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Jaguars' Brewster takes stock
Submitted by Ryan O'Halloran on December 20, 2012

An undrafted free agent entering training camp, Mike Brewster took advantage of his own performance and injuries to other players to start seven games at left guard before breaking his left hand Dec. 2 at Buffalo.

Brewster, who finished the Bills game despite the injury, was placed on injured reserve last week.

Back in the locker room earlier this week, Brewster took stock of his rookie year, which included a position change after playing center at Ohio State.

?I think I set a baseline for myself,? he said. ?I?m the type of guy who has high expectations and want to be the best. I think I was improving and getting better at guard.?

It was a weird year for Brewster, who was the rare Senior Bowl player that went undrafted.

Week 1 at Minnesota: Replaced an injured Eben Britton at left guard and also played a few snaps at right guard for an injured Uche Nwaneri.

Week 2 vs. Houston: Didn?t play on offense, replaced at left guard by Herb Taylor, who was signed five days before.

Week 3 at Indianapolis: Started at left guard after The Herb Experience got extinguished.

Week 4 vs. Cincinnati: Britton (ankle) started, but was benched at halftime in favor of Brewster.

Week 7 at Oakland: Didn?t play on offense as Britton started.

Weeks 8-13: Started at left guard after he replaced Britton.

Brewster was called for three penalties ? a bogus unnecessary roughness at Indianapolis, a chop block in the Colts home game (that the NFL later admitted was a bad call) and a false start at Houston.

Looking ahead, the Jaguars need stability at left guard and center Brad Meester is a free agent but expected to return for 14th season.

?I think center is my best position,? Brewster said. ?But now I feel confident next year if I have to play guard, that I would be equally as good there as at center. Guard has definitely made me a better center. It?s a whole different game because it?s a lot more 1-on-1, a lot more technique and I hadn?t played there since high school.?

Brewster said he needs to add strength, but not pounds during the off-season

?I actually play better when I?m lighter ? in the 295-300 range,? he said. ?Quickness is my game. I?m not a huge guy so I have to rely on that and technique.?

Said coach Mike Mularkey: ?He played a lot of football for us, a lot more than I think he was even expecting to. I think it was a shock to his system how much season was still to go. ? I thought he did well for us.?
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http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/544821/ryan-ohalloran/2012-12-20/jaguars-brewster-takes-stock
 
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The Jaguars remain interested in center Brad Meester and fullback Greg Jones, but Caldwell said Meester, who turns 36 on March 23, has yet to decide if he will play a 14th year.

?We don?t want to pressure him because he?s been such a good cornerstone for this franchise,? Caldwell said.

The feeling within the organization is Meester wants to play this year, but the sides haven?t found a common financial ground. If Meester retires, the lead in-house option to take over would be Mike Brewster, who played center at Ohio State but finished last year as a left guard.
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...jaguars-ask-fans-trust-our-plan#ixzz2NQ90od5S
 
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Jon from Jacksonville:
How are David Caldwell and Gus Bradley addressing the interior of the O-Line?
John: The Jaguars aren?t addressing the interior of the offensive line the way many hoped, which was to throw money at the issue and draft guards and centers. Instead, they re-signed center Brad Meester and drafted Luke Joeckel to play right tackle, the latter of whom should significantly help whoever plays next to him. The Jaguars also need Uche Nwaneri to be healthy for the entire season, and to decide who will start at left guard. You?d figure that has a chance to be Will Rackley, with Mike Brewster getting a chance to compete there and with Meester at center. The offensive line will start shaking itself out during OTAs, but it?s an area of focus and the interior will begin coming together then. Overall, there?s little reason the group can?t be better with the personnel and coaching changes made this offseason.
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Chris from Jacksonville:
With this probably being Meester's last year, what's the ideal situation to transition to a new center? And who is the leading candidate(s)?
John: Ideally, you would have Meester play so well that Caldwell and Bradley beg him to come back for another season in 2014, and to follow that up, you would have Mike Brewster pushing him so hard in practice that there are heated arguments in the hallway about the starter. Short of the ideal, you want Brewster to develop this season. While he played well at times this season, he may not quite be prepared to step into a starting role. There?s every indication that could change and if he can step in for Meester when the latter retires, that would be a huge boost in the building process.
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http://www.jaguars.com/news/article...lding-on/bc59ea19-c370-4439-83f8-ad43d92e3483
 
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roster projection...

OFFENSIVE LINE (9)

In: Eugene Monroe, Luke Joeckel, Brad Meester, Uche Nwaneri, Will Rackley, Cam Bradfield, Mike Brewster, Drew Nowak, Jason Spitz.

Out: Stephane Milhim, Roderick Tomlin, Austin Pasztor, R.J. Dill, Dan Gerberry, Mark Asper.

Analysis: The starting five entering camp will be Monroe (left) and Joeckel (right) at tackle, Rackley (left) and Nwaneri (right) at guard and Meester at center. Caldwell expressed confidence in Bradfield as a back-up swing tackle (12 starts last year) and pointed out how difficult it is to find tackles on the waiver wire. At center, it appears Mike Brewster, who finished last year as a guard, is being groomed to eventually take over for Meester. And at guard, the numbers could change but we have Spitz ? the coaches like his comeback from a foot injury and his 45 starts of experience, and Nowak ? who the previous staff thought had potential ? as the back-up guards.
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...rojection-jaguars-53-man-roster#ixzz2WNu6vroL
 
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Jaguars left guard Will Rackley left the game in the first half after taking a blow to the head.

Like when Rackley injured his knee against Kansas City, Mike Brewster took over for his most extensive action of the season.

“I’ve really been focusing on center this year and learning from Brad [Meester],” Brewster said. “I haven’t really played much guard at all. It wasn’t perfect, but I wasn’t playing against a really good player [Justin Smith]. I had to slow his rush down.”

Brewster usually takes first-team center reps in practice on Wednesdays when Meester gets the day off. But after starting seven games last year at guard, this season has been a transition.

“It’s the first time in my life that I haven’t played,” Brewster said. “It’s hard, but I try to stay positive because I’m backing up really good players.”

Before Sunday, Brewster’s action consisted of 25 snaps against the Chiefs at left guard and one against San Diego as an extra tight end.
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...brown-third-option-scores-first#ixzz2j1IpACcp
 
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Injury update

Left guard Will Rackley (concussion) and tight end Danny Noble (knee) did not practice Friday and are questionable vs. the Titans.

Rackley was injured against San Francisco Oct. 27 and practiced Monday and Wednesday before experiencing symptoms on Thursday. Bradley labeled Rackley a “game-time decision.”

Mike Brewster, who filled in for Rackley against Kansas City (25 snaps) and San Francisco (57 snaps) would start. He worked at center in practice for most of October, but took left guard reps this week in practice.

“Absolutely [it helped] because guard and center are two different worlds and getting those reps helps with getting your angles and depths right,” Brewster said.
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...e-cb-dwayne-gratz-back-starting#ixzz2k9mM8lYW
 
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Brewster’s time: Starting left guard Will Rackley (concussion) will be a game-time decision. If he can’t go then Mike Brewster will make his first start of the season. He started seven games at left guard as a rookie last season, and Gus Bradley said he considered inserting Brewster into the lineup early this season when the interior of the offense line was struggling. Brewster has played mainly on special teams. After playing 25 snaps on offense in the opener he didn’t play another until he got in for one snap against San Diego. He came in for Rackley against San Francisco.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/99525/five-things-to-watch-titans-jaguars
 
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Mike Brewster laments lost TD
November, 27, 2013
By Michael DiRocco | ESPN.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars guard Mike Brewster could almost taste the glory.

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BrewsterAll quarterback Chad Henne had to do was lob the ball in front of him. No doubt in Brewster’s mind he would catch it and then he’d have what every offensive lineman dreams of: his very own touchdown.

"It would have been awesome," Brewster said.

Instead, it was awful. Henne, with a defensive end in his face, didn’t have time to wait for Brewster to get open in the end zone. Instead, he threw a quick pass toward fullback Will Ta'ufo'ou that fell incomplete.

Just like that, Brewster’s chance of catching a 1-yard touchdown pass against the Houston Texans last Sunday was gone. Maurice Jones-Drew carried the ball on the next play and scored, putting the Jaguars ahead 7-0 in a game they would eventually win 13-6.

The play was one the Jaguars have practiced all season. Brewster lines up on the right side of the offensive line as an extra tight end in a jumbo package on the goal line. He fakes a block then runs an out pattern and is open for an easy touchdown.

It’s a play that works often. Tight ends do it all the time. The New England Patriots make a living off it with Rob Gronkowski. Before him they used linebacker Mike Vrabel, who caught 10 touchdown passes out of similar formations with the Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs.

But it didn’t work last Sunday.

"It’s something we’ve kind of been toying around with," Brewster said. "Maybe it would have caught them a little more off guard if we didn’t have to take a time out, because then they kind of probably zeroed in that we’ve got a heavy lineman in and he’s on the end of the line of scrimmage, keep an eye out [for him to go out for a pass]."

Brewster said he’s got good hands and would have definitely made the catch -- "It would not have been a problem to catch it," he said -- and he had a pretty good touchdown celebration planned. He wouldn’t elaborate, but said it would have poked fun at what one of the Houston players have previously done.

Instead, he’s left to wonder if he’ll ever get another shot at a TD.

"If I do some more jumbo on the goal line, even if we don’t call it again they’ve still got to respect the fact that I could go," he said.
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