JACKSONVILLE – The Jaguars on Monday practiced at the Miller Electric Center.
The Jaguars will open the 2025 regular season against the Carolina Panthers at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville Sunday, with Monday's practice following a three-day break following 2025 Training Camp and three preseason games.
Here's a look at Monday around the Jaguars – with Head Coach Liam Coen, linebacker Foye Oluokun and cornerback Jourdan Lewis among those speaking to the media following practice:
Coen spoke shortly after practice, with his availability focused on Sunday's regular-season opener – which will be his first game as a head coach.
"You've done so much work to get to this point and then now you're into [the time when] the results truly matter," said Coen, who spent last season as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive coordinator. "We've talked so much about the process that drives results, that's got us to this point.
"We can't lose sight of that process, and we used to kind of talk about process over results … well, those results matter."
The Jaguars are 15-15 all-time in regular-season openers, with four Week 1 victories in the last 10 seasons. They lost on the road to the Miami Dolphins, 20-17, in the 2024 regular-season opener.
"I want to win this game as much as possible," Oluokun said, with Lewis – who, like Oluokun, was named a captain Monday – calling Week 1 "very important."
"Playing winning football in September, that means a lot," Lewis said. "If you can get these games early and get on a roll – and understand your process and how you want to play gams – it means a lot in the NFL.
"Momentum is a real thing in the NFL."
And while Coen said he is "anxious" for Week 1, that emotion is about seeing how the team performs as much as the result.
"You're more so anxious and excited to see how the guys go out and play," he said. "You want to see perfect football, but we all know, it's football, it's not perfect. It's an imperfect game and you're striving for perfection, which is the chase. We're all excited.
"I'm excited to kind of get in that stadium and see how much we can pack it."
The Jaguars are still deciding the specifics of how much rookie wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter will play Sunday, Coen said Monday.
Hunter, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, returned to practice last week after missing or being limited for about two weeks with an upper-body injury. He practiced extensively on offense and defense during '25 training camp and is expected to play extensively on both sides this season.
"We're still working through it right now," Coen said when asked if Hunter will start on offense or defense or both Sunday. "He obviously missed a lot of time there that can impact playing anybody, nonetheless a rookie that misses quite a bit of time.
"What that usage looks like we're still working through."
Coen on Monday also said he has been "pleased" so far with an offensive line that was a major storyline throughout '25 camp, with the following players expected to start Week 1: Left tackle Walker Little, left guard Ezra Cleveland, center Robert Hainsey, right guard Robert Mekari and right tackle Anton Harrison.
"That's been the goal for the last 10 days or so, to have the cohesiveness with those guys," Coen said. "At the end of the day, those five need to play as a group, as a unit, communicate more than anybody else. I have been pleased."
The Jaguars worked multiple players at multiple line positions throughout training camp, essentially deciding on the starting line in the week leading to a Preseason Week 3 loss to the Dolphins.
"I'll be able to kind of say a little bit more after Week 1, but I've been pleased with their continuity thus far," Coen said.
Coen also on Monday discussed defensive tackle Arik Armstead, who is expected to start and play a key role on the interior of the defensive line after playing mostly outside in his first Jaguars season last season.
"We need a lot out of him," Coen said.
Armstead played mostly inside in nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers before signing with the Jaguars as an unrestricted free agent in the 2024 offseason.
"Just the length alone is a hard thing to deal with as a guard especially in the pass rush," Coen said. "He can get an edge in the pass game. When he's rushing and moving the way he's moving, he can get an edge on people inside. The experience, a guy that's played a ton of snaps, a ton of high-level football.
He can be a pain for some guards that are going to try to make first significant contact and he does have a little initial wiggle and he's got multiple moves that obviously allow him to have success."
