Jaguars Notebook: Doug Marrone expects Jaguars LT Branden Albert for next week's mini-camp

Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said he expects left tackle Branden Albert to report for next week’s mandatory mini-camp.

“He told he was going to be here,” Marrone said after the Jaguars completed their 10th and final OTA. “I take him for his word. So we’ll see.”

Albert, acquired from Miami in March for a 2018 seventh-round draft pick to replace Kelvin Beachum, has not participated in any of the Jaguars’ off-season activities. His only face to face interaction with the team has been during his visits in late February and mid-March.

The Jaguars have said they will not be giving Albert a contract extension or a re-worked deal.

Marrone said the coaching staff has not mapped out a plan for Albert once he arrives. Players are set to report Monday and practice Tuesday-Thursday.

“I have to wait to see him,” Marrone said. “I don’t know if he’s going to pass the physical. There is a process everyone goes through. I’m assuming that he would [pass it] but you never know so I’m not going to get ahead of myself.

“We’ll sit down this weekend and sit down Monday and set that plan when he comes. I’m not going to waste time thinking about it – there are a lot of other things going on.”

If Albert does not report for the mini-camp, he would be subject to fines of $13,000 (Tuesday), $26,000 (Wednesday) and $40,000 (Thursday).

OTAs WRAP UP

The Jaguars went through their 10th and final organized team activity practice on Friday. The voluntary practices, which began on May 23, mostly involved situational, conditioning and technique work. The Jaguars’ final phase of offseason work begins this upcoming Tuesday with their mandatory three-day minicamp.

“You want more practices,” Marrone said. “You want it spread out. You want to be able to spend more time, but I think it is what it is. You don’t complain about it. You just do the best job you can. We were able to get everything in that we wanted. I think a couple of things situationally are showing up that we need to work on and do a better job situationally.”

After next week’s work, the players won’t have report until next month’s training camp. Rookies and first-year players are scheduled to report July 19; quarterbacks July 21 and veterans July 26.

NO CHURCH OR GIPSON

Running back T.J. Yeldon is expected to join safeties Barry Church and Tashaun Gipson as non participants for next week’s mandatory minicamp because of undisclosed injuries. All three players missed all 10 of the team’s OTA practices. Marrone said he did not plan seeing the three players participate. Church, who had been with Dallas Cowboys since 2010, signed a four-year, $21.6 million free agent contract with the Jaguars in March.

Tailback Chris Ivory also missed practice time this week because of an undisclosed injury, but he returned to work on Friday and is expected to participate in minicamp without restrictions.

SPECIAL TEAMS FOCUS

The Jaguars have put a significant emphasis toward improving their special teams play. During OTA’s, Marrone said they moved around several players to different positions and they expect to continue experimenting when training camp opens.

“Myself, (Special Teams Coordinator) Joe (DeCamillis) and (Assistant Special Teams Coach Mike) Mallory have been in constant communication of where we are, consistently the players daily or after two practices, and where we’re going,” Marrone said. “We feel that we have people that have the ability to be core players for us.”