JACKSONVILLE — Following Blaine Gabbert’s 11-yard touchdown pass to undrafted rookie DaJaun Harris, the Jaguars went for two in lieu of kicking an extra point. It wasn’t to run up the score, and it certainly wasn’t for practice. It was to avoid a “traditional” two touchdown lead. Why? To avoid overtime — because no one wants an meaningless preseason game extended,... 

Kicker Josh Scobee was excused from practice Monday because his wife was going into labor. His son, Jacob, was born at 1:47 p.m. Rashean Mathis is not satisfied with “being average,” and is having his best camp in years. David Garrard and Blaine Gabbert are splitting reps with the first-team offense in practice. Right tackle Eben Britton hasn’t practiced in a week, and has undergone... 

JACKSONVILLE — Gene Smith became the Jaguars GM at the end of the 2008 season, and has yet to cut one of his draft picks (although he’s rightly wiped the Jaguars roster of his predecessor’s final draft class). But all that could change in the coming weeks. With final cuts due before the season opener, several of Smith’s picks are “on the bubble,” so to speak. Translation:... 

JACKSONVILLE — I thought about doing a “Good, Bad and Ugly” segment for Thursday night’s preseason opener, but the bad and ugly would take up five or six long paragraphs, and the good would only be a sentence or two. The Jaguars very much looked like a team out of sync against the Patriots, but it shouldn’t be a warning sign, nor should it be an indicator of things to... 

JACKSONVILLE — It appeared the Jaguars were done in pro free agency after signing Paul Posluszny, Clint Session, Dawan Landry to blockbuster deals. However, the club has made another move, signing defensive end/linebacker Matt Roth, a starter last year for the Cleveland Browns, to a one-year deal. Roth is a solid, but not spectactular pass rusher who’s decent against the run. Last year... 

JACKSONVILLE — The Jaguars have re-signed quarterback Todd Bouman and announced that rookie Blaine Gabbert will start in place of injured starter David Garrard in New England for the preseason opener. Garrard is still nursing a sore back, and should be ready to go for game two next week. This is Bouman’s fourth or fifth seventh (Thanks KMD!)stint with the team. Last year, the Jaguars... 

Jaguars TE Marcedes Lewis, who signed a lucrative contract last week, ending a short holdout, will appear on Mike Florio’s Internet radio show PFT Live today at Noon. PFT Live is the brainchild of Mike Florio, founder of Pro Football Talk, a popular NFL blog that was acquired by NBC Sports last year. You can listen to the show online for free at the following link: PFT Live – Marcedes Lewis  Read More »

JACKSONVILLE — All eyes were on Jaguars rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert for the team’s annual offense vs. defense scrimmage. Because starter David Garrard was resting his sore back, Gabbert led the way, splitting time with backup Luke McCown. On the first play of the scrimmage, Gabbert took a three step drop and launched a duck of a bomb down the field, putting it up for grabs between...