Jaguars' Linebacker Thriving In New Defense

"Devin’s doing good. We're playing a little bit more in the middle, which is he’s in the box, he’s coming downhill, he’s a physical player, good in coverage," Nielsen said this week.

"I’ll tell you, one of the things, and this was kind of one of his deals, is he has a lot of ball production in the passing game. There are a lot of PBUs and tipped balls and altered passes because he’s around where the catch point is, or he’s rushing and then he gets a hand up and things like that. He is affecting the ball disruption.”

The next step for Lloyd and for the rest of the Jaguars' defense in general? Begin forcing takeaways, which Lloyd thrived doing over the last two years. Lloyd has shown flashes of doing the same this year as well, recording his first career forced fumble in Week 2.

"I’ll tell you; we had the ball on the goal line last week, the ball popped out and Devin made a heck of a play," Nielsen said.

"We’ve just got to get off the block sometimes, timing, being in the right spot at the right time, that would’ve been a huge play in the game, right? So, we’re working on it. It's been a point of emphasis, it's a point of emphasis every single week, every single day."

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