May 13, 2013; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Dwayne Gratz (27) during organized team activities at The Florida Blue Health

As you can see, there have been some changes to B&T over the past day.  In order to make your reading experience even better, the good guys at Fansided have changed some stuff around.

What’s New:

The Hub

• The Hub is gone now.  This means you should check the daily “Prowling The Web” for all the good Jaguars updates from around the web.  You can, of course, always check back with B&T.

Popular Stories

• The hub was removed to make more space for the popular content.  We’ll have all kinds of new stuff popping up through there for your reading enjoyment.

What’s Stayed The Same:

Features

• The featured story is still there for you.  RIGHT IN THE FACE.  Fresh for the day and ready to be read.

The Bar

• Our “navigation bar” is still the same, giving you access to game previews when the season starts, power rankings, the ability to learn more about the writers for the site (updates coming to that soon!) and access to the other 230 Fansided sites that generate quality content every day.

Latest Content

• Right below the featured story and the popular stories are all the other stuff that we put up but don’t feel needs that immediate attention.  Check it out for some recently added content and for stuff from a little bit ago.

We love the changes and hope that you do too.  Enjoy reading the content and, as always, go Jaguars.

- Luke N. Sims

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Sep 11, 2011; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back Dwight Lowery (25) celebrates after intercepting a Tennessee Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (not pictured) pass to seal a 16-14 victory during a game at EverBank Field. Mandatory Credit: Fernando Medina-USA TODAY Sports

The NFL today has been changing more and more into a high speed, pass-happy league, and the teams that follow that mold are the teams that get the press because for most fans its exciting to watch.  However when the post-season rolls around that’s when the old fashioned style teams come out to play and the teams you see going deep into the postseason are not the teams that are hyped up for being high scoring.  Really its the teams that keep the scores down and play well on defense.

“Defense wins championships” its been the motto of most sports for a long time now, and to look at recent Super Bowls the teams that represent each conference usually end up being teams that have a great defense that is complimented by a good offense that can put enough points on the board to get the win for their team.

Luckily for the Jaguars new Head Coach Gus Bradley is a defensive minded coach and a pretty good one too.  He spent the last three seasons in Seattle putting together what is now one of the top defensive backfields in the game today.  After what happened in the draft you can only assume that Bradley is trying to re-create in Jacksonville the kind of defensive backs he had in Seattle and so far the potential is there for him to be successful.

The Jaguars will be returning Safeties Dwight Lowery and Chris Prosinski along with  corners Kevin Rutland and Mike Harris.  Lowery as of now is expected to start at one of the safety spots with the second round draft pick Johnathan Cyprien.   The Jaguars have also brought in a former player of Bradley’s from Seattle in Marcus Trufant who will battle with Rutland, Harris, third round pick Dwayne Gratz, and free agent signing Alan Ball for a spot to play at corner.

With this kind of competition and the youth mixed with some fairly established veterans to help keep them focused the potential is there for Bradley to put together a pretty stout defense.  Although the Jaguars will not be considered a top contender this or maybe even the next, this group of young players give Jags fans something to look forward to this season to show progress is being made.

- Mike Milder

Sep 30, 2012; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew (32) runs the ball during the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Everbank Field. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

The changes are coming swiftly for the Jacksonville Jaguars.  Players continue to be signed, released, and evaluated.  As OTAs continue and the new systems from new coaches continue to be installed and built upon, the Jaguars have a major improvement on a similar process last offseason.

Maurice Jones-Drew.

Not only is MJD not actively boycotting the Jaguars offseason this year, but he is being communicative as he rehabilitates from his ankle injury suffered last season.  He is welcoming to the new coaching staff, he is trying to do his (currently limited) part, and he is acting every bit as the team leader that the Jaguars expect and need from him.  He is making strides in maturity, and that’s huge for the Jags.

Perhaps the biggest indication of this maturity is found in the good rapport Jones-Drew is developing with the new coaching staff.  ”“I said, ‘We need you here,’ and he did that and he said, ‘Okay, now that we’ve got all the installs done let’s take the next step,’” said head coach Gus Bradley about MJD during the offseason.  Jones-Drew is there when he is needed.  He is relied upon.  The Atlas for the team for so long, Jones-Drew is showing that he more than just dependable on the field.  He is dependable off the field as well.

This Maurice is the same as the one we’ve seen each season, but he is approaching the game in a more mature way than we have seen in recent years.  It’s a welcome change and I’m excited to see him make more strides as a man and a player during the 2013 season.

- Luke N. Sims

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