Chula Vista product has started all 10 games at linebacker with Jacksonville. Head coach Kevin O'Connell's Vikings make NFL foes earn it.
In the NFL it takes a special linebacker to play every down, but it’s not surprising coming from a San Diegan. Chula Vista’s Devin Lloyd, avoiding third-down exits even as a rookie, stands 10among NFL linebackers in snaps played and has a 94 percent participation rate with a Jaguars defense that’s risen to 12If Junior Seau were around, he’d give Lloyd an “attaboy.” Two locals who recently preceded Lloyd to the NFL might say: “Way to keep it going.
Though the Jags having matched last year’s win total and tripled their output of 2020 doesn’t scream Super Bowl potential, a San Diego County pedigree at inside linebacker would seem favorable to someday reaching the big game. Oceanside’s Seau led the Chargers to their only Super Bowl berth, and if Lloyd were to start a Super Bowl while on his first contract, which runs throught 2026, he’d match the two locals.
Lloyd began fast this season despite a hamstring injury that sidelined him in August. In his second game, he intercepted a deflected pass thrown by Matt Ryan, a former MVP. He earned a high grade from Pro Football Focus the following week in Jacksonville’s rout of the Chargers. Though recent showings against the Colts and Chiefs drew subpar grades — mirroring a Jags team that has dropped six of its past seven game — the former Otay Ranch safety has two interceptions.Of the 25 linebackers with participation rates over 79 percent, Warner and Lloyd rank third and 22nd in PFF’s season grades.
Kevin O’Connell said he learned from Bill Belichick that winning in the NFL begins with not losing. The rookie head coach has seen his Vikings commit the fifth-fewest penalties per game and allow the ninth-fewest takeaways.
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