The Jaguars are dealing with injuries to a pair of key special teamers, punter Logan Cooke and long snapper Ross Matiscik, ahead of Jacksonville’s Week 14 road matchup with the Tennessee Titans.
Cooke and Matiscik will appear on Jacksonville’s Week 14 injury report with lower-body injuries undisclosed at press time, Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson revealed Wednesday.
Jacksonville signed punter Matt Haack and long snapper Tucker Addington to its practice squad on Tuesday, anticipating Cooke and Matiscik’s limitations or potential unavailability.
“Both guys won’t practice today, so we just need to get the reps from that position,” Pederson said. “So, these two guys, we brought them in to fill that need.”
In his seventh season as Jacksonville’s starting punter, Cooke is averaging career-highs of 51.3 yards and 46 net yards per punt. 54.2% of his punts have been pinned inside the 20-yard line, also trending toward a career-best.
Matiscik has started 79 consecutive games at long snapper for the Jaguars since 2020. He earned First-Team All-Pro recognition in 2023 after recording eight special teams tackles.
Haack has punted 453 times with a 44.7-yard average in his eight-year NFL career, over four seasons with the Miami Dolphins and one-season stints with the Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. He has pinned 169 punts inside the 20-yard line and recorded 26 touchbacks.
Addington returned to Jacksonville after briefly playing for the Jaguars during the 2023 preseason. He has also spent time with the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Washington Commanders and Dolphins since entering the NFL in 2022. He has appeared in 10 games and recorded one tackle.
