JACKSONVILLE – These are good times for Jakobi Meyers.

He knows the scheme – really, really knows it – and he is surrounded by a balanced receiving corps and an experienced offense. Mostly, he understands the whys and the details of what he is being asked to do.

That's different from his first Jaguars season – and it's a major difference.

"That's huge for me," he said.

Meyers, who joined the Jaguars via trade with the Las Vegas Raiders last November, spoke to the media Sunday shortly after Day 4 2026 Training Camp at the Miller Electric Center. Offensive coordinator Grant Udinksi spoke, too, saying of Meyers: "It was really impressive to see him come in last year and pick up the system and his role as quickly as he did."

Meyers, an eighth-year NFL veteran who caught 42 passes for 483 yards and three touchdowns in nine games with the Jaguars last season, laughed Sunday at the notion that he knew the offense in-depth immediately last season.

"I definitely didn't," he said. "I'm not going to lie. I told somebody the other day, 'I was just copy and pasting.' They gave me the answers. I put them down. And that's what it was.

"Now I understand why they call certain plays, what they're looking for with certain plays. And that helped me with my routes a lot because I can get to the right spot at the right time. I think that's ultimately what [quarterback] Trevor [Lawrence] needs out of us."

Udinski, while noting that Meyers and Trevor Lawrence had chemistry "pretty instantaneously," said Meyers also has benefited from learning the "finer details" and "depth of the offense."

"He doesn't have to just try to figure out where to line up because he's showing up and having to play a game four days later and then learn brand-new game plan and play a game six days later," Udinski said. "That benefits him, that benefits the quarterbacks, that benefits everybody when they already know what they're doing and now they can spend more time focusing on how to do it."

Meyers said the result of added knowledge is playing more instinctively.

"Playing football and thinking is tough, you know what I mean?" he said.

Meyers on Sunday also lauded wide receivers Travis Hunter and Brian Thomas Jr., saying of what appears to be a balanced, deep receiving corps, "That's the best way to describe us, honestly."

"We have a very well-balanced room," he said. "That's top down: Rookies, undrafted guys. All the way through, we have guys who are smart, first and foremost, who understand what they're doing. And then second, can make a bunch of plays. So, I think we're in a good spot.

"The guys really have been taking their jobs very seriously. They're real professional. They help me more than I feel like I'm helping them right now. So, that's just a testament to them. The young guys are doing really great and I just think they're ready. They're ready to play ball. They're ready to get out there and show what they could do for real."

NOTABLE

• Running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. practiced in team drills Sunday, his first such participation since signing with the Jaguars as a restricted free agent from the Washington Commanders this past March. "He brings an element," Udinski said of Rodriguez's ability to help the offense "stay on schedule" and set the "tempo." Udinski lauded Rodriguez's vision and ability to run turn two-yard runs into five-yard runs. "Those may not seem like a big deal, but it's such a big difference being able to play on schedule and stay on schedule," Udinski said of Rodriguez, who sustained a left foot injury early in the offseason program. "You look at the success of our offense on schedule versus off schedule. It's the same across the league. It is drastically different. Those abilities to find those creases, understand how defenses are going to play out – flow over the top, flow underneath, different backers, different fronts and even just really that run style with great balance and strength at the point of attack and at the point of contact. It adds a lot for the offensive line, but it adds a lot for the play caller, for [Head Coach] Liam [Coen] as well."

QUOTABLE

Meyers on Monday's first padded practice: "I'm going to just tell the guys, be aggressive first. And then if you've got to pull it back, it's easier to go backwards than to try to go out there, feel it out, get hit in your mouth. And now you think you're about to go hit somebody. It's not going to work like that. So, be aggressive first and let them pull you back."