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Week 1 relevant - Jaguars DE Andre Branch to miss 'significant time,' with knee injury

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http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/544821/ryan-ohalloran/2015-08-29/jaguars-de-andre-branch-miss-significant-time-knee

During a conference call today, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley wrapped up last night’s 22-17 preseason loss to the Detroit Lions. The notes and quotes:

*Defensive end Andre Branch has a medial collateral ligament sprain in his left knee and will miss “significant time.”

“That’s a tough one for us,” Bradley said. “The time frame, I know he won’t be ready for the first game, but guys will step up. It’s always tough when you lose a guy like that. He was playing well in training camp. But you can never have enough rushers and guys will have to step up.”

Bradley listed the Jaguars’ options at the Leo spot – he said Chris Clemons will remain a third-down player and get “some reps” on first and second downs and the same for Ryan Davis.

The biggest beneficiary of Branch’s injury is Chris Smith, who Bradley said is now ticketed for first and second down duty.

Idk how good he is but I believe he is a starter for them 

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He's a really big part of their pass rush rotation so is a pretty big set back for them.

Having followed Jax the past few weeks or so, they could end up being a playoff contender this year and are certainly no pushover for Carolina.

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Jacksonville is gonna surprise some people this year. Week 1 is no push over.

Gus Bradley is an excellent coach.  He built that defense that they've been riding for years now.

Dan Quinn *may* be a good coach is well, but all his accomplishments were riders on Gus Bradley's previous hard work IMO.

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