JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Gus Bradley looks like he could pass the teams conditioning test.Although Bradley declined to provide specifics about his weight loss, he clearly shed some pounds before his fourth training camp as Jacksonvilles head coach.Just about everyone inside the building has noticed, especially players returning from a 39-day break.Looking lean, coach, looking lean, veteran linebacker Paul Posluszny said as he passed Bradley in the hallway Wednesday.All Bradley would say about his more-svelte look was that he used his time off much like he asked his players to do at the end of organized team activities in June, when he challenged them to make the most of their down time.I just want to make sure we are at our best and we can be at our best, Bradley said. Sometimes we lose sight of that as coaches. I want to make sure that Im personally at my best for this team.Bradley now has 47 days to get his team in shape before the season opener against Green Bay. Its an important stretch for Jacksonville, which is heading into its most anticipated season in nearly a decade.The Jaguars open camp Thursday with high expectations stemming from a four-year rebuilding project that included four top-five draft picks and more than $350 million spent the last two years in free agency.I know there is a lot of excitement about this team. There is a lot of excitement in our locker room, Bradley said. Thats what we hoped would happen. If we create this culture and mindset, we should see this locker room and guys where we get better and have a great attitude.The confidence should be building, and these things are happening in front of our eyes. ... I believe so strongly in this process and I believe it will bring the results that we want. Its important to stay true to it.Bradley planned to address the high expectations during a team meeting later Wednesday.The Jaguars signed defensive tackle Malik Jackson, safety Tashaun Gipson and cornerback Prince Amukamara in free agency and then used their top two draft picks on Florida State cornerback Jalen Ramsey and UCLA linebacker Myles Jack. Coupled with the return of defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. (knee) and defensive tackle SenDerrick Marks (triceps) from injuries, and Jacksonville could have a number of new starters on the defensive side of the ball.When you look at who we have, who we brought in and just the overall level of expectation from us as players, we can all kind of feel it to say, `Hey, we have some great talent now. Lets bring it together, play at a consistent level, and see where this team can go, Posluszny said. Personally and as a group I know were really excited about starting this.Getting all those defensive newcomers to jell will be one of the main goals of camp.The Jags have a similar issue on the offensive line, where third-year pro Brandon Linder returns from a shoulder injury and moves from guard to center. They also have to figure out who will play left tackle, embattled starter Luke Joeckel or free-agent acquisition Kelvin Beachum.Offensively, the Jaguars made huge strides last season. Receivers Allen Hurns and Allen Robinson formed one of the best tandems in the league, and Blake Bortles set franchise records for completions (355), attempts (606), passing yards (4,428) and touchdown passes (35). But Bortles also led the NFL in interceptions (18) and sacks (51), and completed just 58.6 percent of his passes.And Jacksonville really struggled to run the ball, especially in short-yardage and goal-line situations. The Jags responded by signing bruising running back Chris Ivory in free agency.Bradley, who notably said before last season that its built, really believes the pieces are in place this year for the Jaguars to be more competitive in the AFC South. Of course, thats not hard to do since the team is just 12-36 in Bradleys three seasons.The Jaguars anticipate much better results -- maybe in line with Bradleys weight loss -- in 2016.I really firmly believe they will rise to the level of expectation as long as they are realistic and high expectations, Bradley said.---AP NFL website:
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Stitched Cheap Jerseys NFL .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. The Kanpur track is dry, has cracks, and it will assist the home side, as it should. But, if you listen to head groundsman Shiv Kumar, only as much as it should. There are early indications that the ball wont turn as early or as alarmingly as it did in Nagpur and Mohali last season, when India won both Tests inside three days.There might be some concern at the sight of the cracks three days from the start of a Test, but Shiv said the soil has deceptively good binding qualities, and that erring on the side of caution could result in a repeat of the 2004-05 Test when Andrew Hall scored 163 in a boring draw. That was the debut Test for Shiv, an electrician by formal training who decided to try his hand as a groundsman because of unemployment. He says he has learnt a lot from that 2004-05 draw.The other extreme in Kanpur, though, appeared in 2008 when India, trailing 0-1 in the series, beat South Africa in three days on a vicious turner, which was later rated poor by the ICC. Shiv said that happened because of the April heat, and a repeat was not likely to happen this year. If the Test on crack was played in the heat of April, the one on valium was played in November when the weather cools down considerably. This one, in September, might be bang in the middle in terms of heat; September used to be pleasant before global warming turned the north Indian summer into a seemingly never-ending phenomenon.Shiv has three reasons to be confident this pitch wont start turning alarmingly on day one. Firstly, the cracks might be visible, but they are not loose; in fact the surface is quite hard. A kknuckle knock on the pitch creates a solid sound.dddddddddddd Secondly, Shiva said the binding qualities of the Kanpur soil make it a difficult surface to break. Thirdly, the pitch is still getting watered, unlike Nagpur last year where the cracks had become loose by the time the toss happened. The pitch was kept under covers to shield it from the scorching sun during the day, and it was watered at 5pm. More rolling and watering is expected on the two days before the match.There are patches of grass on the pitch, but they are too dry and too far apart to provide any real encouragement for traditional fast bowling. However, if it rains - it rained on Sunday and some mild showers are expected during the Test - the heavy atmosphere and the high water table at Green Park could make traditional swing and seam a factor. Otherwise Shiv expects only about an hours help for the quicks on the first morning.A typical Green Park track, Shiv said, on the basis of first-class matches in the Ranji Trophy, is good for batting for the first two days, and then it starts to take turn. That is more a classic Test track in India: good for batting in the first half of the match and moving along at a rapid pace in the second. The turn is expected to be on the slower side.The dry track is ripe for reverse swing, which could seal Neil Wagners selection alongside Trent Boult for New Zealand, and might tempt India to play two quicks, three spinners, and thus, just the five batsmen. ' ' '
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