The 2019 NFL Draft season unofficially kicks off this week in Mobile
https://www.jaguarsfanstore.com , Alabama as front office and coaching staffs from all 32 teams will be on hand for the annual Reese’s Senior Bowl.Historically,..."The 2019 NFL Draft season unofficially kicks off this week in Mobile, Alabama as front office and coaching staffs from all 32 teams will be on hand for the annual Reese’s Senior Bowl.Historically, you can count on likely seeing at least one future Jaguars player on the field this week during practices and culminating in the game on Saturday, January 26th. Since 2013, the Dave Caldwell and Tom Coughlin led staff has drafted 10 players who have appeared in the game, including notable names like Brandon Linder, Telvin Smith, and recently D.J. Chark.While the game is the feature of the week, most of the scouting takes place during the week of practices, which begin Monday. Big Cat Country will keep you updated on all the week’s happenings, as well as who the Jaguars brass has been spotted meeting with. With that in mind, here are a few players to keep an eye on that may be a focus of attention for the team this week in Mobile.Feel free to comment on who you will be looking forward to watching this week as well.The quarterbacksWhile you won’t be seeing the two biggest names at the quarterback position for the upcoming draft, in Dwayne Haskins and Kyler Murray respectively, just about every other quarterback the Jaguars could have interest in this April will be on the field in Mobile this week.Among the participants you’re likely to be hearing the Jaguars as having met up with at some point, are Daniel Jones (Duke), Drew Lock (Missouri)
Jacksonville Jaguars Customized Jerseys , and Will Grier (West Virginia). The three have all been linked as potential first-round selections, and this will be a huge week in determining if those words gain any traction. Even if the Jags don’t have first-round grades on them themselves, more quarterbacks pushed higher in the draft would potentially provide better options for the team at No. 7 overall, should another quarterback-needy team decide to wait.One name to keep an eye on that won’t be a Thursday night pick, but could be a very intriguing option if the Jaguars were to decide on going with a Nick Foles for a couple years while developing a guy, is Buffalo’s Tyree Jackson who will be a part of the North squad. The redshirt junior and three-year starter decided to enter the draft rather than transfer to a Power 5 conference school after being named the MAC Player of the Year following a season in which he threw for over 3,000 yards and 28 touchdowns. Jackson checks all the prototypical quarterback boxes — 6’7, 245 lbs., strong arm, and athletic enough in the pocket. He is still very raw, however, and would not be a NFL-ready player on draft weekend, but may be someone Tom Coughlin and Dave Caldwell could easily fall in love with this week.David Sills V, WR, South TeamWide receiver is a need the Jaguars will be addressing via free agency and potentially early in the draft. Sills is a two-time Biletnikof Award semi-finalist, First-team All- Big 12 award winner, and third team AP All-American. He finished 2018 with 96 receptions
Jacksonville Jaguars T-Shirts , for 986 yards, and 15 touchdowns and was often the favorite target of Grier. He’s got a big frame, at 6’3 203 lbs., and is in the mold of an Allen Robinson, a good 50/50 ball target who is exceptional in the red zone, something the Jags currently are lacking. Sills is currently projected as a Day 2 selection.Ben Powers and Dru Samia, OL, South TeamThe performance of the interior line duo from Oklahoma, will likely be of keen interest to the Jags this week, as the team will be looking to both improve upon the starting line up of a unit decimated by significant injuries in 2018 and which is likely to undergo more turnover in 2019, due to a combination of free agency losses and injury rehabs. Powers and Samia are both AP All-Americans and played a big part in the Heisman seasons of Baker Mayfield and Murray, respectively. Both guards are currently projected as Day 2 selections but could enhance their stock will big performances.Ben Banogu, LB, North TeamWhile the off-season priority is very likely to be the reconstruction of the offense, that doesn’t mean the Jaguars will completely negate potential improvements on the defensive side of the ball — enter TCU’s Banogu. The first-team AP All-Big 12 “tweener” finished 2018 with 18 tackles for loss, and his second consecutive year with 8.5 sacks. Listed as a linebacker for the Senior Bowl, he played primarily as an edge rusher in TCU’s scheme. The Jaguars will likely turn to the draft’s later rounds to look for another compliment on the outside of the defensive line to Yannick Ngakoue after Dante Fowler Jr.’s departure
https://www.jaguarsfanstore.com/hats , and Banogu could potentially fit that role. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Patrick Mahomes was every bit as good as he was during his MVP campaign. Sammy Watkins was better than ever.Mahomes and Watkins — along with new teammate LeSean McCoy — helped the Kansas City Chiefs open the season much like they finished last year: as legitimate Super Bowl contenders.Despite losing star receiver Tyreek Hill early, Mahomes threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns while leading the Chiefs to a testy and tactful 40-26 victory over the injury-riddled Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.“They’ve done that to a lot of football teams,” Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said.Jacksonville had major issues on both sides of the ball, none more concerning than the health of quarterback Nick Foles. Foles broke his left clavicle in the first quarter and will have surgery Monday. Chris Jones hit Foles as he released a 35-yard TD pass to DJ Chark. Jones landed on top of Foles, but did not draw a flag.Foles is expected to be put on injured reserve and won’t be eligible to play again until Week 11.“It’s not the way you want to start your time here,” said Foles, who signed a four-year, $88 million contract in March. “Sometimes things don’t happen like we expect them to, but we just have to have faith that it’s for a reason.”The injury leaves rookie Gardner Minshew in line to start a significant chunk of Jacksonville’s season. Minshew was one of the team’s few bright spots. He completed 22 of 25 passes for 275 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception.Chark caught four passes for 146 yards, and Chris Conley added six receptions for 97 yards and a score against his former team.Mahomes completed passes to nine receivers. Watkins had most of the highlights.Watkins had nine receptions for a career-high 198 yards and three TDs. He slipped through the middle of Jacksonville’s defense for a 68-yard score on the third play of the season and added a 49-yard TD reception late in the opening quarter. He made defenders Ronnie Harrison, Jalen Ramsey and Miles Jack look silly while strolling into the end zone twice. He beat Ramsey again for a short TD in the fourth quarter.Mahomes took a beating even though he wasn’t sacked and even had to leave the game to get his left ankle taped in the second quarter.It barely slowed him and the Chiefs down; they scored on their first seven possessions.McCoy carried 10 times for 81 yards despite barely knowing the offense.“We have a mindset throughout the season of taking care of certain goals and this was one of them,” Chiefs All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce said. “Just come out blazing, on fire, like we were last year. … I think we’re on the right track and we’re going to keep working to get where we want to be.”HILL HURTChiefs star Tyreek Hill was transported to a hospital after sustaining a shoulder injury.The team’s head athletic trainer, Rick Burkholder
Jacksonville Jaguars Hoodie , said Hill had a “sternoclavicular joint injury” and was taken to Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville. His care was turned over to an ortho-trauma physician.Burkholder said Hill was being treated to “reduce the dislocation or the injury.”JACK EJECTEDJaguars linebacker Jack was ejected in the second quarter after taking a swing at Chiefs receiver Demarcus Robinson. Jack had to be restrained by team officials and essentially pulled off the field.Jack and Watkins got into a shoving match after a fumble, and then Robinson came in and shoved Jack in the back. Ramsey and others joined in, prompting officials to throw five flags and a hat onto the ground. Jack eventually got the boot after a lengthy discussion.Jack, a team captain who recently signed a $57 million extension, apologized in the locker room after the game.“It will not happen again,” he said.CLARK’S DEBUTFrank Clark, who recorded 35 sacks the last four years with Seattle, made his Chiefs debut and had an interception off a tipped pass. Clark signed a five-year, $104 million deal to join Kansas City in free agency.“I’ve got more picks than Jalen Ramsey right now so that’s a highlight,” Clark said.RARE FUMBLEJacksonville’s Leonard Fournette gained 66 yards on 13 carries and fumbled for the first time in his three NFL seasons. Damien Wilson stripped the ball out of Fournette’s hands after a catch in the flat.It was Fournette’s first lost fumble since Nov. 12, 2016, during his junior year at LSU.UP NEXTChiefs: At rival Oakland next Sunday. Kansas City has won eight of the last nine in the series.Jaguars: At Houston next Sunday. The Texans swept Jacksonville last season.