Trevor Lawrence made his way back from offseason shoulder surgery and progressed to working out with his Jaguars teammates during OTAs. The No. 1 overall pick, however, has run into injury trouble on a new front. Lawrence battled left hamstring tightness last week, and after attempting to return to work during the first day of Jacksonville’s minicamp Monday, he aggravated the injury, Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com notes. Urban Meyer said Lawrence will likely sit out team drills Tuesday, and it certainly would not surprise if the franchise’s QB1 is done with seven-on-seven or 11-on-11 activity until training camp. C.J. Beathard and the now-mullet-less Gardner Minshew split the reps in Lawrence’s absence.
Here is the latest out of Jacksonville:
- K’Lavon Chaisson will miss all of Jacksonville’s minicamp due to a positive COVID-19 test, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. The second-year defensive end attended Von Miller‘s annual pass rush summit in Las Vegas over the weekend. The event had coronavirus testing, per Chaisson (on Twitter).
- The Jags have used a 4-3 defense as their primary look throughout their 26-season history, but new defensive coordinator Joe Cullen will switch to a 3-4 alignment. Meyer confirmed as such Monday, via News4Jax.com’s Jamal St. Cyr. Dating back to their Marcus Stroud–John Henderson D-tackle duo through the “Sacksonville” period, the Jags preferred a 4-3 look. While the distinction means less nowadays, given teams’ sub-package reliance, it is notable the Jags will make this switch.
- Tim Tebow has bulked up to 255 pounds, up nearly 20 from his quarterback days, and will be attempting to make a rare transition. Washington tight end Logan Thomas, who is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, provides a reasonable example of a quarterback-to-tight end switch working, DiRocco writes. Thomas, however, first worked out as a tight end in 2016 and said it took him two years to feel comfortable at the position. The former Virginia Tech quarterback made the transition in his mid-20s; Tebow will attempt to do so at 33. Thomas noted blocking will be Tebow’s most difficult task, but the Jags may not have a pure tight end role in mind for the former Heisman winner. The prospect of using him as a wildcat quarterback has surfaced.
Man, Urban Meyer has got his work cut out for him, offensively and defensively…While JAX has alot of young talent, they’re lacking alot of depth..
With Josh Allen, Tavon Bryan, T.Cambell, Chaisson, Cisco, Shaq Griffin, CJ Henderson, Jack, Jones, Moses, Quarterman, and Tufele JAX DC will have alot of young talent to work with, but they’ve still got alot of holes to fill and not alot of quality depth to fill them with.
Their secondary could be as young and as talented as anyone’s, but without a consistent pass rush they won’t be able to cover forever..
It is definitely going to be a baptism by fire for Meyer, Cullen, and this team, and it’ll be interesting to see how they ultimately respond…
I agree, and I also agree that we will see what happens. That is the right way to think. I can’t help but feel however at the same time that this was not the person to lead what could end up being a list of franchise cornerstones (Lawrence, Allen, and whomever else becomes a core player) to success. I just don’t see long term success coming from his leadership, despite my admittance that we should wait before making definitive statements.
Tim Tebow will be the QB2. Gardner Minshew lost his mullet, and hence his QB powers. That’s my takeaway here.
I am very disappointed that Minshew decided to get rid of the mullet. It takes a lot of courage to wear a mullet these days and it made me respect the man for it. Now he’s just another backup QB and the magic is gone. Next thing you know Fitzpatrick will be shaving his beard off. The world has gone crazy!
Mark Brunell would make a better TE than Tebow.
I’d like to see Shaq take a shot at playing TE. I don’t care how old he is LOL