Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson announced that changes have been made to the team’s upcoming minicamp, which will now have fewer players than originally expected. The reason for that is that Pederson announced that he is giving the veterans the event off. That said, the last phase of organized team activities will be limited to rookies, select veterans, and injured players.
“I’m still having the mandatory minicamp, mandatory three days, but I’m only doing the rookies, selected veterans and our injured players,” said Pederson on Thursday. “The injured players are guys that maybe finished the season with an injury that worked all offseason. I just require them to stay here and still get treatment and rehab. So, it’s a chance to really work with our young players and some of the selected vets on a little more of a one-on-one basis. We’re going to do that next week, so the veterans are done. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.”
This announcement means that most veterans have wrapped up organized team activities and will be off until training camp, which is expected to start on July 24. From today’s date, that gives them a little over six weeks to rest up and prepare for the hardest practices of the season.
