Jacksonville Jaguars Preseason Week 2: Tuesday Practice
By Daniel Lago
The Jacksonville Jaguars continued to prepare on Tuesday for their second preseason game against the New York Jets after having their worst offensive practice on Monday. It appears the staff is content with keeping Cecil Shorts III out until at least the third preseason game. Justin Forsett and Russell Allen also remained out with lingering injuries and Brad Meester got an obligatory veterans day off. First round pick Luke Joeckel also stayed to the side with his hip flexor injury. Don’t be surprised to see Joeckel kept out of this week’s game as well.
Shorts still out ... Jaguars practice about to get started
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) August 13, 2013
Forsett no pads #Jaguars
— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) August 13, 2013
Looks like Meester has veterans day off with Russell Allen still in a boot
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) August 13, 2013
Joeckel out of practice again today with hip flexor. #Jaguars
— Hays Carlyon (@HaysCarlyon) August 13, 2013
After running through some light positional drills, the Jaguars got into some team drills where Gabbert began with the first team offense.
11 on 11 … Gabbert working with starters... Laroy Reynolds in with first-team d ... Andre branch at leo with Babin resting.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) August 13, 2013
Ace Sanders continues to shine and Maurice Jones-Drew is looking better every day in practice it seems. Sanders didn’t have the best day against Miami, but he should improve through the preseason.
#Jaguars QB @BlaineGabbert hits WR @AceSanders1 on a 25 yard pass. 11-on-11s going strong. #nfltrainingcamp
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) August 13, 2013
Ace Sanders makes tough catch on tight coverage from Ball 20 yards downfield. #Jaguars
— Hays Carlyon (@HaysCarlyon) August 13, 2013
A noticeable burst from mojo on his last run. #jagscamp
— Brent Martineau (@BrentASJax) August 13, 2013
Team work again. Gabbert with ones. Jones-drew breaks big run #Jaguars
— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) August 13, 2013
Jonathan Cyprien continued to establish his presence coming back from injury and should be a highlight on defense the rest of camp.
First cyprien sighting of day #Jaguars
— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) August 13, 2013
Justin Blackmon continued to shine after returning from the PUP list and he’s going to be sorely missed during the first four games of the season. He seems to have some rapport with Gabbert, even if it’s inconsistent.
Blackmon schools Lowery and Gratz making one-hand grab 40 yards downfield. #Jaguars
— Hays Carlyon (@HaysCarlyon) August 13, 2013
In two days of practice, Blackmon has two of the top catches in training camp. #Jaguars
— Hays Carlyon (@HaysCarlyon) August 13, 2013
Despite a few highlights, overall the offense continued to look awful through most of practice. Without having any film to review it’s difficult to definitively say Gabbert and the offense are not improving, but reports from camp are demoralizing to say the least.
Gabbert with one's but can't get a guy to make a play. Marcedes, Brown and Ebert all had hands on passes and didn't catch it.
— Brent Martineau (@BrentASJax) August 13, 2013
Mincey intercepted screen from Blaine #Jaguars
— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) August 13, 2013
In 11-on-11 today, Gabbert was 4-of-10, Henne 5-of-8. #Jaguars
— Ryan O'Halloran (@ryanohalloran) August 13, 2013
The poor performance even prompted veteran tight end Marcedes Lewis to give the offense a few choice words.
Offense met on field for extra few minutes, getting lecture from Marcedes Lewis. #Jaguars
— Ryan O'Halloran (@ryanohalloran) August 13, 2013
Lewis message to offense: "Today was unacceptable. We took a step back." #Jaguars
— Ryan O'Halloran (@ryanohalloran) August 13, 2013
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