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**Jags02** · 08-07-2016, 06:36 AM

Now that I finally have a chance to watch it, I'll simply jot a few notes as I do...

Fowler makes his presence known early and often. I haven't been this giddy since Byron Leftwich was drafted, but Byron held out most of his rookie camp.
Tony Washington dropped a couple rare deep passes from Henne. While they weren't the easiest to catch, making them might have helped him edge into the competition between Arrileious Benn and Bryan Walters. With the drop he's quickly becoming an afterthought.
Alualu batted down a Henne pass, and the O-man jokes about how often he's seen that from him. I sincerely feel his roster spot can be better utilized.
Joekel is definitely an explosive run blocker capable of opening holes. LG just might be his calling. I suspect that overall he'd look better playing between Linder and Beachum than he does between Shatley and Wells, both of whom were routinely abused. All of that said, I still question Joekel's leverage on the goal line. In a live goal line drill, Malik Jackson had little trouble standing up Joekel keeping him from moving an inch.
Shatley at one point was blown backwards killing a run play, and overall appears worthless in the run game.
Extra point by Myers creeps just inside the top of the upright.
Koyack and Jacobs drop easy passes... they really can't afford to do that.
I'm getting the sense that Jamal Robinson and Rashad Lawrence are fighting for one PS spot at WR.
DRob showed up, and perhaps is starting to edge out Jonas Gray. That's a tough call there for the 4th RB spot behind Ivory, Yeldon and Grant. ...Grant btw had another HUGE kick return. ...then again, so did Rashad Greene. With all the luck our returners are having, we might need to question our coverage units.
Grant also had a short catch behind the line of scrimmage that he turned into an explosive play for big yards down the sideline. Late in the game he follows this up with a breakout TD run from scrimmage.
Jordan Tripp is making the roster. That makes your locks at LB... Telvin, Poz, Jack, Skuta and Tripp. I'm thinking this leaves only one spot for backup OTTO between Ryan Davis, Armbrister and Chris Smith. I'm wondering if Tyrone Holmes is still in the mix at OTTO, but I suspect he's now battling Bjorne Werner for a possible 3rd LEO spot
I keep spotting ARob being double teamed, but that's now to be expected and isn't slowing him down in the slightest. Quite frankly ARob is one of the few best non-QBs in this league.
Bortles had accuracy issues throughout this scrimmage with a few uncatchable passes that might have been INTs in a real game. With all his INTs so far in practice I'm starting to wonder if this should be a concern.
On the flip side, Bortles looks much better in the red zone. Hopefully this means no more stalled drives.
Myers not even close from 55 yards while Ficken is perfect with a long of 53...the competition this Preseason will be as intense as it gets.
Unlike ARob, Fowler and Marqise... Hurns is not exactly in mid-season form just yet. He might be taking the classic veteran line that says "You want to peak when the season starts, not when camp starts."
QB Brandon Allen and TE Braedon Bowman both excite me as young players. I look forward to watching them more and am confident they've both made the 53-man roster.
Marcedes, Cyp and Prince all had a good scrimmage.

'02