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Making the play of the pre-season apparently wasn’t sufficient for Nathan Rourke in his bid to make the Jacksonville Jaguars’ opening day roster.
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The previous B.C. Lions star quarterback was reportedly waived from the workforce on Monday, based on NFL Community insider Tom Pelissero.
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NFL groups had till as we speak to get all the way down to their 53-man opening day rosters. Ought to he not be picked up by one other NFL workforce, Rourke can return to the Jaguars’ apply squad.
Solely 12 of the league’s 32 groups stored three quarterbacks on their lively rosters final season, with the opposite groups opting to fit an additional pivot on the apply roster.
The writing seemed to be on the wall for Rourke final week, with Miami Dolphins head coach Doug Pederson saying incumbent backup QB C.J. Beathard “is our No. 2″ earlier than Saturday’s last pre-season sport in opposition to the Miami Dolphins, a 31-18 win by the Jaguars.
Rourke went 4-for-6 for 74 yards within the sport, whereas Beathard went 8-for-10 for 134 yards and a landing.
Rourke, 25, made all of the spotlight reels a few weeks in the past when he bobbed and weaved his method by a number of Dallas Cowboy defenders after which fired off a landing cross as he was being pulled to the bottom.