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Mike Brewster, Drew Nowak trying to make most of opportunity with Jaguars
Linemen Brewster, Nowak stepping up in wake of injuries
Posted: August 13, 2012
By Vito Stellino

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Associated Press
Jaguars center Mike Brewster rests on the bench during Friday's preseason game against the Giants.

Drew Nowak and Mike Brewster don?t have much in common except that they were signed by the Jaguars as undrafted rookie free agents in April.

Nowak played in obscurity as a defensive tackle at Western Michigan, starting 32 of 47 games. Brewster played at Ohio State, where he ended his career with 49 consecutive starts, the second-longest streak in school history.

Now the two players are getting an opportunity because three Jaguars offensive linemen ? guards Will Rackley and Jason Spitz and center John Estes ? are sidelined with injuries.

Rackley might be back in a week or two, but Estes is undergoing knee surgery and is out indefinitely. Spitz could be out for six weeks.

?That?s hard,? coach Mike Mularkey said of the injuries. ?That?s a difficult thing when you get [them at] the same position. We?ve got some guys that can move around and not totally put you in a bind. It?s not the same as having your guys.?

Brewster replaced Estes as the backup center and got good reviews in the preseason opener against the New York Giants on Friday night.

?He played pretty well. He took a step forward. I was very proud of him,? Mularkey said.

Brewster?s success was not a surprise. He was an All-American as a junior. He said if he?d left school after the 2011 season, he heard he was being ranked behind former Florida standout Mike Pouncey, who went in the first round to Miami, as the second-best center in the draft.

But Brewster decided to stay in school as a senior to stick with his buddies as Ohio State dealt with a scandal after some players sold their jerseys for tattoos.

?I wanted to come back and help my team. We were going through a lot at the school, turmoil and stuff, and we had a rough season,? Brewster said.

Brewster figured he would drop to the third or fourth round, but he wasn?t drafted. ?It was definitely a surprise. It?s something I?m going to carry in my back pocket as kind of like a motivator,? he said. ?You?ve just got to keep working hard.?

Brewster said it?s worked out because he got his degree from Ohio State and loves playing for the Jaguars.

?And I got to play one more year in the horseshoe [the nickname for Ohio State?s stadium] with my buddies,? Brewster said.
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...ak-trying-make-most-opportunity#ixzz23WdjAvnS
 
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Jaguars place G Rackley on IR in final roster cuts
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, Aug. 31, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed guard Will Rackley on injured reserve, ending his season and creating depth issues along the offensive line.

Rackley sustained a high ankle sprain early in training camp and re-injured it last week. He joins guard Jason Spitz and center John Estes on injured reserve. It means undrafted rookie Mike Brewster from Ohio State could play a pivotal backup role for Jacksonville this season.

Brewster was one of four undrafted players who made Jacksonville's 53-man roster Friday night. Safety Antwon Blake, receiver Kevin Elliott and linebacker Julian Stanford are the others.
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Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/31/4777475/jaguars-place-g-rackley-on-ir.html#storylink=cpy
 
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Jaguars guard trying to earn a start
Mike Brewster not used to just sitting the bench
Posted: September 26, 2012
By RYAN O'HALLORAN
Morris News Service

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Jim Mone, The Associated Press
Jacksonville Jaguars center Michael Brewster warms up on the field before a game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in Minneapolis.

All through his time at Edgewater High School in Orlando and for all but two of 51 games at Ohio State, Mike Brewster knew only starting.

Not starting changed in the Jaguars? opener at Minnesota when Brewster dressed as a reserve offensive lineman, but he quickly entered the game left guard when Eben Britton injured his left ankle.

What was really weird came the next week against Houston. Brewster didn?t see the field, replaced by Herb Taylor, who was signed just six days before and hadn?t played a regular season game in four years.

?I was thinking was literally the first since seventh grade I hadn?t played in a game,? he said. ?It was something I definitely wasn?t used to. And I didn?t want to get used to it.?

Around this time last week, Brewster started taking first-team reps at left guard. He was back in the lineup in the Jaguars? win over Indianapolis.

Brewster was part of an offense that helped creases and holes for Maurice Jones-Drew, who rushed for 177 yards and one touchdown.

?I thought Mike played pretty well,? coach Mike Mularkey said. ?For a young guy, undrafted rookie, to be there in those situations in two games, he?s played well for us. There wasn?t a drop off from the Minnesota game.?

Brewster could be back in a reserve role this week against Cincinnati if Britton returns after missing two-and-a-half games because of a left ankle injury.

Overall, center Brad Meester said of Brewster: ?I think he handled it great. He?s one of those guys that always wants to be in there. He did a great job in a tough environment and in a tough situation at the end. It takes a lot to be able to do that.?

How did he judge his own performance? After attending team and position meetings Monday, Brewster watched several plays on a computer for the Times-Union and gave his thoughts. Here are four of the plays:

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http://staugustine.com/sports/2012-09-25/jaguars-guard-trying-earn-start#.UGLz-lEa2So
 
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Jaguars Notebook: Eben Britton and Michael Brewster battling for starting LG job
By Daniel Lewis | CBSSports.com
October 2, 2012

Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey isn't in panic mode despite a 27-10 loss to the Bengals on Sunday that has the team at 1-3 with the 3-1 Chicago Bears coming to town next week.

Instead, he's looking for minor adjustments he can make to improve the team. That might start on the OL, particularly at LG. Eben Britton started there on Sunday against the Bengals, but undrafted rookie Michael Brewster took over at halftime. Mularkey was impressed with how Brewster played and said the position is now open for competition between the two.

?We put Brewster in there, and he got a little firmer," Mularkey told the Florida Times-Union. "Eben was very professional about it. Still very much of a leader on the sideline and in the locker room after the game, so we have to do that at any position to see if we can improve what we're doing, and we will do that.?

Britton had been dealing with an ankle injury, but he claims that wasn't the reason he played poorly on Sunday. Injuries have been recurring problem for the O-line all season. G Will Rackley (ankle) is done for the season, and Britton and starting T Cameron Bradfield have also dealt with ankle issues. C John Estes (knee) and G/C Jason Spitz (foot) were also lost for the season during preseason.

Mularkey didn't mention other specific depth-chart changes, but he said it's something he will continue to evaluate as the team tries to improve.

"Wherever we have to," he told the Florida Times-Union. "If somebody's playing better than someone else, we will make the change, yes.?
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Brewster stays put

Mike Brewster replaced Eben Britton as the starting left guard Sunday and performed well enough to hold on to the job this week.

?I felt like we weren?t getting what we wanted out of that position,? Mularkey said. ?We felt like we needed a chance and I thought Mike did a pretty good job. We?re not going to make a change there right now.?

It was the third time Brewster replaced Britton. He also did in Week 1 at Minnesota because of Britton?s injury and Week 4 against Cincinnati at halftime because of performance.
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Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/sports/foot...larkey-defends-justin-blackmons#ixzz2Aof85uWm
 
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The Life of a Jaguars Rookie: The Wonder Years
Nov 7th, 2012by ZsGJaguars

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He was always ?Billy?s little brother? to me. But at some point during middle school, he became Billy?s not-so-little brother. The first time I remember playing against Billy?s 6-foot-something, 200 lb brother, he was in eighth grade. As we stepped onto the basketball court at Lake Highland Prep, I remember thinking, ?I?m never going to be able to stop this kid if he gets the ball?. So I didn?t let him have it. In my only one-on-one game against him, I prevailed victorious, with some much-needed help from the three point line along the way ? it was the first time (and probably the last time) I got the best of Mike Brewster.

Even at that time, I was probably lucky I wasn?t facing off against Mike Brewster on the football field. Most of the time, however, I had the fortune of playing with, and not against Mike Brewster in middle and high school. Even as the youngest player on our team, he was a behemoth of a man. Watching the 5-foot middle schoolers on the other prep teams we played against try to guard him was some of the best entertainment I ever saw. Football, basketball, track ? the coaches wanted him to play every sport because they could all fit him in somewhere. He wasn?t just big ? he was agile, deceptively fleet-of-foot, and had a soft touch around the hoop.

What stood out about Mike while I knew him was something that doesn?t normally stand out about high profile athletes during high school ? how genuinely nice he was. You never caught Mike Brewster without a huge, sheepish grin on his face. Actually I?m pretty sure that grin and the ?nice? gene run in the Brewster family. His brother Billy had them, his parents had them, and he certainly had them. And you know the thing about genuinely nice people? People like to be around them. There was nobody on our team ? and likely no one at our high school ? that didn?t like Mike Brewster.

Now I know my far-too-nostalgic Jaguar fans are groaning because the most characteristic qualities I can remember about our new starting left guard was that he was ?nice? and ?likeable?. I know you old-school-fans want your offensive linemen ?nasty?. If they?re gonna be in the trenches, they can?t be nice! They need to be physical, they need to play with a mean-streak, and they need to do what it takes to keep the quarterback on his feet. Old-school-Jaguar fans, you need not worry. As nice as Mike was off-the-field, he was that competitive on-the-field.

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