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Jaguars vs. Packers: Thursday injury reports

Note: This story was updated to correct an error.

The Jaguars and Packers issued five combined updates on their Thursday injury reports, each player being a starter and progressing ahead of Sunday’s showdown at EverBank Stadium.

Find Jacksonville and Green Bay’s Thursday injury reports for Week 8 below.

* indicates upgraded status from the previous practice

^ indicates player is designated to return from injured reserve

Jaguars injury report

TE Evan Engram (hamstring) — full*
RB Travis Etienne Jr. (hamstring) — limited
WR Gabe Davis (knee) — limited
OT Cam Robinson (concussion) — limited*
DE Arik Armstead (shoulder) — limited
DT Esezi Otomewo (calf) — limited
LB Foyesade Oluokun^ (foot) — limited
S Andrew Wingard^ (knee) — limited

Analysis: Jaguars tight end Evan Engram practiced in full for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury in Week 2 and returning to action in Week 6 on Thursday, likely an indication he will no longer appear on the injury report starting next week, barring any setback.

Engram has logged 15 receptions for 137 yards in his two games back from injury.

Jacksonville left tackle Cam Robinson, who entered the NFL concussion protocol this week after getting hurt in Week 7, practiced in a limited fashion while wearing a no-contact jersey on Thursday, after not working on Wednesday.

Packers injury report

DL Devonte Wyatt (ankle) — full
DL Colby Wooden (knee) — full
WR Jayden Reed (ankle) — limited
WR Christian Watson (ankle) — limited
OL Elgton Jenkins (glute) — limited*
OL Josh Myers (wrist) — limited*
DL Kenny Clark (toe) — limited
LB Quay Walker (concussion) — limited*
CB Jaire Alexander (groin) — limited
CB Keisean Nixon (hamstring) — limited
CB Corey Ballentine (ankle) — did not participate

Analysis: Three of Green Bay’s four Wednesday non-participants — offensive linemen Elgton Jenkins and Josh Myers and linebacker Quay Walker, all starters — were upgraded to limited in practice on Thursday. Only backup defensive back Corey Ballentine remained sidelined.

ESPN: What might the Jaguars do at the NFL trade deadline?

The NFL trade deadline is looming, at 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 5, under two weeks away.

The Jaguars have found their footing after an 0-4 start to the season with two wins in the last three weeks. Still, they face a steep uphill battle to emerge as contenders this year — only one team has ever made the playoffs after losing the first four games of their campaign.

Accordingly, Jacksonville is viewed as a potential seller with the trade deadline approaching. The Jaguars already sent defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 7, and there remain players on their roster that could attract interest from other teams.

ESPN analysts and team reporters gathered on Wednesday to break down possible trade candidates and targets for every NFL squad, with the group concluding Jacksonville is likely to subtract players from its roster in exchange for resources over the coming 12 days.

“The Jaguars’ underachieving roster will elicit trade inquiries. Rookie-scale players like safety Andre Cisco, running back Travis Etienne Jr. and linebacker Devin Lloyd could be tempting,” ESPN senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler wrote.

“I’m not saying the Jags completely start over, but we’ve seen this script before with struggling teams. Jacksonville also has three starting-caliber offensive tackles, with Walker Little the odd man out. Teams are always looking for OT help.”

ESPN’s Jaguars reporter Michael DiRocco built upon Fowler mentioning Little. But instead of considering Little a trade candidate, he raised the fourth-year Jaguar as someone who could benefit from Jacksonville moving another player: Offensive tackle Cam Robinson.

“[Robinson] is a solid veteran (81.7% pass block win rate) in the final year of a three-year, $52.75 million contract, and the Jaguars are unlikely to re-sign him,” said DiRocco. “He could be a short-term rental for a team with an injured left tackle with the potential to sign to a new deal.

“As a swing tackle, Little (90.0% pass block win rate) has been reliable when he has started games for Robinson in the past, so he could slide into the starting spot without a drop-off.”

Robinson is currently in the NFL concussion protocol, which led Little to take over at left tackle for Jacksonville in Week 7.

Looking around the league, the team of ESPN analysts suggested the Carolina Panthers should be interested in Little, the Dallas Cowboys in Etienne, the Seattle Seahawks in Lloyd and the Atlanta Falcons in wide receiver Christian Kirk.

Kirk, Jacksonville’s starting slot receiver, has caught 25 passes for 320 yards and one touchdown this season. Etienne, one of the Jaguars’ top running backs, has rushed 56 times for 230 yards and two touchdowns while nursing shoulder and hamstring injuries this year. Lloyd, who starts at linebacker, has 47 tackles including three for loss, one forced fumble and two pass breakups.

But what if the Jaguars intend to add a player, rather than let one of multiple go? ESPN analyst Benjamin Solak floated Atlanta edge rusher Zach Harrison.

“The Jaguars likely won’t be acquiring anybody at this year’s trade deadline, but I suppose Harrison is a fine target,” Solak wrote.

“A 2023 third-round selection, Harrison fit in the Ryan Nielsen defense in Atlanta. But now that Nielsen is in Jacksonville, Harrison has fallen to 12th in front-seven snaps (85) for Raheem Morris’ defense. I imagine he’d cost little for the Jaguars, who have worryingly thin edge rusher depth behind Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen.”

Harrison has produced eight total tackles this season, after recording 33 tackles and three sacks as a rookie.

Jaguars RB Travis Etienne Jr. enters Week 8 ‘day-to-day’

Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. enters Week 8 “day-to-day,” Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday.

Etienne did not play in Jacksonville’s Week 7 win over the New England Patriots as he nursed a hamstring injury suffered the week before against the Chicago Bears. Pederson suggested he will practice in a limited capacity to begin this week.

“T.J. is doing fine,” Pederson said. “Again, day-to-day. He’ll get some work out there. Not with the team per se, but maybe a little bit of the individual and then work with the trainers after that.”

Before hurting his hamstring, Etienne nursed a shoulder injury between Weeks 4-6 that did not impact his availability for those games.

Etienne has rushed 56 times for 230 yards and two touchdowns and caught 16 passes for 91 yards in six games.

Despite Etienne’s injury limitations, Jacksonville has maintained a strong rushing attack this season due to the emergence of second-year running back Tank Bigsby. Bigsby leads the Jaguars with 415 yards and four touchdowns over 67 rushing attempts through seven weeks.

Report: Jaguars RB Travis Etienne Jr. ‘unlikely’ to play vs. Patriots

Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. is “unlikely” to play in Week 7 when Jacksonville hosts the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium in London, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson said Friday that Etienne was “progressing” in his recovery from a hamstring injury suffered last week against the Chicago Bears, suggesting his availability against New England would be a game-time decision.

The update followed Pederson calling Etienne “week-to-week” due to his injury on Monday.

Etienne has logged 230 yards and two touchdowns over 56 rushing attempts this season and added 91 yards over 16 receptions.

Jacksonville’s second first-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft, Etienne has rushed 543 times for 2,363 yards and 18 touchdowns and caught 109 passes for 883 yards and one touchdown in his 40-game Jaguars career.

Tank Bigsby will likely start in place of Etienne at running back against the Patriots on Sunday. Bigsby has rushed for 297 yards and two touchdowns over 41 rushing attempts this season.

RB Travis Etienne Jr. ‘progressing’ ahead of Jaguars vs. Patriots

Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. was considered “week-to-week” with a hamstring injury suffered in Week 6 by Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson on Monday.

But after “progressing” throughout the Jaguars’ week of practice outside of London, Etienne’s availability for Jacksonville’s Week 7 matchup with the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium will “probably [be a] game day” decision, Pederson shared Friday.

“I think Etienne is progressing. We still haven’t made a decision yet,” Pederson said. “We’re going to get through tomorrow, could be game time. But he’s doing well. He’s doing really well.”

Although he did not carry an injury designation into Jacksonville’s matchup with Chicago, a shoulder injury suffered in Week 4 against Houston kept Etienne on the Jaguars injury report through last Friday.

Etienne has rushed 56 times for 230 yards and two touchdowns and caught 16 passes for 91 yards this season, bringing his 40-game career totals with the Jaguars to 543 rushing attempts for 2,363 yards and 18 touchdowns and 109 receptions for 883 yards and one touchdown.

Jaguars RB ‘week-to-week’ with hamstring injury

Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. is considered “week-to-week” as he nurses a hamstring injury suffered against the Bears in Week 6, Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson told reporters on Monday.

“Travis had a hamstring in the game. He’s going to be week-to-week. He tweaked it on a go ball early in the game,” Pederson shared.

Etienne entered the matchup with a shoulder injury, which he originally suffered in Week 4 against the Texans and played through in Week 5 versus the Colts.

Etienne was a limited participant in Jacksonville’s practices last week due to his shoulder but did not carry an injury designation into the game against Chicago.

Through six appearances this season, all starts, Etienne has rushed 56 times for 230 yards and two touchdowns. He has added 16 receptions for 91 yards.

In his 40-game career with the Jaguars, Etienne has logged 543 rushing attempts for 2,363 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 109 passes for 883 yards and one touchdown.

ESPN insiders float five Jaguars in-season trade candidates

The NFL trade deadline is over a month away, on Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET.

But considering Jacksonville’s 0-4 start to the 2024 season, at least two NFL insiders believe the Jaguars are already nearing a position to sell.

In a Wednesday ESPN roundtable column discussing the trade market among other topics, insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano floated five players they could envision Jacksonville shipping away in the coming weeks if the Jaguars can not turn their campaign around.

Prompted by Graziano calling Jaguars wide receiver Christian Kirk a potential option for the pass-catcher-needy Pittsburgh Steelers, Fowler expounded on the possibility Jacksonville could deal players approaching the end of their rookie contracts to collect resources for the offseason.

Fowler had four players in mind, three starters and one key backup.

“Another loss or two could leave the 0-4 Jaguars trading away players. This roster is not barren. I could see teams inquiring on rookie-scale talent, such as linebacker Devin Lloyd, safety Andre Cisco and running back Travis Etienne Jr. I’m not saying Jacksonville wants to move marquee players, but we’ve seen this script before when a team implodes. The Jaguars have three starting-caliber offensive tackles, with Walker Little as the odd man out. Teams always need offensive line help and will make calls accordingly.”

Given the sky-high expectations Jaguars owner Shad Khan set for the club before the season and how Jacksonville has yet to get off the ground, it is fair to wonder if he would green-light a fire sale by general manager Trent Baalke at this point.

As Fowler alluded to, however, such situations have played out with struggling NFL teams before.

Kirk, Etienne, Lloyd and Cisco each occupy starting positions for the Jaguars.

Kirk is in the third season of a four-year, $72 million contract he signed with the club in 2022 and is set to account for $24.4 million against Jacksonville’s salary cap next year after restructuring his deal in 2023.

After a slow start to his 2024 campaign with two catches for 29 yards between Weeks 1-2, Kirk has caught 15 passes for 140 yards in Jacksonville’s last two games. He has 158 receptions for 2,064 yards and 12 touchdowns over 33 starts with the Jaguars.

Etienne, a first-round NFL draft pick by Jacksonville alongside his college quarterback Trevor Lawrence in 2021, is in his third season as the Jaguars’ starting running back after missing his rookie year with a Lisfranc injury. The fifth-year option on his rookie contract, for 2025, was picked up in April.

Etienne has logged 214 rushing yards and two touchdowns over 47 attempts this season, adding 10 receptions for 48 yards. He is up to 2,437 yards and 18 touchdowns over 534 rushes and 103 catches for 840 yards and one touchdown receiving.

Jacksonville’s second first-round pick in 2022, Lloyd has started in 33 of his 35 appearances with the Jaguars, recording 263 total tackles including three for loss, three interceptions, 17 defended passes and one forced fumble.

Lloyd posted 21 tackles, two pass breakups and the forced fumble between Weeks 1-3 this year, before missing Week 4 with a knee injury.

Cisco was a third-round pick by the Jaguars in Etienne’s draft class and emerged as a starting safety for the club in his second season, 2022.

After recording seven interceptions and 15 defended passes in 30 games over the last two seasons, Cisco is off to a slow start this season with only one pass breakup in four contests. He has logged 17 total tackles, though, increasing his career total to 178.

Of the quintet, Little arguably stands as the most reasonable trade candidate as he has yet to carve out a full-time starting role in four seasons with the Jaguars, despite his draft status.

The 2021 second-round pick has appeared in 44 games, though, making 17 starts and logging 1,145 offensive snaps in the roles of swing tackle and backup guard. He is in the final season of his rookie contract with Jacksonville.

Doug Pederson updates six injured Jaguars starters entering Week 5

The Jaguars are banged up entering Week 5 and ahead of their second consecutive AFC South showdown, against the Colts at home on Sunday.

Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson provided updates for six hurt Jaguars starters Monday, including confirmation that star defensive end Josh Hines-Allen entered the NFL’s concussion protocol after taking a thud against Houston in Week 4.

Running back Travis Etienne Jr. (shoulder) and right tackle Anton Harrison (ankle) will “be fine” after getting hurt in the Jaguars’ 24-20 loss against the Texans, too, per Pederson.

Linebacker Devin Lloyd (knee) was somewhat surprisingly made inactive before kickoff in Week 4. He appeared on Jacksonville’s injury report last Thursday and was questionable entering the game, although Pederson said Friday that the linebacker was dealing with soreness and “should be fine.”

“[Lloyd] had just a contusion the week before. It was kind of sore during the week, hopefully he would make it. Just went to warm up prior to the game and just felt like he couldn’t give 100 percent, so we put him down,” Pederson explained Monday.

Tight end Evan Engram (hamstring) and safety Darnell Savage Jr. (quadriceps) each missed their third consecutive game Sunday. Savage entered the weekend questionable but was downgraded to out Saturday.

Pederson indicated Savage did not suffer a setback, but rather, he did not get to 100% athletically during practice last week, leaving him sidelined for at least one more game. Engram enters Week 5 “day-to-day.”

“I’m hoping Savage [will be available in Week 5]. He went last week. Pushed it pretty hard. Didn’t feel like he could really open up last week – not a setback, nothing like that. We’ve just got to get him to burst,” said Pederson.

“Evan, I think is going to be day-to-day right now. Felt good today, we’ll see where he’s at here in a couple of days.”

B/R: Jaguars’ Travis Etienne has ‘best chance’ to reset 2025 RB market

The Jaguars came close but didn’t reset the NFL’s quarterback and edge rusher markets this offseason by paying Trevor Lawrence and Joshua Hines-Allen.

The $55 million average annual value of Lawrence’s five-year, $275 million contract extension is tied for the highest in NFL history, with Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow. Hines-Allen’s $28.3 million average annual value ranks No. 2 at his position, behind San Francisco’s Nick Bosa ($34 million).

Looking forward to the 2025 offseason, Bleacher Report analyst Maurice Moton predicts the Jaguars could sign a player to top-dollar relative to their position, by extending running back Travis Etienne Jr.

If Etienne were to sign a new contract next year, it would be with Jacksonville or following a trade to another team. The Jaguars picked up his fifth-year option for the 2025 season in April, worth $6.1 million fully guaranteed.

Moton argued that Etienne, 25, is better equipped to earn a big payday than Cleveland’s four-time Pro Bowl running back Nick Chubb, a looming free agent who is 29 and tore the ACL in his left knee last September.

Moton also pointed to Etienne’s receiving ability as a bargaining chip for his contract negotiations.

After Etienne sat out his entire rookie campaign with a foot injury, he’s bounced back with 1,400-plus scrimmage yards in consecutive terms. Between 2022 and 2023, Etienne saw a drop-off in his rushing yards per game, but he more than doubled his touchdown total in the same time span.

Last year, the Jacksonville Jaguars turned the ball over at an alarming rate, particularly in the second half of the campaign, which contributed to their late-season slide. Head coach Doug Pederson called out quarterback Trevor Lawrence for his poor ball security.

This offseason, the Jaguars signed Lawrence to a market-setting contract that’s equal to Joe Burrow’s deal in total value. However, Jacksonville may take a more conservative approach on offense to protect the ball, which could result in a heavier workload for Etienne.

If Etienne has a more efficient year than the last running the ball, he will get the big bucks heading into his 2025 option year.

Contract: Three years, $58 million ($25 million guaranteed)

$19.3 million per year in average annual value, what Moton’s projection equates to, would surpass Christian McCaffrey’s $19 million per year with San Francisco to make Etienne the NFL’s highest-paid running back by that measure, per Over the Cap.

$25 million guaranteed would rank No. 4 among current running back contracts if the metric were total guarantees, and No. 2 if it were full guarantees.

Jacksonville’s second first-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft — following his college teammate, Lawrence — Etienne has rushed 487 times for 2,133 yards and 16 touchdowns in 34 games with the Jaguars. He’s added 93 receptions for 792 yards and one touchdown.

Where did Derrick Henry land in a ranking of NFL’s top 10 running backs for 2024?

Baltimore Ravens star Derrick Henry is the NFL’s 9th-ranked running back in an ESPN’s survey of league executives, coaches and scouts.

Derrick Henry switched teams during the NFL’s free agent period, giving the Ravens a workhorse that can take immense pressure off MVP quarterback Derrick Henry.

Henry gives Baltimore a legit, three-down running back who can turn any play into a potential explosive touchdown or colossal gain. With training camps set to open in the next two weeks, ESPN has again surveyed league executives, coaches, and scouts to help rank the top 10 players in 11 positions, from quarterback to cornerback.

The rankings started at the running back position, and Henry slipped a bit despite landing with the league’s top rushing team, falling outside the top five and down to No. 9.

“He’s a warrior,” a veteran NFL coach said. “Just keeps himself in such good physical conditioning with offseason workouts. I don’t see him slowing down over the next two years. He’s a volume back with great size, breaks tackles, has deceptive speed and no one’s really catching him if he gets going. I don’t think he’s lost a step.”

Henry, 30, hit the open market after spending his first eight seasons with the Tennessee Titans.

Fresh off a season in which he rushed for 1,167 yards, Henry still has gas left in the tank despite an extensive career workload.