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USA Today
3 days ago
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- USA Today
Josh Hines-Allen shares early impressions of Anthony Campanile and new Jaguars' defense
Josh Hines-Allen shares early impressions of Anthony Campanile and new Jaguars' defense After Monday's OTA practice, DE Josh Hines-Allen shared his early impressions of Anthony Campanile and the Jaguars' new defense. When Emmanuel Ogbah described what it is like playing for new Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile, a few of the traits he mentioned were his "energy" and "toughness." For Josh Hines-Allen, it's Campanile's love and passion for the game and his players that stick out. "Coach Camp has been awesome," Hines-Allen said after Monday's practice. "You step in that meeting room, you're going to expect one thing, it's the passion, it's the love. It's the love of the game he has. Calais (Campbell) always told me, if you want to be great at something, you gotta love it, you gotta respect it. And so for me, he respects the game, he loves it, he loves the team, he loves the players that are playing for him." Under Campanile, this is going to be a more malleable defensive scheme, meaning that it will be quick to adjust on a week-to-week basis, and in-game, depending on what the opponent is doing. Like any play-caller, Campanile has his core principles that his system is built around, but he will mold the scheme to what his players do well and the skill sets he has on the roster to work with. In the secondary, Campanile discussed recently the importance of versatility, which can help disguise coverages and keep quarterbacks guessing. While up front, Maason Smith highlighted the attacking play style that the defense line is asked to play with in this system. Of course, the scheme, the implementation of it, and the execution on the field all matters immensely. But also at the top of the priority list for Campanile is making sure this Jaguars' defense has a "tough, fast, physical, and violent at the point of attack" play style. With Campanile leading the way, the defenders that were already on the roster, and the additions made this offseason, the Jaguars are a team that appears to be on the right path. However, as Campanile says, and as Hines-Allen reiterated, "talk is cheap." Improved play on defense begins with what the Jaguars are doing right now in practice and the foundation they are laying. "It starts right now," said Hines-Allen. "Coach Camp has a saying, talk is cheap. We can talk about how good we're going to be or how legendary our defense or individual players can be, it's all about the work we put in every day. The communication that we have in the red zone, backed up situations, playing good situational football. Knowing what everybody has to do, being in the right place, and it starts out here. "If we can stack great days out here, if we can keep doing it, and then we put the pads on, and we can continue to be physical up front, linebackers flying downhill, DBs staying in the backfield because we don't kneed them because we're stopping the run up front, and we got pass rushers up front. It's all about that trust."
USA Today
4 days ago
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- USA Today
Jacksonville Jaguars' DE Josh Hines-Allen on changes made after 2024 season
Jacksonville Jaguars' DE Josh Hines-Allen on changes made after 2024 season Following Monday's OTA practice, Jaguars' DE Josh Hines-Allen discussed some of the changes made after the 2024 season. Along with implementing a new defensive scheme, another change for Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive end Josh Hines-Allen this season is that he will be playing at a lighter weight. Following Monday's practice, Hines-Allen didn't get into specifics about what his current weight is, but the 285 pounds he played at in 2024 was too big. "I was 285," Hines-Allen said of his playing weight last season. "I was much bigger. My mindset was always to be as dominant but it was, obviously, holding a little bit more weight puts a little more wear and tear on the body. "It was a lot. Too much. Again, learned to adapt, have know what works best for you, something I tried, and something I'm like, alright, probably don't want to do that again. So we're working on maintaining a good goal for me this year and put some good tape out there." It's not only Hines-Allen who has dropped weight this offseason, but several other Jaguars' defenders have as well, after that side of the ball put on weight last season under former defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen. 'Just kind of getting some of those guys back to their natural playing weight. Just kind of where they've maybe been in years past of having success and kind of getting back to that is really what it came down to," Liam Coen said this week, via Jaguars on SI. Last season, Hines-Allen was still among the NFL's more productive defensive ends. His 63 quarterback pressures were the 10th-most in football among his position group, and he ranked 16th in PFF's pass rush win rate as well. But compared to his 2023 season, Hines-Allen's production took a big dip last season. By PFF's metrics, Hines-Allen totaled 90 pressures and 19 sacks in 2023, ranking in the top five in both categories. Allen would play 821 snaps last season and make 16 starts. However, throughout the year, his body felt more "banged up," and while he doesn't know if that was directly attributed to his playing weight, it is something he took into consideration as he planned out this offseason. "I was also getting banged up a lot more," Hines-Allen added. "My body was not cooperating as much as I wanted it to. But I take care of my body to the utmost, but it was a little bit different. I don't know if that had something to do with the weight, so that's something I took into consideration coming into this year." Feeling good and now in a defensive scheme under Anthony Campanile, where as Maason Smith described, the defensive front can play "a lot more free," Hines-Allen is chasing big goals in 2025. "To break the sack record," said Hines-Allen when asked what his goals were. "Be an All-Pro and win Defensive Player of the Year."
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Jaguars' Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker primed to make history in 2025
It's been a while since a recent Jacksonville Jaguars player has broken any franchise records. The last notable one was Maurice Jones-Drew, who broke Fred Taylor's rushing touchdown mark in 2013. Aside from that, many of the Jacksonville Jaguars' franchise records have been long held by the likes of Mark Brunell, Jimmy Smith, and Rashean Mathis. In 2025, Josh Hines-Allen will have the opportunity to pass Tony Brackens as the Jaguars' all-time sack leader. Advertisement Tony Brackens' 55 career sacks have remained unbroken since his release and retirement in 2004. Since then, no one has really even come close… until now. Josh Hines-Allen, after 25.5 sacks the last two seasons, is on the doorstep of passing Brackens. He needs just two to tie. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< While Hines-Allen figures to break the Jaguars' all-time sack record at just 28 years old, Travon Walker is quickly climbing his way up the sack ranks as well. Walker, just 24 years old, is already ninth in sacks with 24 to his name. If Walker is able to net himself a third consecutive double-digit sack season, he'll comfortably be top five in franchise history. He would also become the first player in franchise history to post three double-digit sack seasons and to do it consecutively, no less. Advertisement That is incredible for someone who doesn't even turn 25 years old until December. To add to Walker's record ascent, he now needs just 13.5 sacks to tie Yannick Nagkoue for the third most in franchise history. That isn't out of the realm of possibility in 2025, especially with his marked improvement. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] The Jaguars' pass-rush certainly was lackluster last season to say the least, however, the duo of Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker remains one of the league's best tandems. They were the only pairing to both be featured inside the NFL's Top-15 pressures list. It's almost a given that Hines-Allen will pass Brackens' record this coming season. The question is how far he will separate himself from the pack and how closely Walker will tail him. It isn't crazy to think these two could very well be first and second all-time in just a few more years. Advertisement [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Dissecting Jacksonville Jaguars' Josh Hines-Allen
It was almost exactly one year ago that the Jacksonville Jaguars handed Josh Hines-Allen, what was at the time, the largest contract in franchise history. It was soon passed up by Trevor Lawrence's extension, however, Hines-Allen's $150 million contract stacked him up against the very best at the position. This past season, some believed Hines-Allen underperformed as the fifth-highest-paid edge rusher in the NFL, collecting just eight sacks after his record-breaking 17.5 sack season the year prior. That begs the question: Will the Jaguars come to regret the Hines-Allen deal? Advertisement The simple answer? No. Hines-Allen cemented himself among the upper echelon of NFL pass-rushers in his previously discussed 2023 season. Hines-Allen's 17.5 sacks set the franchise record for single-season sacks, cruising past Calais Campbell's previously held 14.5 sacks. Josh Hines-Allen [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] To those who only look at sacks to gauge pass-rush success, Hines-Allen might seem inconsistent in his year-to-year ability to rush that passer. When you look at pressure totals, a much better metric, Hines-Allen has been among the best for quite some time. From 2022 to 2024, Hines-Allen collected 75, 96, and 67 pressures, respectively, ranking sixth, second, and ninth in those seasons. It's important to note that Hines-Allen was seventh before missing the Jaguars' season finale. Advertisement Hines-Allen's 238 pressures since 2022 rank fifth among all defenders. Only Micah Parsons (262), Danielle Hunter (248), Myles Garrett (241), and Trey Hendrickson (240) have had more. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Despite two seasons that many would consider lackluster, Hines-Allen is eighth in sacks (32.5) since 2022 as well. Sacks are much more of a defensive team statistic than many would like to believe. With an improved defensive interior, Hines-Allen's sack total could return to 2023 form. Another fascinating point to consider when discussing Hines-Allen is his 95% snap count against opposing left tackles the last two seasons. When Hines-Allen is on the field, he's set to face off against the best the opponent has to offer. Advertisement Hines-Allen enters the 2025 season just two sacks shy of the Jaguars at a mere 27 years of age. His best football is still yet ahead of him. If the Jaguars can add to the gruesome twosome of Hines-Allen and Travon Walker, every opposing offensive line should be on red alert this season. Click here to download the free Action News Jax apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action Sports Jax 24/7 live.
