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Colts HC Shane Steichen said that WR Adonai Mitchell‘s ability to stretch the field and his route running could add an extra dimension to the offense.
“His playmaking ability and his route-running ability is phenomenal,” Steichen said, via ESPN.
Mitchell said that he felt more comfortable entering his second year in the NFL.
“I feel more poised,” Mitchell, a 2024 second-round selection, said of his sophomore season. “Last year, it just felt like I was ripping and running from the start of camp. But I got the ability to get my first offseason under my belt. Got a lot of time to, first of all, relax and work at the same time. And now, we’re in Year 2 and I just feel more comfortable. I’m not focused on what the play is [or] what do I have to do? I’m focused on how I’m doing it and why I’m doing what I’m doing.”
Mitchell said that the biggest thing he was focusing on entering his second year was developing chemistry with both quarterbacks and maximizing what he’s capable of.
“I feel like I have a lot of ability, so I try to put it on full display every day, every snap,” he said. “And once it comes together, you kind of just hope day by day that you are able to look back at the day and say, ‘Did I do everything I could have done today and was I at my best?’ Everything else kind of works from there.”
Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence said he has become increasingly excited about first-round WR/CB Travis Hunter following a recent training camp practice.
“Really excited,” Lawrence said, via Michael DiRocco of ESPN. “I mean, if Friday was a glimpse of it, we should all be excited to see him running around out there, wherever it’s at on offense, defense — hopefully more offense, throwing that in there for us.”
Hunter didn’t participate in the final portion of the Jaguars’ practice that Friday. Liam Coen said they still have a “learning curve” with using Hunter as a two-way player.
“It’s just another added learning curve that we need to continue to work on, but I think he’ll say he was a little bit more tired than he usually gets,” Coen said. “But I thought he still showed up, made some plays across the middle as he’s kind of continued to do.”
The Texans picked up OT Aireontae Ersery in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Minnesota. Golden Gophers OL coach Brian Callahan recalled the conversation he had with Ersery, where he told the lineman he had the potential to reach the NFL.
*“It’s kind of funny you bring that up chronologically in terms of going from high school to the pros because I remember when we recruited him, when we got him, I remember after like maybe the first year, I remember one time he asked me: ‘Do you really I think I...
