Big Cat Country
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen and defensive end Josh Hines-Allen both spoke with the media following Day 7 of OTAs. Here are a few takeaways from practice and their combined media availability.
The Jacksonville Jaguars continued their offseason Organized Team Activities (OTAs) on Monday with an audible as Monday's practice took place in the morning to beat the heat. The team produced another competitive 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 teams period, with Coen’s offense and Campanile’s defense both competing well in this one.
Here are our takeaways from OTA day seven and Coen and Josh Hines Allen's post-practice media availability.
Full media availability:
Takeaways from OTA Day 7:
A balanced day, competitively
Early into his availability, Coach Coen raved about the performance of both units in today's affair, also noting that he felt it was one of the teams' cleaner days offensive in terms of fundamentals and dropped passes. However, his bigger takeaway was the pushback provided by Anthony Campanile's unit on Monday.
I think today was probably the most balanced it’s been where the offense makes a play then the defense comes back and makes a play. I thought it was a good competitive back-and-forth. Whereas maybe in the days prior there has been the offense has a really good day and the defense not as much or vice versa where the defense was ticked off, specifically myself. I thought today was just a good balance of guys making plays and then coming back.
A sharp day for Lawrence
Coen also noted Trevor Lawrence's accurate play in the redzone, where Lawrence had no turnover worthy plays, multiple touchdowns, and showed quick decision-making and clean footwork on Monday. For the Duval Devout, this was exactly the type of practice you'd want to see for your QB1 as he continues to acclimate with the WRs, learn a new offense, and find his groove after offseason surgery.
Brown continues his streak of strong practices
Another day. Another Dyami Brown 6-7 catch practice where Brown owns the 15-20-yard intermediate areas of the field during the teams periods. In this one, he also added multiple rushes to his resume and came down with a really nice one-handed catch in 11-on-11. This may simply be this writer's early opinion, but in this offense and the space it provides (via multiple vertical outside threats), Dyami is consistently showing up in an explosive way. If his play continues at this rate, he may become the clear answer to the third WR question.
Dyami wasn't the only receiver to have a strong day, with Brian Thomas Jr. also showing strong hands Monday. BTJ scored multiple touchdown catches in the redzone team period, in addition to linking up with Lawrence on multiple 11-on-11 catches. Coach Coen had this to say about BTJ post-practice:
"The ability for a big dude like him to be able to operate in the slot, run some of the choice and option routes, but also be able to go vertical and catch the ball...
