JACKSONVILLE – The Jaguars on Friday practiced at the Miller Electric Center.
The Jaguars (5-3) will play the Houston Texans (3-5) at NRG Stadium Houston, Tex., Sunday in a 2025 Week 10 game. A look at Friday around the Jaguars – with Head Coach Liam Coen speaking to the media for the final time before Sunday:
The Jaguars' most productive defensive player is expected to play Sunday.
Linebacker Devin Lloyd, the AFC's Defensive Player of the Month for September, practiced full for a third consecutive day Friday and Coen said he "absolutely" will play against the Texans.
Lloyd missed a 35-7 Week 7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams and a 30-29 overtime Week 9 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders this past week with a calf injury. He practiced limited last week, then this week took what Coen called "a consistent volume of reps" without his movement being affected.
"That's really what it came down to," Coen said. "He has been looking great in indy (individual periods) and then in the limited amount of reps he was getting. It was just the volume, the every day, the every play, the every drill going through it pain-free and without any issues."
Lloyd leads the NFL with five takeaways and is tied for the league lead with four interceptions. He had two interceptions in a Week 4 road victory over the San Francisco 49ers, then returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown in a Week 5 home victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jaguars wide receiver Jakobi Meyers is expected to play Sunday after being acquired in a trade with the Raiders Tuesday, with Coen on Friday calling the seventh-year veteran "a pro's pro."
"He has done a great job going and getting lined up, studying," Coen said. "He needs to go get some rest over these next few days here, but I've appreciated the work he's put into it for sure."
Meyers has 33 receptions for 352 yards and no touchdowns this season after having 87 receptions for 1,027 yards and four touchdowns in 2024.
The Jaguars on Friday released the third of three injury reports for the week, with four players ruled out for Sunday after missing practice all three days this week: Wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (ankle), guard Ezra Cleveland, tight end Hunter Long (hip/knee), guard Ezra Cleveland (knee/ankle) and cornerback Jourdan Lewis (neck).
All four players were injured in Sunday's victory over the Raiders, with Thomas leading the Jaguars in receptions and yards with 30 receptions for 420 yards and a touchdown this season.
His 46-yard fourth-quarter reception from quarterback Trevor Lawrence set up running back Travis Etienne Jr.'s game-winning 10-yard touchdown run in a 17-10 home victory over the Texans in Week 3.
"It hurts," Coen said of Thomas' absence. "B.T., he can roll, and he rises to playing against these guys. He has in the past and had a huge moment for us in that game last time to seal that victory.
"Not having him is a big deal for us and those guys are going to continue to have to step up again this week and go make some dirty, grimy, contested plays and that's the kind of game it's going to have to be."
Eight Jaguars players were listed without game status on Friday's injury report, meaning they are expected to be available to play Sunday: Lloyd, linebacker Dennis Gardeck (chest), defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton (back), rookie linebacker Jack Kiser (quadriceps), rookie offensive lineman Wyatt Milum (knee), wide receiver Tim Patrick (groin), guard Patrick Mekari (back) and tight end Quintin Morris (groin).
Wide receiver Dyami Brown (concussion) practiced full for a second consecutive day Friday and was the lone Jaguars player listed as questionable on Friday's injury report.
Coen on Sunday's AFC South matchup: "When you get these opportunities to compete against high-level competition that you know is going to be a fight, probably a four-quarter football game, there's a lot that goes into that. There's a lot of emotion, there's a lot of focus, detail, that goes into it and to get yourself into that place as well as a competitor … this is a great [opportunity] for us."
