My first impression was Doug Pederson has a firm grip on this team. No one looked comically out of position and all of the players played hard. At no time during this game did I think ‘yep, another same old sucky Jaguars season full of false hope.’

I completely agree and this is one of the big things giving me hope for this season. Guys aren't learning new schemes or assignments and that allows them to play quicker. The whole coaching staff have guys knowing what to do. Of course we will see some mistakes, especially from the 2's and 3's but it's encouraging seeing guys just knowing what they should be doing on each play.

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Anton played very well.

Jags loaded at WR.

Time to cut Chaisson and sign a vet pass rusher (like 90% of the board has been saying for months).

Chaisson has had more chances to improve than any player I can remember. Had a number of DC's and schemes but still can't put it all together.

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If Rourke shows continued ability in the next 2 preseason games, his trade value would likely be highest once the season starts (or is about to) and another team has an injury situation at QB. It would be similar to when the Jags traded for Josh Dobbs and gave up a respectable 5th to Pittsburgh, when they had to put Foles on IR.

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The Good:

The offensive line allowed 0 sacks. I know players didn’t suit up, but that’s not our problem. 

The defense had 4 sacks and an interception. Hamilton is going to be a stud. Abdullah had 3 tackles and 1 sack and is putting Walker on notice right off rip. He almost had 2 sacks. I have a feeling he will force Walker to switch positions. He puts a lot of pressure on them tackles coming around that edge. He’s just got raw quickness and speed that nobody else on the dline has but that’s also his weakness. They ran RPO right at him all night and he struggled with breaking down and reading the play. He’s got to slow it down upstairs. The days of him using his raw talent are over. Grier ran for a big gain and then Vaughn score  on the same play from a different side.

Trevor played great. All QBs throw interceptions. The Favre’s the Manning’s , Brady’s, etc. they all throw picks. Came back and marched right down the field and dotted it up with Kirk in the corner and followed that up with a dot to Zay for 2. Saw a guy in the Gameday thread worried about an interception in the first preseason game of the season. I’d be more worried if he’s not in the MVP discussion for the next 7 years with 1 or 2 Super Bowl trophies.

Prince is going to make the team. If he catches that TD in bounds the internet would have broke with that 1 handed tip catch. He would probably be most teams TE2. After so many years of disregarding the TE position, all of a sudden they got 3 guys that can get it done. Strange showed strong hands and fluid route running with the ability to get open but he’s an even better blocker. Ain’t no other TE on the team blocking like this dude. Go watch the play where Bigsby busted loose and watch 85 put his guy in a body bag. He manhandle-blocked his guy 25 yards down field. I rewatched it 3 or 4 times. That’s how you block!

Harrison showed enough that we shouldn’t have a drop off since we lost Taylor. It’s crazy how good he moves for his size. Looks like he will fit into the Jaguars culture and scheme nicely. 

Fortner pulled from center on an Etienne run. Pretty cool to see. I think he will be better going into year 2. 

Hodges showed road grading ability. He can probably sneak into the starting lineup down the line for a game or 2. Dude is stout but he needs to get that technique right but he okays hard. Later on he pulled from RG and sprung Johnson for a big gain. Nobody will probably even notice who helped Rourke stay on his feet to throw that dime to Ollison, but it was your hometown boy Hodges. I had to go back and watch it a few times, but what a play by Rourke and a heads-up type of play by Coop. The defender was going to sack Rourke but Hodges lifted the defender up as Rourke was being sacked, it gave him a split hair second longer to throw that Double Cheek Fire Ball Dilfer Dime. Go check it out because it was a heck of a play by Cooper Hodges. 

Little looked just fine at LT. No complaints at all. Cam played LT with the 2s and did fine. 

Oline gave up 0 sacks and all of the RBs combined averaged 4.6 yards per carry. Johnson averaged 6.2, Bigsby averaged 5.8, Etienne averaged 4.4

Tim Jones is back at it again. He forced a fumble on kickoff team. Teams love guys that can contribute on special teams while being a quality backup. 

OLB Coleman had a nice rep on the left side. He missed a sack, but caused enough penatration that the qb was sacked anyway.

Devin Lloyd took on an offensive lineman with same leg-same shoulder technique and then stuffed the RB in the backfield for no gain. Expecting a big year out of him after leading all LB in the NFL with 5 takeaways in 2022. Lloyd and Oluokun gives us a solid LB unit. 

Logan Cooke was dropping nukes. 3 punts for 164 yards with a 54.7 average. Killed one inside the 20. 

The trio of Ridley, Zay, and Kirk are in mid season form. Ridley and Kirk with 2 catches a piece and Kirk with the TD. Zay caught a nice toe toucher for 2 points. Good luck covering all 3 of them all game with Agnew and Engram. 

Rourke is got all kinds of GMs scrambling to make phone calls to the Jaguars to see how much he would cost. If performs next week liek he did this week, then CJ’s job is safe because Rourke will be playing for another franchise. They don’t grow on trees and you find em where you find em. 

The Bad: 

Austin with the dropped balls. In a position battle with guys like Ridley, Kirk, Zay, Washington, Tim Jones, Pryor, you can’t afford any mistakes. He’s probably heading out after that. 

Conner with the fumble. He also averaged 2.1 yards per carry. 

Obviously you always want to clean up the penalties. But hey it’s preseason and that’s what preseason is for. We’ll take the win.

I had the game on at work yesterday but couldn't pay close attention much of the time.
I'll post comments after rewatching.

A few things though -
Abdullah hasn't put anyone on notice yet, but if he does it would be Chaisson, not Walker. 

We are more likely to replace CJ with Rourke than to deal Rourke away IMO. We signed him to a 3 year deal when we brought him in. 

Defensively - our LBs, nickels, and safeties absolutely have to get better at defending the middle of the field.

CJ is on a 2 year deal.  Usually the player with more years left is more valuable on the trade market,  all else being equal, right?

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

There was some defensive brain snaps as well

The cows last td I think where there big TE strolled over untouched 10yards out theu the middle

Was quite annoying to watch live

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I had the game on at work yesterday but couldn't pay close attention much of the time.
I'll post comments after rewatching.

A few things though -
Abdullah hasn't put anyone on notice yet, but if he does it would be Chaisson, not Walker. 

We are more likely to replace CJ with Rourke than to deal Rourke away IMO. We signed him to a 3 year deal when we brought him in. 

Defensively - our LBs, nickels, and safeties absolutely have to get better at defending the middle of the field.

CJ is on a 2 year deal.  Usually the player with more years left is more valuable on the trade market,  all else being equal, right?

Conceivably, but...

A. No one is trying to trade for either of these guys as of now, so comparing their trade value is premature. It's unlikely either draw that kind of attention unless 16 NFL starting QBs die in a plane crash on their way to Peyton Manning's birthday party in Bermuda.
B. If Rourke somehow shows out enough in preseason for a team to offer a pick for him, the Jags could take the pick  - or keep Rourke while cutting Beathard, this saving money as Rourke is on a cheaper deal. They are a winner in either scenario, but this whole concept of trading a backup QB is an exercise in counting those proverbial unborn chickens.

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Ridley didn't cause the INT. TLaw explained during a sideline interview that he was meaning to throw it deeper to Engram but he botched the throw and it ended up way short.

If anything Ridley drew zone coverage away from Engram.  If TLaw had thrown it deeper down the sideline like he meant to, Engram may have gotten a TD.

As someone once said, Trevor struggles on accuracy rolling to his left.


Dunno who said it but someone said it.

Whoever that someone was, they’re not very good at evaluating QBs 

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The Good:

The offensive line allowed 0 sacks. I know players didn’t suit up, but that’s not our problem. 

The defense had 4 sacks and an interception. Hamilton is going to be a stud. Abdullah had 3 tackles and 1 sack and is putting Walker on notice right off rip. He almost had 2 sacks. I have a feeling he will force Walker to switch positions. He puts a lot of pressure on them tackles coming around that edge. He’s just got raw quickness and speed that nobody else on the dline has but that’s also his weakness. They ran RPO right at him all night and he struggled with breaking down and reading the play. He’s got to slow it down upstairs. The days of him using his raw talent are over. Grier ran for a big gain and then Vaughn score  on the same play from a different side.

Trevor played great. All QBs throw interceptions. The Favre’s the Manning’s , Brady’s, etc. they all throw picks. Came back and marched right down the field and dotted it up with Kirk in the corner and followed that up with a dot to Zay for 2. Saw a guy in the Gameday thread worried about an interception in the first preseason game of the season. I’d be more worried if he’s not in the MVP discussion for the next 7 years with 1 or 2 Super Bowl trophies.

Prince is going to make the team. If he catches that TD in bounds the internet would have broke with that 1 handed tip catch. He would probably be most teams TE2. After so many years of disregarding the TE position, all of a sudden they got 3 guys that can get it done. Strange showed strong hands and fluid route running with the ability to get open but he’s an even better blocker. Ain’t no other TE on the team blocking like this dude. Go watch the play where Bigsby busted loose and watch 85 put his guy in a body bag. He manhandle-blocked his guy 25 yards down field. I rewatched it 3 or 4 times. That’s how you block!

Harrison showed enough that we shouldn’t have a drop off since we lost Taylor. It’s crazy how good he moves for his size. Looks like he will fit into the Jaguars culture and scheme nicely. 

Fortner pulled from center on an Etienne run. Pretty cool to see. I think he will be better going into year 2. 

Hodges showed road grading ability. He can probably sneak into the starting lineup down the line for a game or 2. Dude is stout but he needs to get that technique right but he okays hard. Later on he pulled from RG and sprung Johnson for a big gain. Nobody will probably even notice who helped Rourke stay on his feet to throw that dime to Ollison, but it was your hometown boy Hodges. I had to go back and watch it a few times, but what a play by Rourke and a heads-up type of play by Coop. The defender was going to sack Rourke but Hodges lifted the defender up as Rourke was being sacked, it gave him a split hair second longer to throw that Double Cheek Fire Ball Dilfer Dime. Go check it out because it was a heck of a play by Cooper Hodges. 

Little looked just fine at LT. No complaints at all. Cam played LT with the 2s and did fine. 

Oline gave up 0 sacks and all of the RBs combined averaged 4.6 yards per carry. Johnson averaged 6.2, Bigsby averaged 5.8, Etienne averaged 4.4

Tim Jones is back at it again. He forced a fumble on kickoff team. Teams love guys that can contribute on special teams while being a quality backup. 

OLB Coleman had a nice rep on the left side. He missed a sack, but caused enough penatration that the qb was sacked anyway.

Devin Lloyd took on an offensive lineman with same leg-same shoulder technique and then stuffed the RB in the backfield for no gain. Expecting a big year out of him after leading all LB in the NFL with 5 takeaways in 2022. Lloyd and Oluokun gives us a solid LB unit. 

Logan Cooke was dropping nukes. 3 punts for 164 yards with a 54.7 average. Killed one inside the 20. 

The trio of Ridley, Zay, and Kirk are in mid season form. Ridley and Kirk with 2 catches a piece and Kirk with the TD. Zay caught a nice toe toucher for 2 points. Good luck covering all 3 of them all game with Agnew and Engram. 

Rourke is got all kinds of GMs scrambling to make phone calls to the Jaguars to see how much he would cost. If performs next week liek he did this week, then CJ’s job is safe because Rourke will be playing for another franchise. They don’t grow on trees and you find em where you find em. 

The Bad: 

Austin with the dropped balls. In a position battle with guys like Ridley, Kirk, Zay, Washington, Tim Jones, Pryor, you can’t afford any mistakes. He’s probably heading out after that. 

Conner with the fumble. He also averaged 2.1 yards per carry. 

Obviously you always want to clean up the penalties. But hey it’s preseason and that’s what preseason is for. We’ll take the win.

I had the game on at work yesterday but couldn't pay close attention much of the time.
I'll post comments after rewatching.

A few things though -
Abdullah hasn't put anyone on notice yet, but if he does it would be Chaisson, not Walker. 

We are more likely to replace CJ with Rourke than to deal Rourke away IMO. We signed him to a 3 year deal when we brought him in. 

Defensively - our LBs, nickels, and safeties absolutely have to get better at defending the middle of the field.

Beathard signed a 2 year contract with the Jaguars back in February of this year. Rourke is also on a 2 year contract. Beathard will cost the Jaguars $2,080,000 in 2023, Rourke will cost them $751,666. 

In 1996 the Jaguars signed Andre Rison to a 3 year contract and he was cut after 10 weeks into the season. 

Jacksonville signed Derrick Harvey to a 5 year contract and he was cut after 3 seasons.

If the guy behind you is better, the contract doesn’t protect you. Your only hope is they trade that better player to another team. 

I disagree with Chaisson being on notice because he will be cut even if Abdullah didn’t get any sacks. Allen led the team in sacks so that leaves Walker as the guy who could lose playing time to Abdullah or could force Walker to move inside. 

Walker has 3.5 more sacks than me.

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I had the game on at work yesterday but couldn't pay close attention much of the time.
I'll post comments after rewatching.

A few things though -
Abdullah hasn't put anyone on notice yet, but if he does it would be Chaisson, not Walker. 

We are more likely to replace CJ with Rourke than to deal Rourke away IMO. We signed him to a 3 year deal when we brought him in. 

Defensively - our LBs, nickels, and safeties absolutely have to get better at defending the middle of the field.

Beathard signed a 2 year contract with the Jaguars back in February of this year. Rourke is also on a 2 year contract. Beathard will cost the Jaguars $2,080,000 in 2023, Rourke will cost them $751,666. 

In 1996 the Jaguars signed Andre Rison to a 3 year contract and he was cut after 10 weeks into the season. 

Jacksonville signed Derrick Harvey to a 5 year contract and he was cut after 3 seasons.

If the guy behind you is better, the contract doesn’t protect you. Your only hope is they trade that better player to another team. 

I disagree with Chaisson being on notice because he will be cut even if Abdullah didn’t get any sacks. Allen led the team in sacks so that leaves Walker as the guy who could lose playing time to Abdullah or could force Walker to move inside. 

Walker has 3.5 more sacks than me.

Trust me Walker isn't being put on notice by Abdullah and he certainly isn't going to lose playing time to Abdullah. I made it a point to try and watch Abdullah every snap he was out there. It wasn't that impressive by any means. He looked like exactly what he is, an undersized 5th round rookie who needs A LOT of work/time.

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I had the game on at work yesterday but couldn't pay close attention much of the time.
I'll post comments after rewatching.

A few things though -
Abdullah hasn't put anyone on notice yet, but if he does it would be Chaisson, not Walker. 

We are more likely to replace CJ with Rourke than to deal Rourke away IMO. We signed him to a 3 year deal when we brought him in. 

Defensively - our LBs, nickels, and safeties absolutely have to get better at defending the middle of the field.

Beathard signed a 2 year contract with the Jaguars back in February of this year. Rourke is also on a 2 year contract. Beathard will cost the Jaguars $2,080,000 in 2023, Rourke will cost them $751,666. 

In 1996 the Jaguars signed Andre Rison to a 3 year contract and he was cut after 10 weeks into the season. 

Jacksonville signed Derrick Harvey to a 5 year contract and he was cut after 3 seasons.

If the guy behind you is better, the contract doesn’t protect you. Your only hope is they trade that better player to another team. 

I disagree with Chaisson being on notice because he will be cut even if Abdullah didn’t get any sacks. Allen led the team in sacks so that leaves Walker as the guy who could lose playing time to Abdullah or could force Walker to move inside. 

Walker has 3.5 more sacks than me.

You are wrong about the contract 
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville...rke-80911/

And you are crazy if you think Abdullah and Walker are somehow competing for anything

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Ridley didn't cause the INT. TLaw explained during a sideline interview that he was meaning to throw it deeper to Engram but he botched the throw and it ended up way short.

If anything Ridley drew zone coverage away from Engram.  If TLaw had thrown it deeper down the sideline like he meant to, Engram may have gotten a TD.

How did Ridley draw zone coverage away from Engram when he brought his defender INTO that area….

Because they left the deep sideline zone uncovered which is where Engram was open and where TLaw was trying to throw it.

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I studied it and firmly believe it was magic!  That and TL said that throw was on him and he "babied" the throw.

You will never see Trevor blame another teammate for anything.

Ridley tried to improvise and go up field but didn’t realize that’s where Engrams route was leading.

This is what preseason is for.

Engram's route was deeper than where Ridley lead the defenders. All Trevor needed to do is throw over the top of them and Engram would have had the coverage beat.

If Trevor had made an accurate pass, none of those defenders would have been able to make a play on the ball.

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As someone once said, Trevor struggles on accuracy rolling to his left.


Dunno who said it but someone said it.

https://x.com/devywarehouse/status/10436...915L-t18Xg

https://x.com/scout_aldomu/status/143016...915L-t18Xg

https://x.com/apthirteen/status/14497661...915L-t18Xg

https://x.com/bcarr_13/status/1574816656...915L-t18Xg

Congrats, I could pick out 3-4 plays of Blaine Gabbert as a jaguar that'd make him look good too. Trevor will be fine, but go back and watch all his plays at Clemson and you'll see that those 4 plays you showed are complete outliers. Go back and watch his rookie season even, a good pct of his ints came from rollouts to the left.

I'm not gonna get back into it, tryna get hyped for the season but showing 4 throws don't mean much. I seen Gabbert hit Ceecil Shorts in stride for a long TD once, wouldn't say Gabbs had a knack for hitting deep balls tho.

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For anyone who says, "Trevor struggles with accuracy when rolling to his left," is that in comparison to other right-handed QBs rolling to their left, or in comparison to Trevor rolling to his right?

My impression is that Trevor is surprisingly accurate rolling to his left, but I have no stats or analysis to back that up.

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https://x.com/devywarehouse/status/10436...915L-t18Xg

https://x.com/scout_aldomu/status/143016...915L-t18Xg

https://x.com/apthirteen/status/14497661...915L-t18Xg

https://x.com/bcarr_13/status/1574816656...915L-t18Xg

Congrats, I could pick out 3-4 plays of Blaine Gabbert as a jaguar that'd make him look good too. Trevor will be fine, but go back and watch all his plays at Clemson and you'll see that those 4 plays you showed are complete outliers. Go back and watch his rookie season even, a good pct of his ints came from rollouts to the left.

I'm not gonna get back into it, tryna get hyped for the season but showing 4 throws don't mean much. I seen Gabbert hit Ceecil Shorts in stride for a long TD once, wouldn't say Gabbs had a knack for hitting deep balls tho.

So wait.  You’re saying a right-handed quarterback…any right-handed quarterback…isn’t as accurate while on the move to his left?  Good God, what a startling revelation!  I’m shocked!  Shocked I tell you!  Wow, you called than one Jocko.

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For anyone who says, "Trevor struggles with accuracy when rolling to his left," is that in comparison to other right-handed QBs rolling to their left, or in comparison to Trevor rolling to his right?

My impression is that Trevor is surprisingly accurate rolling to his left, but I have no stats or analysis to back that up.

Trevor is just fine rolling to his left. I actually think some of his most impressive throws are him rolling out to his left.

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I thought overall the depth showed more than anything. For what, 10+ years our depth was god awful. Be it coaching, talent acquisition, or what, but we didn't look terrible with the 2nd/3rd teams out there.

Not concerned with Trevor's INT

Our starting defense looked good, albeit against backups. Walker looked to get some good pressure from what I saw.

Rourke should be the backup over CJ. Really nothing CJ can do better based on what I saw besides just having more experience.

I didn't notice Antonio Johnson out there at all but I didn't watch too closely after the first half

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IT WAS ALWAYS THE JAGS

I had the game on at work yesterday but couldn't pay close attention much of the time.
I'll post comments after rewatching.

A few things though -
Abdullah hasn't put anyone on notice yet, but if he does it would be Chaisson, not Walker. 

We are more likely to replace CJ with Rourke than to deal Rourke away IMO. We signed him to a 3 year deal when we brought him in. 

Defensively - our LBs, nickels, and safeties absolutely have to get better at defending the middle of the field.

CJ is on a 2 year deal.  Usually the player with more years left is more valuable on the trade market,  all else being equal, right?

Depends on what you are looking for - do you need a player with starting experience and can mentor your starter (CJ) or do you want a developmental prospect (Rourke)?

Neither one are breaking bank, so really the length of the deal is formality at best if you want to keep them a while.

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There was some defensive brain snaps as well

The cows last td I think where there big TE strolled over untouched 10yards out theu the middle

Was quite annoying to watch live

We were getting cooked by that play all night. Vaughn was drawing their attention, and their QBs did well to take advantage of the LB's hesitancy.

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On thing not noted yet is that Tank looks the part. I know the coaches have said Etienne has the potential for a monster year, but Tank may steal some of his stats along the way.

I didn't really see any of the backup WR establish themselves. Usually there's at least one guy who catches fire in a preseason.

Hoping the long snapper issue isn't long-term. I get that part of not kicking was to practice the entire playbook, but it's going to be important to get McManus out there in the game for some reps. Maybe Parish can learn a third position?

Overall, a good showing by the team. If we had to get down to 85, I think a few guys made that decision easy, for their sake let's hope they turn things around and make the choice more challenging.

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The Good:

The offensive line allowed 0 sacks. I know players didn’t suit up, but that’s not our problem. 

The defense had 4 sacks and an interception. Hamilton is going to be a stud. Abdullah had 3 tackles and 1 sack and is putting Walker on notice right off rip. He almost had 2 sacks. I have a feeling he will force Walker to switch positions. He puts a lot of pressure on them tackles coming around that edge. He’s just got raw quickness and speed that nobody else on the dline has but that’s also his weakness. They ran RPO right at him all night and he struggled with breaking down and reading the play. He’s got to slow it down upstairs. The days of him using his raw talent are over. Grier ran for a big gain and then Vaughn score  on the same play from a different side.

Trevor played great. All QBs throw interceptions. The Favre’s the Manning’s , Brady’s, etc. they all throw picks. Came back and marched right down the field and dotted it up with Kirk in the corner and followed that up with a dot to Zay for 2. Saw a guy in the Gameday thread worried about an interception in the first preseason game of the season. I’d be more worried if he’s not in the MVP discussion for the next 7 years with 1 or 2 Super Bowl trophies.

Prince is going to make the team. If he catches that TD in bounds the internet would have broke with that 1 handed tip catch. He would probably be most teams TE2. After so many years of disregarding the TE position, all of a sudden they got 3 guys that can get it done. Strange showed strong hands and fluid route running with the ability to get open but he’s an even better blocker. Ain’t no other TE on the team blocking like this dude. Go watch the play where Bigsby busted loose and watch 85 put his guy in a body bag. He manhandle-blocked his guy 25 yards down field. I rewatched it 3 or 4 times. That’s how you block!

Harrison showed enough that we shouldn’t have a drop off since we lost Taylor. It’s crazy how good he moves for his size. Looks like he will fit into the Jaguars culture and scheme nicely. 

Fortner pulled from center on an Etienne run. Pretty cool to see. I think he will be better going into year 2. 

Hodges showed road grading ability. He can probably sneak into the starting lineup down the line for a game or 2. Dude is stout but he needs to get that technique right but he okays hard. Later on he pulled from RG and sprung Johnson for a big gain. Nobody will probably even notice who helped Rourke stay on his feet to throw that dime to Ollison, but it was your hometown boy Hodges. I had to go back and watch it a few times, but what a play by Rourke and a heads-up type of play by Coop. The defender was going to sack Rourke but Hodges lifted the defender up as Rourke was being sacked, it gave him a split hair second longer to throw that Double Cheek Fire Ball Dilfer Dime. Go check it out because it was a heck of a play by Cooper Hodges. 

Little looked just fine at LT. No complaints at all. Cam played LT with the 2s and did fine. 

Oline gave up 0 sacks and all of the RBs combined averaged 4.6 yards per carry. Johnson averaged 6.2, Bigsby averaged 5.8, Etienne averaged 4.4

Tim Jones is back at it again. He forced a fumble on kickoff team. Teams love guys that can contribute on special teams while being a quality backup. 

OLB Coleman had a nice rep on the left side. He missed a sack, but caused enough penatration that the qb was sacked anyway.

Devin Lloyd took on an offensive lineman with same leg-same shoulder technique and then stuffed the RB in the backfield for no gain. Expecting a big year out of him after leading all LB in the NFL with 5 takeaways in 2022. Lloyd and Oluokun gives us a solid LB unit. 

Logan Cooke was dropping nukes. 3 punts for 164 yards with a 54.7 average. Killed one inside the 20. 

The trio of Ridley, Zay, and Kirk are in mid season form. Ridley and Kirk with 2 catches a piece and Kirk with the TD. Zay caught a nice toe toucher for 2 points. Good luck covering all 3 of them all game with Agnew and Engram. 

Rourke is got all kinds of GMs scrambling to make phone calls to the Jaguars to see how much he would cost. If performs next week liek he did this week, then CJ’s job is safe because Rourke will be playing for another franchise. They don’t grow on trees and you find em where you find em. 

The Bad: 

Austin with the dropped balls. In a position battle with guys like Ridley, Kirk, Zay, Washington, Tim Jones, Pryor, you can’t afford any mistakes. He’s probably heading out after that. 

Conner with the fumble. He also averaged 2.1 yards per carry. 

Obviously you always want to clean up the penalties. But hey it’s preseason and that’s what preseason is for. We’ll take the win.

So you guys think we get 2 first rounders or 3 for Rourke? 
Walker might not even make the team 
We have Tony Gonzalez, Gronk and Gates at TE

So many positives from the 1st preseason game

This is quite the weird interpretation of the original post.

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On thing not noted yet is that Tank looks the part. I know the coaches have said Etienne has the potential for a monster year, but Tank may steal some of his stats along the way.

This could be the best thing ever to happen to Etienne's career.   Most coaches beat their star RB into the ground then dump them after their rookie contract expires.  Since RBs 2nd contracts are limited, their best case scenario from a financial standpoint is to try to extend their careers as long as possible.

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On thing not noted yet is that Tank looks the part. I know the coaches have said Etienne has the potential for a monster year, but Tank may steal some of his stats along the way.

This could be the best thing ever to happen to Etienne's career.   Most coaches beat their star RB into the ground then dump them after their rookie contract expires.  Since RBs 2nd contracts are limited, their best case scenario from a financial standpoint is to try to extend their careers as long as possible.

Mebbe that's the plan - run the wheels off Etienne this year, maybe next as well if his legs hold up, then let him go and repeat with Tank while he's still on rookie pay scale.

We got some geniuses (genii?) in the FO!!

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