HEAD COACH DOUG PEDERSON
MEDIA AVAILABILITY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2024
(On DE Josh Hines-Allen’s game status for Sunday vs. Indianapolis) “Still in the protocol.
Optimistic though. Still has to get through another phase, but he’s doing well.”
(On the statuses of TE Evan Engram, LB Devin Lloyd and S Darnell Savage) “Devin will be
good, Savage will be good. Both those guys should play. Evan, I think, is still day-to-day.
He’s done some good things this week, but we’ll get through today. Probably gametime, but
we’ll see. We’ll see where he’s at later as we get closer.”
(On seeing production from the passing game as an extension of the run game) “Well, I’m
just thinking through your question a little bit. I think there are ways of doing it. You can do it
with advantage throws off the run. You can do it with RPOs. You can do it with three-step or
quick passing. You can do it with screens. There’s a multitude of ways you can extend your
run game. I think we’ve kind of hit all of those probably more so than, say, the RPO.”
(On how and why he saw improvement from the offensive tackles vs. Houston) “I just think
they approached it from maybe a couple of ways. One, they were probably taking a little bit
of heat outside the building, and so they take that personal and just want to play better. I
think the work that they’ve done now, the five guys playing together, for the first four weeks,
can also help that. Knowing that you’re playing against two really good edge rushers again,
that Houston has. They really stepped up to the challenge. I just think that in itself – they
take a lot of pride in their work and really stepped up and played really, really well. Played
their best game, and I thought last week the offensive line for the most part, for the whole
game, really played their best game of the season so far.”
(On the impact that Savage’s experience will have on a young secondary) “I think it’s big to
get him back. Brings some leadership, brings a little energy out there in a veteran player
who’s played. It takes nothing away from what Jarrian [CB Jarrian Jones] has done. I thought
Jarrian played—he kind of played through injury last week and then really did a great job,
and has done a great job. It’s learning, you know, Jarrian is learning, right? And now getting
Sav back, he can learn more from him. We’re slowly getting some of our pieces, some of
our injured players back.”
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed CB Tyler Hall and RB Jake Funk to the practice squad, the team announced today. Additionally, the team has released RB Jalen Jackson from the practice squad.
Hall originally signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted rookie following the 2020 Draft. He spent his first four seasons on the practice squad with Atlanta (2020), Los Angeles Rams (2021) and Las Vegas (2022-23) before signing with Philadelphia as an unrestricted free agent in March 2024. In August, he was placed on Philadelphia’s injured reserve list, then eventually signed with Seattle’s practice squad in September. Throughout his NFL career, Hall has played in 30 games (six starts) and amassed 30 tackles (18 solo), four passes defensed, two tackles for loss, one quarterback hit and 1.0 sack. The Hawthorne, Calif., native played collegiately for four seasons at Wyoming between 2016-19, totaling 107 tackles (41 solo), 22 passes defensed, four tackles for loss, four interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
Funk was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round (233rd overall) of the 2021 Draft. After his rookie season with the Rams (2021), Funk began the 2022 season with the Rams. He later signed with New Orleans (2022), Indianapolis (2022), Miami (2023) and Baltimore’s (2023) practice squads. In January 2024, Funk signed with Detroit and was waived in August. Prior to the NFL, the Gaithersburg, Md., native played at Maryland from 2016-2020, redshirting in 2018 due to injury. He finished his senior season (2020) ranking first in the Big Ten and second nationally in yards per carry (8.6), and third all-time in single-season yards per carry in program history. He was also named Third Team All-Big Ten in 2020.
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have elevated LB Tanner Muse and S Matthew Jackson to the active roster from the practice squad for tomorrow’s game via standard elevation, the team announced today.
Muse was drafted by Las Vegas in the third round (100th overall) of the 2020 Draft. After his rookie season with the Raiders (2020), Muse played in 33 games across three seasons with Seattle (2021-22) while on the team’s practice squad and the Los Angeles Chargers’ active roster (2023). Muse joined the Jaguars in 2024 as an unrestricted free agent, signing with the team’s practice squad in August. This season, Muse saw game action on special teams in Week 4 at Houston. Prior to the NFL, the Belmont, N.C., native played four seasons at Clemson. In 59 career games, he recorded 237 tackles (10.5 for loss), 15 passes defensed, 4.0 sacks, seven interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery that was returned for a 63-yard touchdown. Muse was a standard elevation for last week’s game against Houston.
Jackson originally signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent following the 2023 NFL Draft. In 10 games with Tennessee as a rookie, he recorded one tackle on defense and five tackles (three solo) on special teams. The Nashville, Tenn., native played five seasons (2018-22) at linebacker at Eastern Kentucky University. In 50 games, Jackson registered 294 tackles (170 solo), 27.5 tackles for loss, 14 passes defensed, 8.0 sacks, five fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions. He was named ASUN All-Conference consecutively in 2021 and 2022.
