No player ever likes to see his starting job go away, but not once during Vince Manuwai’s absence from the starting lineup did he publicly complain about being a backup to guard Justin Smiley.
Now Manuwai has been the starter for a few weeks at left guard and his play might have a lot to do with how well the Jaguars running game is working.
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Manuwai played so well he won back the starting job and since then, the Jaguars running game has really aOlernKienOP air jordan 4 iv retro black cat black black light graphite Emil Jannings hit a stride. Running back Maurice Jones Drew has rushed for four consecutive 100 yard games for the first time in his career.
It’s not just Jones Drew that benefits, either. Manuwai threw a key block for quarterback David Garrard during his touchdown run air jordan future volt white against the Giants.
Part of that might be that Manuwai is back to playing as well as he did in 2007. He missed nearly all of 2008 with a torn ACL and then spent 2009 struggling to regain his form. Remember, this is a guy who Jordan Pro Strong was briefly moved to right guard because there was some thinking he wasn’t athletic enough anymore to pull at left guard.
“Vinny’s done a nice job of staying positive through a tough situation, continued to work, he has palyed he’s called into duty,” Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. “He’s played very well and has been strong, very strong in the run game in particular.”
I never got to post some quotes from Smiley on the matter because I talked to him the same day Aaron Kampman tore his ACL. But here are some of Smiley’s thoughts on the situation. It’s a very new thing for him because he’s been a starter throughout his career.
One interesting thing Smiley said is that this was easier for him to deal with because he lost his starting spot due to injury, rather than getting pulled for poor play.
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“I like playing for guys who have played the game of football. Got an offensive line coach who played 12 seasons. A lot of these young guys they don’t realize that. They havent’been at other places, they don’t know the air jordan 4 iv retro pure money white metallic silver difference between offensive line coaches, guys who have actually played the position and guys who didn’t. He’s very realistic. The list goes on and on about great aOlernKienOP air jordan 2 iiretro white varsity red black Ipad 2 Release Gives A Heavy A things about Jacksonville. We’re a team on the rise. We’re, the sky’s the limit for us. We just have to go out to practice aOlernKienOP air jordan 5 shanghai shen black laney 5s 2013 Benefits of External Frame B with a aOlernKienOP air jordan 19 white chrome grey We Are On the Dawning of a New Day certain focus, with determination to execute what we do. We can beat anybody. That’s what I’m excited about.”
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