Ahead of their preseason opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars announced three team captains for Saturday night’s game.
The defensive captain will be linebacker Foye Oluokun, who is entering his fourth season with the Jaguars and will be starting at linebacker again this season next to Devin Lloyd.
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Cornerback Christian Braswell will be the special teams captain. Braswell is competing for a roster spot this summer. He played 42 defensive snaps last season with the Jaguars over two games and 11 on special teams over three games.
Lastly, the captain on offense is Chuma Edoga. The Jaguars signed Edoga in free agency this offseason. During offseason programs, he saw first team snaps at right tackle with Anton Harrison and has filled in at right guard during training camp while Patrick Mekari was injured.
Head coach Liam Coen said on Thursday that “everybody” would play in this game. How long the starters are out there remains to be seen.
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When it comes to what Coen is looking for in this game, the evaluation will be all about fundamentals and the proper execution of the new offensive and defensive schemes.
“What the evaluation will be will be fundamentals, alignment, assignment, obviously situational football is going to come up as we know,” Coen said. “We’re playing a physical team. A team that’s been known for physicality regardless of if their first guys are in or not. That’s just how they’ve played the game for a long time.
“So that will be a great test for all of our groups that are going to play to see where we’re at from a physicality standpoint. It’s live tackling that we all know it’s hard to get that in a practice setting at times. So I think that will be valuable for us as well.”
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jaguars vs. Steelers: Jacksonville announces 3 captains for game