Jakobi Meyers Camp Update — August 16: The December Money Is Buying Red-Zone Looks

Jakobi Meyers caught two red-zone touchdowns from Trevor Lawrence in Thursday's joint practice with the Saints, per Brent Martineau of Action Sports Jax. Lawrence threw four scoring passes in that period; half of them went to Meyers, with Parker Washington and Brian Thomas splitting the rest. In a receiver room this crowded, being the quarterback's most frequent answer near the goal line is not a small detail.

The June preview of Meyers rested on the most durable fact in his file: volume. He had drawn at least 96 targets in each of five straight seasons, delivered an 800-yard year for a fourth consecutive time even in a season split across two teams by a trade, and target load is the stickiest thing a receiver carries from year to year. Jacksonville then paid him in December — three years, 60 million, 40 guaranteed — before he ever hit the open market, and our line was that December money usually buys September looks. The honest cap was the room itself: if Brian Thomas rebounds and Washington's surge is real, last year's workload could turn out to be Meyers's ceiling rather than his floor.

This week fed the friendly half of that read. Two red-zone connections with Lawrence against another team's defense is the contract translating into usage, and it echoes June minicamp, where Meyers also caught a red-zone score from Lawrence on day three. He then sat Saturday's game in New Orleans along with the 30-plus players Jacksonville held out, per John Oehser at jaguars.com — starter treatment, which is itself information for a player some viewed as the third or fourth option here.

Does the June read hold? CONFIRMED — the bet was that the team sees a starter and the targets would follow, and every camp signal so far agrees. The cap has not moved either, though: Thomas and Washington both scored in the same period, and the target math still has to feed everyone.

Next week: watch whether the red-zone rotation keeps starting with Meyers as camp closes, and where he lines up when the starters take their first game snaps. We'll check next Sunday.

_Data via nflverse._