a twitchy man like that inside the place you are feeling like you’ll be able to nonetheless get some rush, even in early down motion as soon as he reacts to drop again or play motion move. He’s bought a fantastic character too … He’s a fantastic dude.”
Fellow defensive veteran/newcomer Jourdan Lewis additionally earned excessive remarks from Campanile. “He has been unbelievable for us simply from a human being standpoint. He’s only a nice man, brings a fantastic vitality in our constructing daily. He’s such a competitor, and only a nice man. You’re keen on being round him. You’re keen on teaching him. His teammates love being round him. He’s, I don’t know what number of years in now, what? 9, ten years, eight years? No matter. I imply, he’s laying out in follow, competing on each ball, and that’s simply who he’s. He’s a aggressive man. If he was working in an workplace constructing, he’d nonetheless need to be the perfect man in there. That’s simply the best way he’s. So, I believe he’s sort of the epitome of what you’re in search of when it comes to competitiveness and the tradition you need to have in your constructing.”
Talking of competitiveness, that’s the most important facet of what Campanile is trying ahead to throughout Thursday’s joint follow. “I believe it’s simply nice anytime you’re going towards anyone else. It undoubtedly raises the extent of depth … Joint practices at all times have a fantastic vitality, for my part. They’re normally bodily or thrilling and the fellows are at all times excited to get on the market competing towards anyone else. I like that. I believe it’s a very good factor.”
Udinski had the same sentiment. “I believe it comes right down to the competitors. It’s nice for the fellows. A possibility to compete towards anyone else, towards a unique scheme, towards completely different appears to be like, towards completely different pressures, after which in the end, get an analysis on us as an offense, us as a workers, how effectively coached we’re, the gamers individually successful their one-on-one matchups. So, it may be a very good benchmark actually to see the way you compete.”
When requested about rookie Jonah Monheim, who’s had spectacular performances within the preseason, Udinski stated, “It’s the added depth on the offensive line, which is at all times enormous. I believe [head coach Liam Coen] stated you’re by no means snug with it, however it offers you slightly bit extra sense of safety figuring out that he can fill in at roles inside whether or not it’s guard or middle. What he’s proven, not solely from a psychological standpoint, however a bodily standpoint has been encouraging.”
As for what makes Dyami Brown a very good match for the offense: “It sort of goes again to the best way he works and the best way he’s tried to embrace his position … He’s requested to do quite a lot of various things that helps us keep balanced as an offense and offers him alternatives within the move sport as a result of the extra we is usually a authentic run risk with him within the sport in several alignments and positions, the extra alternatives he’ll have within the move sport.”
Brown stated himself that stability is the important thing to Coen’s offense. “Simply how complementary issues are [is what stands out]. We don’t have only one give attention to the move or the run. We complement one another very effectively, particularly with the fellows that now we have within the room within the offense that have been introduced into us. All of us make issues occur. We need to run for the move, and we need to move for the run. So, issues like that that get this offense going.”
Brown is concentrated on “getting higher, the one p.c every day. Simply give attention to the identical particulars that I have to work on, keep basically sound. Don’t attempt to do an excessive amount of or get out of the best way of issues. I simply need to go on the market and compete and be the perfect model of me.”
You possibly can watch the complete press convention right here.