The Jaguars played allright last night given what they were trying to do.  On offense they were giving everyone at opportunity to show what they could do.  Byron Leftwich looked very sharp in the game last night as he completed 7 of 10 passes for 78 yards with 1 TD pass.  David Garrard was equally sharp as he connected on 12 of 16 passes for 153 yards.  Undrafted rookie QB Lester Ricard of Tulane also played well completing 6 of 9 passes for 85 yards.  Tim Couch finished up by completing 2 of 4 passes for 11 yards.  Running back Alvin Pearman got some tough yards running the football with 8 carries for 26 yards (3.3 ypc) and a TD.  The Jaguars are trying to showcase LaBrandon Toefield in the pre-season so they can trade him but he didn’t look too good last night carrying the ball 9 times for 18 yards (2.0 ypc) but he did catch 4 passes for 31 yards (7.8 avg).  The Jags had to be pleased with the efforts of their rookie WRs last night.  John Broussard led the way with 3 grabs for 66 yards and Mike Walker pitched in with 3 catches for 30 yards.  The Jaguars wound up dominating the time of possession last night as they held onto the football for 35:59.  They ran the football 29 times for 59 yards (2.0 ypc) and they completed 27 of 39 passes for 296 yards. 

The Jaguars defense played pretty well except for one play when Jesse Chatman had a TD run of 75 yards against them.  The Dolphins wound up carrying the football 25 times for 138 yards (5.5 ypc) and they completed 14 of 26 passes for 129 yards.

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Derrick Wimbush will likely be the starting fullback for the Jaguars and his main job will be lead blocking for the tailbacks.  He played in 12 games (6 starts) last season for the Jaguars and he carried the ball 1 time for 3 yards and he also caught 4 passes for 23 yards (5.8 avg).  Wimbush also returned 8 kickoffs for 181 yards (22.6 avg) last season.  He has now played in 26 games (7 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the football 4 times for 15 yards (3.8 ypc) with 1 TD run and he also has caught 9 passes for 49 yards (5.4 avg).  He also has returned 47 kickoffs for 1,136 yards (24.2 avg) with 1 TD return.  Montell Owens will back up Wimbush.  He returned a kickoff for 4 yards and had 6 tackles on special teams last season.

Josh Scobee had a huge breakout season for the Jaguars and that helped out their offense big time.  Scobee nailed 81.2% of his field goal attempts and all 41 of his extra points to finish with 119 points.  Scobee nailed 12 of 13 field goal attempts of 39 yards or less and he showed off his leg strength by nailing 14 of 19 FGs of 40+ yards.

Scobee has now played in 48 games in his NFL career and he has scored 319 points for an average of 6.6 points per game.  He has now made 73 of 93 (78.5%) field goals and 100 of 101 extra points.  The Jaguars need Scobee to be accurate this season so they don’t leave many points on the field.

The Jaguars have lost starting center Brad Meester for the next 8-10 weeks after he cracked a bone in his ankle.  He will undergo surgery to repair it soon.  This will hurt the Jaguars offensive line as Meester has been a dependable and good football player since the day he arrived in Jacksonville.  He started all 16 games last season and he has started 108 games in his 7-year career with the Jaguars.  Dennis Norman will likely replace Meester as the starting center as that could wind up being a tad scary for the Jaguars.  He played in all 16 games with the Jags last season but he only started one of them.  Over Norman’s 6 year NFL career he has only played in 33 games and he’s only started 5 of them.