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Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler missed his entire rookie season with a torn ACL, and his second year has been complicated by an injury he’s trying to play through.

Via Hays Carlyon of the Florida Times-Union, Fowler said he’s been playing with a shoulder injury since Week Three against the Ravens, and it’s still bothering him.

He called the injury “frustrating,” and it coincides with a dry spell for the former No. 3 overall pick.

Since getting two sacks against the Chargers the week before, he went five weeks without one, and has half a sack in the last seven games combined. He has collected personal foul penalties, including last week when he drilled Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler.

“He is a wild stallion, as we knew when we drafted him,” Jaguars defensive coordinator Todd Wash said. “I think he is getting better. . . . He felt terrible about it [recent personal foul penalties]. He gets his motor running and sometimes we have to be able to cool him down a little bit. He is maturing and it is a process.”

Of course, the other problem is that Fowler hasn’t been on the injury report, other than for a recent illness, which will require somebody to do some explaining. He wasn’t on Wednesday’s injury report at all.