08-13-2016, 05:34 PM
here: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400...=hootsuite
Main points summarized (read the article for full comments)
-on Myles Jack: “He easily could’ve been our pick had he been fully healthy. As the draft went on, and you get into the second round, We said, let’s take a guy that we know a lot about who is excellent talent. We have to take some risk. We have to close that talent gap and we won’t do it by being very conservative. Let’s take a risk on a guy that we know is a great worker, very diligent and he’s going to take care of his body.
-on Jalen Ramsey: taking cornerback Jalen Ramsey at No. 5:
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">“I don’t think there was a lot of [debate], it was pretty unanimous. we wanted to come out with an impact defensive player in the top five. This was the year we wanted to start focusing on crafting this defense and building it from the ground up.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">So, why him:“He’s a rare athlete. You see him on the field being as big as he is, how he moves and how explosive he is. You don’t find guys like that that come along every year. Once every couple years, you get a player of that ability.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">-Yannick Ngakoue: He and Dante will split time at that Leo position. In nickel, they’ll both play the ends. Both are athletic enough with their versatility they can drop into coverage and take tight ends man to man. They offer our coaches a lot of flexibility with game-planning on where to bring pressure and where to drop into coverage. He was a really good scheme fit for us. He had 13 ½ sacks at Maryland so the production was there. He beat three of the top offensive tackles in the draft for sacks. Those tackles are very good players. He played at a high level of competition and was productive. You need more than one pass rusher. We don’t have a lot of experience here, but we feel like we have a pretty good skill set in those young guys.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">-LT Battle: “Luke’s probably had his best camp since we’ve been here. I think it’s maturity in his growth and physical maturity. He showed really good game this past weekend [Jets]. All through camp he’s been competing. Competition helps that too, bringing Kelvin in, although Luke is not the type of guy who needs external motivation. So, it’s going to be a good battle over these next couple of weeks to see where that ends up. Luke has done a really nice job at left guard for us in the time he’s been there in practice. He didn’t play there this [game] because we were short on numbers. I expect him to play some left guard in the preseason. When we get Kelvin back, he did individual today, we’ll slowly bring him along.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">-3rd receiver: “Our three spots are a little in flux, because there is no true three. If we go slot, we have Rashad Greene and Bryan Walters that are really good slot receivers. Marqise Lee can take the top off but he’s outside so then you bring one of the Allens inside. All from our three-to-five spots, I think those guys are going to play quite a bit. Rashad is a dynamic punt returner, so that will be his focus and Bryan Walters does a really nice job on special teams too.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">There are also bits about Jackson, Amukamara, Gipson, Fowler and Greg Olson.
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<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">By what he said it seems the top 5 receivers they'll surely keep on the roster will be Arob, Hurns, Lee, Greene and Walters.
Main points summarized (read the article for full comments)
-on Myles Jack: “He easily could’ve been our pick had he been fully healthy. As the draft went on, and you get into the second round, We said, let’s take a guy that we know a lot about who is excellent talent. We have to take some risk. We have to close that talent gap and we won’t do it by being very conservative. Let’s take a risk on a guy that we know is a great worker, very diligent and he’s going to take care of his body.
-on Jalen Ramsey: taking cornerback Jalen Ramsey at No. 5:
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">“I don’t think there was a lot of [debate], it was pretty unanimous. we wanted to come out with an impact defensive player in the top five. This was the year we wanted to start focusing on crafting this defense and building it from the ground up.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">So, why him:“He’s a rare athlete. You see him on the field being as big as he is, how he moves and how explosive he is. You don’t find guys like that that come along every year. Once every couple years, you get a player of that ability.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">-Yannick Ngakoue: He and Dante will split time at that Leo position. In nickel, they’ll both play the ends. Both are athletic enough with their versatility they can drop into coverage and take tight ends man to man. They offer our coaches a lot of flexibility with game-planning on where to bring pressure and where to drop into coverage. He was a really good scheme fit for us. He had 13 ½ sacks at Maryland so the production was there. He beat three of the top offensive tackles in the draft for sacks. Those tackles are very good players. He played at a high level of competition and was productive. You need more than one pass rusher. We don’t have a lot of experience here, but we feel like we have a pretty good skill set in those young guys.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">-LT Battle: “Luke’s probably had his best camp since we’ve been here. I think it’s maturity in his growth and physical maturity. He showed really good game this past weekend [Jets]. All through camp he’s been competing. Competition helps that too, bringing Kelvin in, although Luke is not the type of guy who needs external motivation. So, it’s going to be a good battle over these next couple of weeks to see where that ends up. Luke has done a really nice job at left guard for us in the time he’s been there in practice. He didn’t play there this [game] because we were short on numbers. I expect him to play some left guard in the preseason. When we get Kelvin back, he did individual today, we’ll slowly bring him along.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">-3rd receiver: “Our three spots are a little in flux, because there is no true three. If we go slot, we have Rashad Greene and Bryan Walters that are really good slot receivers. Marqise Lee can take the top off but he’s outside so then you bring one of the Allens inside. All from our three-to-five spots, I think those guys are going to play quite a bit. Rashad is a dynamic punt returner, so that will be his focus and Bryan Walters does a really nice job on special teams too.”
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">There are also bits about Jackson, Amukamara, Gipson, Fowler and Greg Olson.
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">
<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">By what he said it seems the top 5 receivers they'll surely keep on the roster will be Arob, Hurns, Lee, Greene and Walters.