Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas didn’t have any catches in the team’s final two games before their Week 7 bye and he found himself on the bench for all of the second half of their Week 6 loss to the Texans, which led head coach Liam Coen to say that “guys have to step up and make plays” if they want to be on the field.
On Monday, Coen was asked in a conference call if Thomas is going to remain out of the plans against the Colts in Jacksonville’s Week 8 home game. Coen said that Thomas will have a chance to make an impact on offense.
“He’s gonna be able to help us make plays this week,” Coen said. “I bet it, I know it. We’re gonna continue to support him, throw our arm around him and continue to do what we gotta do to make plays on Sunday. We gotta continue to put him in the best position to do so. BT works at it. He cares about this, he cares about winning and losing, he cares about his team. We all wanna see guys have success individually, but I’m excited about attacking this week with BT.”
With a couple of weeks to go before the trade deadline and the Jaguars employing a deep group of receivers, there will likely continue to be chatter about Thomas being on the move before November 10 whether he makes it back onto the stat sheet or not this week.