In 11 days, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be back at the Miller Electric Center, and this summer’s training camp setup is already locked in.
The team will hold 10 open practices for fans across camp, with tickets available to register for online. The Jaguars also noted that each open camp day will feature different giveaways, offers or programming, and that the Miller Electric Center Pro Shop and concessions will be open during Training Camp.
This will be the second camp under head coach Liam Coen, but it brings a first for his tenure: joint practices. Jacksonville will host those sessions as part of a schedule that stretches through the next month-plus, and the Jaguars are clearly planning to use them as a major part of their preseason work.
Coen said this offseason that the team had more flexibility this year in setting those dates up.
"Well, we didn't have any of the luxury last year of picking those and having those opportunities. We only had the one opportunity presented to us based on the schedule and the teams that we were playing, it just didn't work out," Coen said this offseason. "So yeah, year two from a schedule standpoint and the teams that we're playing against, we were able to get on it earlier as well in terms of trying to set things up and communicate with some of those teams we may be playing in those preseason games, so I feel a lot better about it in year two..”
The joint practices are expected to matter most on the days Jacksonville hosts the Panthers and Buccaneers. Coen and the Jaguars plan to lean on those sessions as a substitute for preseason snaps for most of their key players, which means this may be the closest look fans get at Trevor Lawrence and the rest of the core before Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns.
That would mark a shift from last season, when the starters played in the first two preseason games before sitting out against the Dolphins. This time around, the preseason schedule figures to look very different.
Coen explained why he values the setup.
“Because you're in a little bit more of a controlled setting that you can get the guys you want specific reps and not have to worry about as much that you're putting a guy in a full-contact situation in preseason games that don't count against our schedule record. And so, I think it's something a little bit more controlled," Coen said about joint practices.
"I think the guys, the teams that we're practicing against have a good understanding of what that looks like and being able to do that together. And the guys, they get more competitive.
You look at Miami last year, although we had some ups and downs in that practice, I thought we saw some good competitive juice, some real game-like participation in those practices. I think you're always trying to simulate game-like, and I think those opportunities simulate game-like more than anything.”
For a Jaguars team coming off a strong offseason program and carrying momentum from the second half of last season, camp is shaping up as a big checkpoint. And with expectations rising, the fan turnout should match the buzz.
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