Jaguars Training Camp: Austen Lane A Bright Spot Early
by Alfie Crow on Aug 1, 2011 2:52 PM EDT
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We're heading into the fifth night of practice of the Jacksonville Jaguars 2011 training camp, and head coach Jack Del Rio seems pleased with what he's seen so far coming off the fan favorite Oklahoma drill last night. "A good night's work," Del Rio said. "Clearly the Oklahoma drill has become a crowd favorite over the years and our guys get excited. They see the crowd out here like this, and they know it's coming," added Del Rio.
The Jaguars had their biggest crowd last night so for, with roughly 3,700 Jaguars fans showing up. You could tell everyone was excited for the Oklahoma drill, the stands were packed over a half hour before practice was even scheduled to start.
"I thought Austen Lane showed something there," Del Rio said of the second year defensive end's performance in the Oklahoma drill. Lane has been a big bright spot for the team in need of finding a pass rushers beyond Aaron Kampman, who's coming off a torn ACL. "It's the Oklahoma Drill - under the lights, the crowd going crazy," Lane told reporters after practice. "One on one, mano a mano. I'd have it no other way."
Del Rio was asked if Austen Lane, who's quickly becoming a crowd favorite was built for the Oklahoma drill. "Yeah, I like his intensity," said Del Rio. "I think if you're going to play good defense you're going to do it with a certain level of intensity and that's why he fought his way into the lineup last year and that's why he's doing a nice job with the opportunity he's getting right now."
With defensive end Aaron Kampman being held out of most of the practices, Lane is getting reps with the first team defensive line in Kampman's spot. Right now, it looks like Lane is competing with Jeremy Mincey for the other starting defensive end position. Lane spent much of the off-season training with Kampman and it's paying off. As I mentioned in my camp report last night, Lane looks noticeably bigger and quicker off the line of scrimmage.
Lane played in 11 games last season, starting the final 9. He ended the season with 20 tackles, but no sacks playing the left end position and taking over for former Jaguar defensive end Derrick Harvey. In 2011, Lane looks to become to full time starter opposite Aaron Kampman.
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He's probably about 280 now
but also probably a tenth or a fifth off his 40, he looks stronger, bigger, quicker, and faster.
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Where’d you see all that from? I thought you were in New Jersey…?
by Alfie Crow on Aug 1, 2011 3:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I am, but I've seens videos of the training camp,
and I’ve seen pictures, the I brought up pictures from last year, and he looks bigger.
He was 274 last year, the same weight when he was in college, same in this pic.
Look at him in the Oklahoma drill, he looks way bigger.
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
that pic is just his arms.
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw him in person. He’s not way bigger. He’s still probably about 270. He looks bigger, muscular wise, not size.
by Alfie Crow on Aug 1, 2011 4:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
thats bigger
cut down the fat, which he didnt have much to begin with, and pumped a lot of iron, and add steroids, i mean protein shakes, and BAM hes bigger.
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Rhett,
perhaps the access and ability to afford to train professionally with the best equipment possible that you likely will not find in Murray State coupled with no classes to attend, well, some people come by their results the old fashioned way.
Austen Lane
The Bringer of Pain.
or at least I hope so.
by duuuvaaalll on Aug 1, 2011 3:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
+1
Wasn’t Harvey looking like a break out candidate the two pre-seasons prior?
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Who did he look like a break out to?
by Sylvester.The.Jaguar.fan on Aug 2, 2011 7:28 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Everyone on this site.
Go back to the articles from the training camp two years ago.
If hip hop is dead, then it happened the day that Dilla died.
-Akrobatik
I'm really pulling for Lane to have a break out year
I wasn’t expecting much from a 5th rounder, just that he would hold down a spot until we got a premier edge rusher to take over. But it sounds like he’s put in a ton of work this off-season, and it appears to be paying off.
What’s more, the guy is like the anti-Harvey. One was over-drafted, over-paid, unproductive, and kind of a dick. Lane is an amiable guy from Murray State who makes an effort to connect with fans and become a solid football player. I love it.
And likes to party at the Ritz
Go Big or Go Home!
by Rufio904 on Aug 1, 2011 3:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
never been thrown out of Pete's
Love Pete’s. Back in my single Navy days, aha, well, I’ll save that for a later day.
Blackouts seem to be on their way...
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How many season tickets need to be sold?
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I was under the idea that we can sell 7k single game tickets so 15000 – 7000= 9000 I guess
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by TheTealDeal on Aug 1, 2011 3:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
*8000
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by TheTealDeal on Aug 1, 2011 3:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Weaver said they can probably move 7,000 through group and single game tix
so we need to move about 8,000 more. Ugghh
Alfie tweeted that 1000 had been sold since the end of the lockout.
That’s… 6 or 7 days right?
As long as everyone out there buys tix it should be all right.
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by Brian Levenson on Aug 1, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
yes about 1000
but 1000 a week, with 5 weeks till opening day…
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Opening day is Sept. 11th. Worrying about preseason blackouts isn’t on their radar. The team controls the broadcast in preseason, so it will likely be on TV regardless.
by Alfie Crow on Aug 1, 2011 4:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
whos worrying
bout preseason 5 weeks till opening day of reg. season.
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
they need to go back to offering the 3 and 30 or something to that effect. 5 months interest free is nice. Still gives most people only a short time to spread it out. Thought they filled the stadium in 2010 doing the 3/30. i got the 2/20 before the deal ended. maybe they should give it a go again.
I got a corporate promo from a buddy that gets me in the section 132 for $730 for the season or $70 a game. Which would you choose?
2 games that are essentially throwaways but I get the Teal Deals booklet versus $560 plus drink, dog, and popcorn vouchers for the 8 reg season home games.
Hell, I get a $20 tailgate pass and can get faced in the cabana before the games too.
I like the preseason games, get to see the whole roster play...
buy the 10, that way its another season account sold. I’m in 115 and pay $700 for the season – there is absolutely no better sports value out there.
My brother took my Jets tickets when I moved here to Jax, and they cost $1300 a season and he has a $6,000 PSL hes paying off.
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Maybe people should have signed up for the 3/30 deal when it was offered…
by Alfie Crow on Aug 1, 2011 4:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
very insightful and true..lol people i think obviously would have an easier time spreading it out over that length of time. and the jags get people locked in from multiple years. seemed light a good deal and a good way to get people to come back again. just wondered why they stopped doing it.
It is a good deal...
but don’t you have to have an end date for “deals” at some point? Honestly, this franchise’s ticket prices are ridiculously low (I know we are in a bad economy – but relative to ther NFL teams, ours are ridiculously low) AND they sweeten the pot with payment plans/Teal Deals/month long giveaways (June)/etc. Sooner or later these people “on the fence” about buying season tickets have to poop or get off the pot. Wayne Weaver can only bend over backwards for so long…
It comes down to: People here have to buy tickets so we will have a team here forever, or dont and then kick ourselves for losing one of 32 franchises in the entire world.
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i couldnt agree more about the whole thing. it wouldnt matter to me if they did anything to go along with it. i would still buy and will buy. was just making conversation. i think a lot of people are still effected by the economy. not to mention it isnt looking like it is getting too much better anytime soon. so i would thing that would still make people hesitant. the team is doing a lot. im sure if we can keep from collapsing at the end again, and maybe make the playoffs. the situation will correct itsself.
I know you are a season tix holder, so I didn't mean you...
but the people of Jax just vex me beyond belief. Its always some bullspit about the heat, the crowd, the losing, not drafting Gators…give me a break, people. There are tix to be had for $300.
When we do finally win the Super Bowl, I want to see all the bandwagon fans that get on board. Losers.
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i knew you didnt..im right there with ya..it is always some bs, and i hope this team starts off strong, and keeps it going. winning does seem to cure attendance blues. think this younger generation is starting to turn out now too. last year was really the first year i saw some many 20 somethings out in full force.
Yeah...hopefully they start buying.
I will be sick if we lose this team. When my wife and I moved here, part of what I liked about the city was the Jags. Seriously, if they weren’t here we may have chosen a different city.
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I was a season tix Holder in 09, 10'. Had to move away...
I KNOW more fans would be out there if they would have built a stadium like Houstons with a retractable roof.. I love our stadium, but the older people can’t handle the first half of the season. Not to mention the fat people. No offense, just true.
Houston has real grass so it wouldn’t change the playing field much but the fans would be more comfortable.. Lets face it.. Jags Stadium is Miserable Hot the first half of the season…
"SALTWATERJAG"
That being said ...I am moving back to JAX in 24 days..
Already have my tix… Sec 122 ;-)NEZ!!! GO JAGS!
"SALTWATERJAG"
truth
If we show we will come one day we will get rewarded with a retractable stadium…I hope
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by TheTealDeal on Aug 1, 2011 9:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i know this has been touched on before, but do you guys think that WW keeping JDR has something to do with people being reluctant to buy. i know it is a lot of factors, and people need to quit making excuses and support the franchise no matter what. i really cant grasp why people just dont get it. where did all the 2010 tix holders go?
I think it has to do with winning.
Weaver has been in the same division as the Titans and Colts and saw how well they did with just one coach. Before they remade the divisions, we played with the Steelers who had the same approach. You hire one guy, establish him as the leader, and the reduced turnover on the coaching staff leads to more continuity and comfort for the players. It makes sense.
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by Brian Levenson on Aug 1, 2011 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
link didnt work
yeah it does make sense Brian. i think things might be much different for JDR if the drafting debacles hadnt have occured. now i think a lot of fans are at the same point they were with coughlin. it might acutally be even worse. due to the fact that TC made it deep in the playoffs and almost the SB. JDR just has suffered from his own inexperience, and poor franchise personel moves. at this point i think a lot of fans just dont give a crap about that anymore, and would like to see him gone. i can blame WW for being hesitant to let JDR go. to me its more about what happened with TC after he was gone. wonder if WW lays in bed at night wondering what might have been if he didnt give into fan pressure and let TC go. maybe he thinks the same might happen with JDR..my random thought lol
I think we are doing well when you consider the circumstances.
Also, the more Gabbert improves, you will see the attendance improve.
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I'm probably in the minority..
But I would offer the Jags 1st round pick for the disgruntled NY Giants DE.
by Jaggernaut on Aug 1, 2011 4:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Who is 29, has already played 7 hard years,
missed a season for knee surgery, had hip surgery this offseason, hasn’t been cleared to practice by team doctors, and wants a new contract?
Sounds great.
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When you put it like that....
I change my mind! Should do more research before I go throwing around 1st round picks. Sounds like I went to the Shack Harris school of general managing! And I wonder why my fantasy teams suck. Thanks for setting me straight.
by Jaggernaut on Aug 1, 2011 5:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I would say you most certainly are in the minority.
It’s really not a good idea.
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by Brian Levenson on Aug 1, 2011 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Last year Marcedes Lewis was the star of training camp and had a huge year
Same thing this year with Lane? I hope so
Great to hear about Austen Lane, that’s about what i expected from him, liked him a lot coming out of college as many fans here also. Let’s see if this translates on the field.
About Umenyiora, i think he’s a great DE, but i would throw a third rounder for him, and even like this i would be hesitant.
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Lane has been a guy since pre-draft 2010 that I have been real impressed with
I think he has the stuff to be the next(or first) great pass rusher in the long line of great Jaguar pass rushers
forgot about him
I actually plugged in at first after i had finished my point because i scanned my memory and did not recall anyone, but you are right. I forgot about Brackens
If Potroast
gets his ass back in shape we could have a devastating D-line this year
by SexonvilleShaguars on Aug 1, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions
He was fatter last year and did just fine.
I do think they need another Over DT. Tyson looks beastly but I was disappointed in D’A Smith. He will be fine spelling TA at the under DT cause he is fast and quick, but I don’t see him playing reps for Potroast unless its to rush the passer. We need a vet jumbo Over DT.
Frankly I'm really concerned with D'Smith
He suffered about as devastating an injury as there is. At least in terms of a football career. We won’t know how much he lost because we have knowing what he could have been, but I think our depth at D-Tackle could be pretty suspect this year.
In reality
The OK drill doesn’t mean much football wise
by Sylvester.The.Jaguar.fan on Aug 2, 2011 7:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
+1000sylvester
its the OK drill. so what. Give the guy a FREAKIN chance!
roast did just fine till the end of season..when it appeared he and the rest of the D line were gassed. if he could come into camp in good shape, not overweight at all. then spend these first weeks getting into football shape. not having to work from behind. maybe he would be in a better position physcially at the end of the year. i mean this guy is a high paid pro football player. the excuse of im a big guy, and i put on weight easy. yeah maybe in college, but not in the nfl. he has all the resources to stay in shape. many more than in college.
and he probably would have been a better player towards the end if he had kept himself in shape during the offseason. alualu i can see having a problem. the guy hadnt had signicant time off since the summer before his last college season. He played his final year and went straight into training for the draft, training camp and then the season.
thats why under gene he can be easily replaced, and i said easily even though hes talented. gene found him will find some1 else if need be. overweight is just rediculous for a professional athlete unless your a sumo wrestler. if your huge like pot roast just dont eat excessive youll stay huge but come on actually gained weight, thats mental weakness and we dont need it here in jaguar country
Im just rolling my eyes at this comment
First off, he is one of the best young DTs in the game so he cant be easily replaced. Secondly, when your playing weight is 330 or so its tough to stay there when you arent playing football, coupled with the fact that he couldn’t train with the staff all offseason, it was all but certain he would be a little overweight but hey, thats what TRAINING camp is for.
by Sylvester.The.Jaguar.fan on Aug 2, 2011 7:24 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They’ll have a video of the Oklahoma on jaguars.com either today or tomorrow
by montanajagsfan on Aug 1, 2011 9:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
just curious
if anyone wants to join a fantasy football league got two spots open.
fun free one if interested email me ctjags@gmail.com
draft tonight at 830pm est
hope to fill spots soon. thank you ray
Im hoping for 4 to 6 sacks out of him
I think that no matter who wins the battle (vs Mincey) to start they are going to split a lot of time. If we can get 4-6 sacks out of him in his second season being a 5th round pick, thats a huge win for us and Gene Smith. Hes got the passion and he seems to be working hard, hopefully he can translate that to on the field success.
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by TheTealDeal on Aug 1, 2011 7:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ok
6’4" 302 lbs. So he has solid size, at pro day had 24 bench reps, and had a 5.23 40, so he’s not fast, nor does he consist of a lot of upper body strength. He was only brought it, because Estes is hurt. And they need a body in camp.
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah he’s definitely a camp body. But with Estes and Haslem injured, Spitz unable to practice, and Manuwai cut we need all the bodies we can get
by montanajagsfan on Aug 1, 2011 7:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
he could be the next vince manuwai
But in all likelihood, he’ll be cut sooner than later
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by TheTealDeal on Aug 1, 2011 8:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Estes is hurt again?
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he still sux i aint backing down from this one he reminds me of chad owens another fan favorite. i hope im dead wrong but austin lane isnt the answer for our d line
i will admit last year del rio said mercedez was the early bright spot and that turned out pretty good so….
Marcedes*
hes not a car
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
The only thing
I’d like to see Lane do, it’s to become the vocal leader on the Defense, Kinda like Ray Lewis in Baltimore. He is a freak and can become something special for this team. I like this guy!!!
yes I hope he murders some1
and gets away with it too.
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by rhettchrystal on Aug 1, 2011 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahahaha I think...
Manning would the perfect candidate
by montanajagsfan on Aug 2, 2011 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
What about
Osi Umenyiora??? He is 30 I know that, but we could use him in Jax to help develop the other guys, NY is asking a lot for him but maybe Gene could work something out. I don’t mind seeing him in Teal chasing Peyton Manning around lol.
dont we have kampman here helping develop the young guys? read above playa…there has been talk of osi and his injury history. as well as what ny would be asking for him in a trade. dont think it is worth it.
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