



JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser examines Day Two of the joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday – with an eye on QB Blake Bortles, WR Marqise Lee and DT Sheldon Day

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Good week of work

All in all, the week was good.

That was the consensus from Head Coach Gus Bradley Thursday afternoon following the second of two joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and quarterback Blake Bortles agreed.

The idea was to work against an unfamiliar opponent, and to get new looks both offensively and defensively against different personnel. The idea was to do so with no unnecessary altercations, and with the exception of a Thursday scrap involving Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr., that was accomplished.

So yeah … a good week.

"I think it was good," Bortles said Thursday following a two-and-half-hour practice at the practice fields adjacent to EverBank Field. "It was good really to see different stuff for us – different pressures, different coverages, different fronts, different guys, different personnel. …

"It was something that I think we got a lot out of and I thought it went well the past two days."

Bradley said while he wasn't thrilled with the offense during two-minute work Thursday – "not the standard we hoped for," he said – the intensity and execution improved during a later red-zone drill in which Bortles threw four touchdown passes. Bortles and the offense also performed well in red-zone work Wednesday.