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.

#Jaguars 11-on-11

Lawrence to Hunter. Montaric Brown in coverage on the short catch

Lawrence then hits Dyami Brown for the deep middle catch to enter the redzone

Lawrence then goes back to Hunter for another shorter catch

Wrapping it up is BTJ with a TD – Montaric in covg pic.twitter.com/CsZer1AZxK

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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 down the field, he’s been a real pleasure to work with so far.”

Busy Brenton

Tight end Brenton Strange put together a busy day with four or five catches in the teams. The highlight of his day was notably a nice redzone touchdown catch at the back of the endzone where he was able to climb the ladder yet still get both feet down.

Extra work is the new standard for rookie class

As Coach Coen was being interviewed after practice, he touched on the extra work that many incoming rookies have decided to put in on their own, something that has somewhat become the norm as of late.

“You see those guys doing walk throughs on their own. I go down to lift in the weight room and they are in the indoor walking through. They’re are definitely trying to do the right things to help put them in a position to be successful.”

As he was actively stating this, QB Trevor Lawrence was on the field behind the media getting in his own extra post-practice reps with Brian Thomas Jr., Dyami Brown, Travis Hunter, and Parker Washington.

A solid day for Hunter

Speaking of Hunter, while Monday was a primarily offensive day for Travis, the team confirmed that he again practiced with the defense on Friday (in a closed setting). Coen was asked about Hunter’s defensive progress.

“Milo [Secondary Coach Ron Milus] came up to me after practice and said, ‘can we have him more?’ That’s a good thing. We were in the red area (redzone) on Friday. He didn’t end up making any plays on the ball but just the movement skills and some of the man coverages, the feel in zone you can definitely see how natural it is for him. He is still learning, still growing. He is trying to learn the calls as much as possible, but when you see him in the seven-on and team settings he does not look out of place by any means.”

In today’s practice, Hunter secured five catches in teams period, with most of them being the catch-and-run variety. Overall, it was a pretty sharp day for the rookie WR/CB. While there were few flashy plays to note, his routes were on target, he caught the ball cleanly, and he had multiple receptions that would likely have produced YAC opportunities.

Secondary competition is heating up

Defensively, Tyson Campbell also had a dominant morning, with multiple pass breakups and tight overall coverage on the day. Liam Coen touched on his ability to get his hands on the ball while discussing the play of the entire outside cornerback group after practice:

“I think Tyson [CB Tyson Campbell] has done a nice job with his hands and feet at the second and third levels. You saw Montaric [CB Montaric Brown] make a nice play again today. He’s been steady and consistent. That whole group has done a really good job. [CB] Jourdan Lewis, [CB] Jarrian Jones, that whole crew of guys. It’s been competitive. It’s been a learning curve, obviously. When you’re used to playing so much man, going back and playing a little bit of zone, as it sounds, could be a little bit challenging based on where your eyes are and the discipline, things like that. I think they’ve done a nice job, though, so far.”

Coen also confirmed that CB Jarrian Jones, while primarily competing outside, will also rotate inside.

“He goes inside a little bit, but primarily outside. Be able to still get him some nickel reps. He’s eager. He’s eager to learn. He and Jourdan Lewis walk around everywhere together. Saw them at church yesterday together. So, it’s a good person for Jarrian to continue to learn from, and both of those guys are doing a good job.”

A healthy weight promotes a dominant mindset

Liam Coen and Anthony Campanile both previously spoke about the organizational and personal decisions made this offseason to get players back to their natural playing weights. After today’s OTA, Josh Hines-Allen let his feelings of his 285-pound 2024 playing weight clearly be known. While he did not confirm what his current playing weight is, he did confirm that he was lighter and note his enthusiasm about maintaining a “normal” playing weight.

“I got up to, like, 285. I was much bigger. My mindset was always to be as dominant, but obviously, holding a little bit more weight kind of puts a little bit more wear and tear on the body. It was a lot. Too much. Again, learn to adapt. Got to know what works best for you. Something that I tried, and something that I’m, like, alright, I probably don’t want to do that again. So, we’re working on maintaining a good goal for me this year and putting some good tape out there.”

As fans may remember, Hines-Allen weighed in at around 262 pounds at the 2019 NFL Combine. Hines-Allen also confirmed that he has recently been able to run 20 mph, for the first time in “a long time.”

Harrison absent

Finally, RT Anton Harrison was all not seen on the field at today’s voluntary OTA. His absence was due to a personal day, per Coach Coen, who advised that Harrison wasn’t feeling well this A.M.

Is there anyone in particular you’re interested in hearing more about in OTAs (re: their performances)? Let us know in the comments!