{"id":284005,"date":"2026-05-25T20:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284005\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:22:15","slug":"3-jaguars-players-to-watch-on-offense-during-ota-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284005\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Jaguars players to watch on offense during OTA practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

With OTAs beginning for the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> on May 26, let’s highlight three players on the offensive side of the football to keep our eyes on in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

In this third phase of offseason programs, no contact can take place, but teams can do competitive team periods. OTAs are also voluntary for the players.<\/p>\n

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As is always the case this time of the year, there will be plenty to watch for,<\/a> but these players in particular will have my attention.<\/p>\n

OL Emmanuel Pregnon<\/p>\n

How quickly can Pregnon acclimate to the NFL level and Liam Coen’s playbook? That may provide us with some insight into how seriously he could push for snaps this summer.<\/p>\n

The addition of Pregnon adds size to the Jaguars<\/a>‘ offensive line at guard, but there are two experienced players in Ezra Cleveland<\/a> and Patrick Mekari<\/a> currently holding down those starting positions. Pregnon will have to hit the ground running.<\/p>\n

TE Nate Boerkircher<\/p>\n

Boerkircher was one of the better blocking tight ends in college football last season by PFF’s metrics. That is one of the big reasons why the Jaguars drafted him.<\/p>\n

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But the team is also bullish on his ability to make an impact as a pass catcher — let’s see how early and often he is able to make plays in that phase of the game.<\/p>\n

One reason why the Jaguars really liked Rodriguez in free agency was his ability to create as a ball carrier. He ranked<\/a> among the best last season in average yards after contact and rush yards over expected per attempt.<\/p>\n

With there being no contact, we won’t see the full extent of Rodriguez’s abilities during OTAs, but his vision, suddenness as a ball carrier, and burst should all be on display.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: NFL OTA practices: 3 Jaguars players on offense to watch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With OTAs beginning for the Jacksonville Jaguars on May 26, let’s highlight three players on the offensive side…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[108938,120671,89561,58096,116,118,121,117,13168],"class_list":["post-284005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-chris-rodriguez","tag-competitive-team","tag-emmanuel-pregnon","tag-ezra-cleveland","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-patrick-mekari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}