The Jaguars may be heading into the final week of camp, but Sunday at the Miller Electric Center looked a lot like a day of sorting out real roles for Week 1.
The biggest clue came up front. Jacksonville’s first offensive line unit on Day 17 lined up with Anton Harrison at left tackle, Emmanuel Pregnon at left guard, Robert Hainsey at center, Ezra Cleveland at right guard, and Walker Little at right tackle.
The only real open question appears to be Cole Van Lanen’s health. If he’s ready for Week 1, he could fit in at right tackle; if not, Little looks like the fallback option.
And if the Jaguars were planning to move Cleveland somewhere else and use another combination at guard or tackle, this felt like the time to show it. Instead, Sunday’s alignment looked like the clearest signal yet.
The second line behind them was also revealing. From left to right, the backups were Ricky Lee, Daniele Faalele, Jonah Monheim, Wyatt Milum, and Chuma Edoga.
Travis Hunter’s usage pointed in a pretty clear direction too. He is still expected to have a role on offense, but the Jaguars have leaned hard toward cornerback, and Sunday backed that up again.
Hunter got zero 11-on-11 offensive reps on Day 17, continuing a trend that began during last week’s practices and included the joint session with the Carolina Panthers. That doesn’t mean the offensive side is gone, but Jacksonville’s priority for him looks obvious: get him ready to carry a heavy load at cornerback right away, and that seems to be where he’ll be used most against the Browns.
One of the more encouraging individual performances belonged to Nate Boerkircher. The rookie tight end had what looked like his best practice of camp, especially in red-zone 7-on-7 work with Trevor Lawrence.
Boerkircher kept finding windows, ran solid routes, and made himself available throughout the session. His sharpest moment came on an in-breaking target with Antonio Johnson draped over him, and he still came down with the catch despite the contact.
It was the kind of rep that made him look like a dependable outlet with some upside, and it felt like a real step forward in the passing game.
There was also a notable absence. Jakobi Meyers, who got banged up in Wednesday’s joint practice against the Panthers and was wearing medical equipment on his right hand during Friday’s preseason game, did not practice Sunday.
Head coach Liam Coen said Friday, "We will have to see. He kind of jammed it.
We will have to see where it is at when we get to Tuesday and just kinda see. I don’t want to push it too much."
With Meyers sidelined, Josh Cameron and CJ Williams both saw significant first-team work with Lawrence, and Jacksonville seemed to be giving the rookie receivers a real chance to prove who can help fill the short-term gap.
And then there was Matt Dickerson, who produced the kind of snap that jumps off the field. On a screen attempt, the backup defensive tackle read Lawrence’s eyes, tracked the play, and got his hands on the ball for an interception before taking it back for a touchdown. It was a big-time athletic play and, by the look of it, the sort of moment that keeps making it harder to imagine him off the 53-man roster.
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