Michael DiRocco
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars defensive sort out Arik Armstead is coping with a again harm that places his availability for the workforce's regular-season opener unsure.
Armstead has missed the previous three practices with what coach Liam Coen referred to as a sore again. Nonetheless, he had participated solely in particular person drills within the Jaguars' first eight practices as a result of Coen mentioned the workforce was permitting the 31-year-old to have a “veteran begin.”
Nevertheless it seems to be like there is no concrete timetable for when the Jaguars may get Armstead again on the sector.
“He is a veteran who, finally, he'll in all probability know learn how to get himself able to go, I'd hope,” Coen mentioned after Tuesday's observe. “The secret is simply ensuring that he is wholesome and able to go for the primary recreation. It is a lengthy season as we all know. Now to not say that early [games] aren't clearly as necessary as late ones, however it's a lengthy season, and we're actually simply attempting to get him to be as wholesome as potential.”
When requested if Armstead could be out there for the Jaguars' Sept. 7 opener in opposition to the Carolina Panthers, Coen responded: “I'd suppose so. It is laborious for me to say proper now, although.”
The Jaguars signed Armstead to a three-year, $43.5 million contract, with $28 million assured, in March 2024. Although Armstead had thrived inside as a defensive sort out with the San Francisco 49ers, the Jaguars moved him outdoors to defensive finish as a backup to Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker, and Armstead completed with two sacks final season.
Armstead mentioned the day after the season ended that he would transfer again inside in 2025. That is the place he labored within the spring, and the Jaguars deliberate to begin him alongside nostril sort out DaVon Hamilton.
Armstead's $2 million wage and $12 million possibility bonus in 2025 are totally assured. He has no assured cash in 2026.
