He’s back! The return of Mike Sims-Walker
Posted: October 20, 2011 Filed under: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jags Audio | Tags: Jack Del Rio, Blaine Gabbert, offense, wide receiver, Mike Sims-Walker Leave a comment »
Former and now current Jaguar wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker had a chance to practice with his new/old team earlier today. After that, the media had a chance to catch up with MSW for his first interview of the season back in black….and teal. (Hey, it’s not every day you got to drop in an AC/DC play on words…)
First off, the obvious question: how does it feel to be back in Jacksonville? Sims-Walker1
Mike tweeted earlier this week about returning to the Jags as a “changed man.” Here’s what he meant by that: Sims-Walker2
The Jags decided last season not to resign Sims-Walker and released him. He end up with the Rams, who let him go on Tuesday. Here’s the wide receiver with how those decisions affected him: Sims-Walker3
Luckily with Sims-Walker having been here before, he says picking the playbook back up has been relatively easy: Sims-Walker4
But he’s got a different QB this time around: Sims-Walker5
And he’s already had a chance to catch a few passes from #11: Sims-Walker6
Gabbert will be the third QB in less than 2 yaears that Sims-Walker will be receiving passes f rom. Here he is with whether or not making the transition from David Garrard to Sam Bradford to Blaine Gabbert will be or has been difficult: Sims-Walker7
And Sims-Walker returns just in time for Monday Night football: Sims-Walker8
Mike wasn’t the only one today who commented on his return to Jacksonville. Here’s Coach Jack Del Rio with his thoughts on the situation: JDR on return of Sims-Walker
Hopefully #15 (that’s his new number for 2011) will be able to make some big catches on Monday night against the Ravens…
If the wheels fell off last week, is it now time for the tow truck?
Posted: October 17, 2011 Filed under: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jags Audio | Tags: defense, Jack Del Rio, Blaine Gabbert, Aaron Kampman, offense, Jeremy Mincey, Matt Roth, Nick Harris, Steelers Leave a comment »
1 and 5. Tied for the worst start in franchise history. I never saw this coming. Even after the Jags released David Garrard. Mind boggling…
I will give Jacksonville some credit in certain areas–the defense fought their a’s off through out that game. They couldn’t make a lot of plays in the beginning, but they didn’t give up, and instead, gave the Jag’s offense multiple chances to make some thing happen. But the offensive woes continue.
Coach Jack Del Rio addressed the media earlier today to talk about yesterday’s loss among other things. Here’s what he had to say:
The one down side to the defense yesterday was the play of Rashean Mathis. We saw him get tossed around like a rag doll by Rashard Mendenhall and again, bust coverage on receivers. Right off the bat, JDR was asked about his cornerback, in particular, the two plays that Mendenhall got him on: JDR1
There were a lot of decisions made through out the course of the game that is causing Jags fans to scratch their heads, in particular, the decision to kick the field goal when Jacksonville still needed 7 points to tie it. Here’s Del Rio with why that decision was made: JDR2
When it comes to quarterback Blaine Gabbert, some people believe he has not made much progress since his first start several weeks ago. Here’s JDR with his opinion on Gabbert’s progression and how you get the numbers for the QB looking better: JDR3
And the stretch of defenses doesn’t get any easier. The Jags will face the Ravens in a Monday night match up a week from today. Here’s Del Rio on preparing Blaine for that and how the teams he’s already seen will play into the situation: JDR4
Jacksonville was in a tough spot having to play with out tackles Eben Britton and Eugene Monroe, causing them to go to rookie Cameron Bradfield out of Grand Valley State. Here’s JDR with how he thought Bradfield responded: JDR5
Del Rio also evaluated a couple of other player’s performances:
1. Aaron Kampman: JDR6
2. Matt Roth, Jeremy Mincey: JDR7
3. Nick Harris: JDR8
This has obviously been a tough stretch that has taken a toll on the team as well as Del Rio. Here’s JDR with where he is: JDR9
Accoringing to Del Rio, he will stick with his coaching philosophy, which is as follows: JDR10
Luckily, the team is not facing morale problems, despite the tough times: JDR11
Hopefully Jacksonville can pull it together and get a big win over the Ravens this Monday night.
24 hours later….JDR Monday edition of that’s what he said
Posted: October 10, 2011 Filed under: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jags Audio | Tags: defense, Jack Del Rio, Blaine Gabbert, offense, Bengals, Matt Turk Leave a comment »
So I am aware of the 24 hour rule. But here we are, a day removed from Jacksonville’s heartbreaking loss to the Cincinnatti Bengals, and for some reason, it doesn’t feel any less dissapointing. I’m sure JDR feels the same way, but I’ll give him credit–he seemed much more composed today than he did when he was sitting at that post game press conference around this time yesterday. Now that the head coach has had a chance to “cool off,” let’s hear what he had to say in today’s edition of JDR: that’s what he said:
Here are Del Rio’s opening comments to today’s presser: JDR1
The comment was then made that “adversity reveals character” followed by the inquiry as to what JDR has seen out of his team in the past 24 hours: JDR2
I then had a chance to ask Del Rio about Blaine in particular and how he has handled the tough start to the season, especially as a rookie: JDR3
JDR was then asked whether or not the lock out has been a contributing factor to where they are right now: JDR4
Matt Turk didn’t win any one over yesterday with both his punting and his goading of the crowd to boo him afterwards. Jack agreed that that was no good: JDR5 (side note: JDR also confirmed today that the team will be trying out punters tomorrow.)
Because there’s been such a focus on the negative, Jack was asked to help us see what is positive about this team right now: JDR6
And finally, fans were frustrated that twice the Jags chose to kick field goals rather than try to punch it in on 4th down in the red zone. JDR explained why the decision was made to take the 3 pts: JDR7
I’ll let you know as soon as I hear an update on the punter situation…
