Training Camp 2013 – Day 5
By Daniel Lago
After a day off on Tuesday, the Jacksonville Jaguars resumed training camp with full pads on Wednesday. All eyes were on quarterback Blaine Gabbert after he left Monday’s practice on a cart with his ankle taped up. Gabbert walked out onto the field in full gear ready to practice, but he had his ankle taped up pretty thoroughly. The coaches were clearly being cautious with Gabbert as he did not participate fully in all the drills.
Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert warming up in full pads. Right ankle heavily taped. pic.twitter.com/KQSLzP8mWM
— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) July 31, 2013
Gabbert sat during warmups with leg elevated. Other qbs throwing. Very early in practice. We'll monitor how much gabbert does.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) July 31, 2013
As a result, Chad Henne ended up with a majority of the reps on team drills with Mike Kafka taking over some of the snaps with the twos.
Chad Henne getting the bulk of reps today. Blaine Gabbert is dressed but team is being smart with his ankle. #Jaguars
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) July 31, 2013
Mike Kafka gets the call to replace Blaine Gabbert. Kafka working with the 2s at Jaguars camp
— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) July 31, 2013
Gabbert wasn’t completely held out of practice however as he participated in 7-on-7 drills and made a few nice plays.
Gabbert working 7 on 7
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) July 31, 2013
Bradley says Gabbert wanted go and coaches came up with plan to reduce reps.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) July 31, 2013
No Blaine Gabbert in 11 on 11 but they've got him out there for 7 on 7. Connected w/Sanders on a nice pass. pic.twitter.com/akBLhHPKLF
— Jessica Blaylock (@JessBlaylock) July 31, 2013
Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch decided to open up the playbook today and gave Denard Robinson plenty of looks in the wildcat and in read-option runs. The offense also ran a neat trick play where Kafka tossed a lateral to converted wide receiver Mike Brown who then threw a deep ball to Jordan Todman.
More work on wildcat today. @DenardX taken three snaps so far.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) July 31, 2013
Denard is having a nice practice. Some catches as WR, some good runs, and he's killing running read-option/wildcat
— Alfie (@AlfieBCC) July 31, 2013
A little trickery. Mike brown takes lateral from Kafka and barely misses todman in end zone.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) July 31, 2013
Shorts had a rare mistake mishandling the exchange on a reverse but overall he continues to have an outstanding training camp.
Even Cecil shorts not perfect. Fumbles exchange on reverse and Russell Allen recovers.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) July 31, 2013
Henne to Shorts III for a nice 7 yrd TD. #Jaguars #NFLTrainingCamp #StandUnited
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) July 31, 2013
Touchdown shorts again #Jaguars
— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) July 31, 2013
Alfie Crow of Big Cat Country also provided some great play-by-play on the lineman during some of the drills. From the looks of it Joeckel is as good as advertised and rookie T.J. Barnes looks to have some potential to go along with his massive 6-7, 364 pound frame.
Joeckel stones Branch in pass rush drills. Egboh beats Uche, milller gets Meester but he recovers. Rackley handles Smith
— Alfie (@AlfieBCC) July 31, 2013
TJ Barnes soaks up two blockers and pushes them back as Abry Jones loops around
— Alfie (@AlfieBCC) July 31, 2013
With the players finally practicing in full pads, we should start seeing more reports about the lineman and other players who mostly shine in contact drills. We also could see Justin Blackmon return to action relatively soon.
Jaguars coach Gus Bradley says WR Justin Blackmon could be back soon: "they've speeded up his rehab."
— Mark Long (@APMarkLong) July 31, 2013
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