JACKSONVILLE – Pads popped and intensity rose.
And if Monday’s Day 5 Jaguars 2025 Training Camp practice perhaps wasn’t quite as long or quite as intense as what it is to come, the first day in pads brought the expected accompanying noise and energy.
The hitting began, which meant it felt more like football.
“It was awesome,” center Robert Hainsey said.
The Jaguars worked for about an hour, 15 minutes in near 90-degree temperatures Monday at the Miller Electric Center. They held individual drills, with a period of one-on-one pass rush and also moved quickly into full-team contact work in the day’s fifth period.
“I was pleased,” Head Coach Liam Coen said.
It was the Jaguars’ first day in pads in ’25 camp.
“It was good to be back — good to be back, banging, working on stuff, working on real football and being able to use the technique and fundamentals that you actually use when you go into a game,” Hainsey said. “Excited to be rolling again.”
The early team period and a later team period featured heavy hitting, with coaches emphasizing players not tackling or hitting all the way to the ground for safety reasons.
“I thought that the offense came out, and they kind of set the tone a little bit offensively in the run game throughout the course of the day,” Coen said. “There were still some good plays here and there on both sides. I was pleased to see physicality, but taking care of one another. It didn’t get sloppy or stupid. It was just good quality work. We put the pads on. It doesn’t mean we have to cheap shot each other or do anything ridiculous.