expectations are high for the Jaguars as
the team gets ready for their first
mandatory minicamp next week yeah the
team's can take apart to the OTA the
organized team activities over the past
couple of weeks so many storylines this
offseason as the team prepares for what
we all hope will be a season to put the
Jags in there the Super Bowl for the
first time ever so joining us to talk
about some of those stories news for Jax
sports analyst and insider mark brew now
there is a lot of fun things to talk
about right okay you're right so many
storylines and expectations you're
exactly correct are so high here are
five things that I'm looking at in this
upcoming mandatory minicamp and at the
top of the list is the continued
development of Blake bortles now Blake
had a much improved 2017 campaign and I
truly believe he could be a top 10
quarterback in the NFL
Blake has enjoyed a good offseason his
accuracy isn't proved he's comfortable
in the system and most importantly he
has the confidence to take his team to
our first ever Super Bowl yeah I said it
I said it I said Super Bowl what is
evident this offseason is that Blake has
taken on more of a leadership role on
this football team NFL teams rise and
fall on the play of their quarterback we
all know that last year at this time we
were a little concerned
going into 2018 I feel very good about
our quarterback that's really good so
what who else do you see emerging as a
leader you bet better but there's a lot
of leadership on this football team
right now and Mary every successful team
has a core group of leaders many times
those leaders unfortunately they get a
little older they get a little slower
and tough decisions have to be made the
Jags parted ways with Paul Paz Leslie
and Mercedes Lewis
those are tough guys to replace their
longtime jaguars who certainly were a
big part of the Jaguars success last
year net but now it's time for some
younger guys to step up liked Elvin
Smith and Blake bortles to fill that
void and of course there is no shortage
of leadership coming from veteran class
Campbell yeah he made a big difference
right away less certainly did stalk
receivers a little bit here Allen
Robinson's gone and he was really
injured most of last year anyway I think
the question is who do you think becomes
that number-one receiver for the Jaguars
and for Blake bortles
yeah kid that has yet to be Turk to be
determined it's still very early but the
good thing is that Blake has a lot of
options
newly signed Donte Moncrief and marquise
Li are the favorites of course but do
not discount the young talent of Kylan
Kol Dede Westbrook and newly drafted DJ
charkh who is very good kini McArdle
told us this week that this is a team
that perhaps doesn't need a number one
go-to guy Blake did a very good job last
year throwing to multiple receivers and
that should continue in this upcoming
season
what about 1st round pick Haven Brian
just how good is he
it's hard to say in OTAs it's hard to
say in mini camps we really won't know
until the pads come on in training camp
hard to tell just how physical a player
is in the NFL until he gets in to an
actual game the hope is of course that
he can make an impact in his first
season right away the good thing is the
D line is absolutely loaded and he's
surrounded by guys like Malik Jackson KS
Campbell and Marcel Darius who will
certainly show him the ropes lots of
very good competition at the defensive
line position you know let's get to a
question I think he's on everyone's mind
if you're following the team maybe the
best player on the team Jalen Ramsey
hasn't shown up yet will he show up for
the mandatory stuff
you're right Kent Jalen Ramsey is the
best defensive player on this football
team and and that goes that goes a long
way
you have to understand that minicamp is
mandatory and report reports are that
Jalen will be in attendance I expect him
to be there on Monday but Jalen missing
OTAs honestly is a little troubling to
me does he need the work he does they
need the work he's very very good but he
could be even better and the only way
you get better is if you're on the field
football is a team game and in my
opinion the entire team should be on the
field practicing together getting better
together so I think we'll see Jalen but
it would sure be nice if he was out
there with the entire team throughout
the other side I show up you've got to
be there it's a team game of course
thank you Mark thank you