The Jacksonville Jaguars will be looking to build on their 35-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers when they face the Arizona Cardinals in Week 12. Working against them is the fact that they'll be without a handful of key players; the biggest absence will probably be Travon Walker.
Walker was always going to face an uphill battle to play the Cards. He missed practice after suffering a knee injury in the Chargers game. Now, the Jags have officially announced that he won't be available.
The Jaguars will be without Travon Walker, Brian Thomas Jr. and Anton Harrison
Aside from Travon Walker, right tackle Anton Harrison (knee/ankle), Yasir Abdullah (finger), tight end Hunter Long (knee/hip), and tight end Brenton Strange (hip) have been ruled out for Week 12. Below is the full injury report.
On top of that, Jacksonville listed Brenton Strange (hip), cornerback Jarrian Jones (quad), and Jourdan Lewis (neck) as questionable. The team's brass activated Strange's 21-day window to practice to return from the Injured Reserve after the Las Vegas Raiders game. Given that they freed up a roster spot when they released Kahled Hailassie, they can activate him at any time.
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On the off chance that both Jones and Lewis aren't available, the Jags will be thin at nickel. Then again, Greg Newsome is good to go, so that's most definitely a silver lining. Another positive development is that the running back tandem of Travis Etienne (shoulder), and Bhayshul Tuten (ankle) didn't get a designation.
With Harrison missing his second game in a row, Cole Van Lanen is back at right tackle. On the other hand, Thomas' absence at receiver means Parker Washington and Jakobi Meyers will be Trevor Lawrence's top targets again.
Travon Walker was a long-shot to suit up for the Jaguars
Even if Travon Walker had been listed as questionable, he would've either been a long shot to play or would've been on a snap count. The fact that the Jaguars already ruled out allows Danny Striggow, B.J. Green II, and Dennis Gardeck to prep for the Cardinals. Liam Coen, for his part, believes that it might've been challenging for Walker to be ready without practicing.
Liam Coen told the local media Friday that players rarely practice full-speed at this stage of the season, pointing out that injuries prevent them from getting minimal snaps.
"It's definitely a challenge, for sure," Coen told the media Friday when asked if a player can suit up without practicing (12:32 mark). "It's just the nature of the National Football League at this time is very difficult to get a ton of meaningful ops and reps in practice. I'm talking about full speed, right? We can, you can do as much jog-through as possible, and that's kind of where you have to go a little bit towards the end of the season, with the bodies and the injuries being what they are, the goal is to get them to Sunday."
"Coen continued, "But there is a different challenge of preparing as a pro with very limited full-speed snaps in a game, especially as a younger player. So that's just part of this, though, like so many guys have had to do it, I do believe you can do it because of the jog-through, because of the walkthrough, and we didn't do any full speed on Wednesday anyway. So you're talking about a couple periods on Thursday, a couple periods on Friday."
Ultimately, Coen says it's feasible but definitely tougher.
"The jog-through, walkthrough reps are so valuable that you have to take advantage of everyone, and the amount that you have to be locked into the plan and taking reps when others are like taking mental rep has got to be key and critical to our players that are having to take some limited opportunities this week and are expected to go play on Sunday. We can't miss those up. So it's doable. It's just definitely harder," Coen said.
Having Travon Walker would've given the Jaguars a better chance to defeat the Cardinals, but the show must go on, and they'll need to find a way to win if they don't want the Texans to lurk around.