(04-18-2023, 02:40 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Crap.  There goes our shot at the playoffs.

Would be nice to have him available and drama free, actually.

Three different Jags regimes have now tried and failed to get production form him as a returner or as a DB, but ST coach Farwell last year found Claybrooks a true home as gunner on kick coverage. 

Here's an excerpt from the SI beat writer's report card on Farwell's work wit the ST unit last year:

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[b]What we learned: [/b]Chris Claybrooks and Daniel Thomas were more than enough to replace Rudy Ford. While Ford was never going to make an impact on the Jaguars' defense in 2022, it was at least worth wondering what his release at the end of training camp meant for the special teams units after Ford had proven to be an elite gunner on coverage teams. Third-year defensive backs Chris Claybrooks and Daniel Thomas were genuinely elite as gunners in his place in 2022, making up for the subtraction of Ford by consistently downing punts within the five-yard line. Claybrooks was especially effective in this role, using his speed to keep a few punts at the one-yard line toward the end of the year.

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