Camp snapshot: Day 6

JACKSONVILLE – The pads came on and the Jaguars hit. Finally.

This was Day 6 at Jaguars 2022 Training Camp at Episcopal School of Jacksonville Knight Sports Campus, the first day the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement allowed full pads and the accompanying contact hitting in practice day.

That made it an exciting day, and an important one.

“You get to learn a little bit about your football team,” Head Coach Doug Pederson said.

Pederson, speaking for the third time since ’22 camp began last Monday, believes in intense hitting in camp practice. The Jaguars held their longest practice of ’22 camp to date Sunday, working for one hour, 55 minutes in 86 temperatures that felt like 94 at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville Knight Sports Campus.

They worked one-on-one pass rush between offensive and defensive linemen for the first time in ’22 camp, also working a team run drill along with extensive seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 periods. Pederson had worked the Jaguars in shoulder pads Saturday, and said he liked the team’s physicality in that practice.

“That’s encouraging,” he said. “It kind of happens throughout training camp. There’s going to be those warm, hot days where tension kind of builds and you start seeing it back and forth offensively and defensively. It was good to see, but at the same time we have to make sure we play smart and control that.”

Pederson added, “The No. 1 thing is player safety and protecting each other – practicing hard, practicing fast and being smart about it. Nobody’s going to the ground, hopefully. No live tackling. You’re kind of getting used to wearing the extra gear now. We’re getting to that part of training camp where things get ramped up.”

With Pederson speaking before practice Sunday, Jaguars right guard Brandon Scherff spoke after practice. Coverage of those availabilities can be seen Sunday on jaguars.com and Jaguars Media channels.

The Jaguars will practice again at 8:50 a.m. Monday and Tuesday before playing the Las Vegas Raiders…