JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars outdoors linebacker Josh Allen does not know what his future holds past this season, however he’s sure about one factor: What he did in 2022 wasn’t sufficient.
Allen had seven sacks, 22 quarterback hits, 4 pressured fumbles and two fumble recoveries — together with one for the deciding landing in a victory over the Tennessee Titans to win the AFC South — however he wasn’t the constant playmaker he desires to be.
“My particular person progress final 12 months wasn’t adequate,” Allen stated Monday, the primary day of the crew’s three-day minicamp. “Simply the tape that I watched. You have to be actual important of your self. … I watched all of the video games and I used to be actual important and I knew I wanted to not put that on the market no extra; I needed to prioritize that, and that was my principal focus all season, is actually to work on that and to develop as a participant general.”
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Allen’s seven sacks led the Jaguars final season, however he went eight consecutive video games with out posting a sack earlier than getting 4 within the last 5 video games. He had a sack, 11 tackles and 4 tackles for loss within the Jaguars’ two playoff video games.
“… At all times room for enchancment, and I am able to take these subsequent steps individually,” Allen stated.
Allen, the No. 7 general decide in 2019, hasn’t posted double-digit sacks since his rookie season when he had 10.5 enjoying alongside Calais Campbell and Yannick Ngakoue. He has 27.5 sacks, seven pressured fumbles, and 70 quarterback hits in 4 seasons. He is enjoying the 2023 season on the fifth-year possibility for a assured $10.892 million.
Allen was the one Jaguars participant beneath contract to skip the entire crew’s voluntary offseason program, however outdoors linebackers coach Invoice Shuey and head coach Doug Pederson stated that they had been in common contact with Allen all through the previous few months. Allen stated he labored out in Arizona and had all the time deliberate to attend this week’s minicamp.
As he did final season, Pederson excused the vast majority of the veterans from collaborating this week. Rookies, first-year gamers, and veterans coming off accidents are collaborating.
“This is a chance to see him and actually simply embrace him and welcome him again,” Pederson stated. “There is not any unhealthy blood or nothing like that. I imply, guys are entitled to the voluntary program. They will do what they need to do and it is simply good to get him again on this constructing and embrace him and get him again together with his teammates this week.”
