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| Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey said QB Blaine Gabbert is the team's starting quarterback and there will not be any competition for the job during training camp. |
| Fantasy Impact: He could be on a shorter leash this year, though, as he will need to show progress is being made. Gabbert really struggled his rookie season. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert said throwing to elite receivers is easy because of their talent level, which is one of the reasons he is excited the team selected rookie WR Justin Blackmon in the first round. Gabbert said he and Blackmon are the same age and went through the same situation, so it will be easy for them to relate to each other. He added Blackmon's transition to the NFL will be helped by the likes of veteran WRs Mike Thomas, Laurent Robinson and Lee Evans. |
| Fantasy Impact: Gabbert had a lot more quality options at receiver. Now he needs to make some big strides at quarterback. The pieces are there. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert said he played nearly the entire 2011 season with an undisclosed toe injury. |
| Fantasy Impact: This could explain some of his erratic play. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert said he would not have been disrespected if the team decided to acquire New York Jets QB Tim Tebow this offseason. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey said Tuesday, March 27, that he is confident in QB Blaine Gabbert, and his ability to grasp the playbook. 'The things he's been doing, we'd like to see it more consistently the way we want to do it. There are flashes there when he has done that. The throws, the decisions and all of that, they are there,' Mularkey said. 'It absolutely is there on tape what he's capable of doing.' |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Gene Smith said he believes QB Blaine Gabbert is the team's quarterback of the future. |
| Fantasy Impact: They have a lot invested in Gabbert so he is their guy for now. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey said QB Blaine Gabbert is going to hire a private quarterback coach this offseason to work on improving his game. |
| Fantasy Impact: Gabbert needs to make big strides to be a dependable starter in this league so hopefully this will help. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey said Saturday, Feb. 11, that QB Blaine Gabbert reminds him of Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan, the quarterback he coached in Atlanta. 'With Matt, it was never good enough. Even when it was good, it wasn't good enough,' Mularkey said. 'I think (Gabbert) wants to be good. It's important to him.' |
| Fantasy Impact: He needs to get much better but at least he has a good quarterback guru to work with this season. |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew said he believes the adversity QB Blaine Gabbert faced this season will help him moving forward. 'He fought through that - no complaining. We didn't protect him; we put him out there and let him learn on the fly. I think because of that, that adversity, he will be all right,' Jones-Drew said. |
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| New Jacksonville Jaguars quarterbacks coach Greg Olson believes QB Blaine Gabbert can improve because of his strong work ethic. 'If he is the worker and self-motivated player everyone in this building says he is, then he has a chance to get better. That's all you can ask for right now,' Olson said. |
| Fantasy Impact: Having Olsen around will help Gabbert as well. He is a solid quarterback guru. |
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