Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley has praised QB Blaine Gabbert’s play during training camp. ‘I think that he’s really shown a lot of poise,’ Bradley said of Gabbert. ‘I think he handles situations that have been presented to him in practice. They both have done some really good things, both have made some really good progress. Now, are they there yet? No, and I hope they would both answer it the same way. We just felt like with Blaine, with what he’s done the last couple days in practice and how he’s responded, we decided to give him the nod.’ QB Chad Henne will see some repetitions with the first-team offensive in the preseason game Friday, Aug. 9, too.

Footballguys View: Good news for Gabbert here. He was struggling earlier this offseason but may have settled in during the last week of training camp. He’ll continue to compete with Chad Henne for the starting job in 2013. Gabbert is in a make or break season where he needs to show he can be the franchise QB the team envisioned when they made him a 2011 first-round pick.
Jaguars | Blaine Gabbert receives praise