{"id":384507,"date":"2026-08-29T12:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/384507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T12:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:44:18","slug":"5-storylines-from-jaguars-victory-over-buccaneers-in-2026-preseason-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/384507\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Storylines from Jaguars Victory Over Buccaneers in 2026 Preseason Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5.Saaaaaack(s). Jaguars rookie defensive end <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jaguars.com\/team\/players-roster\/bryan-thomas-jr\/\" title=\"Bryan Thomas Jr.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Thomas Jr.<\/a> had a strong training camp and preseason, and he finished with an impressive performance in Preseason Week 3. &#8220;I feel like definitely put in the good work, and put good stuff on film,&#8221; Thomas said, adding of his roster status moving forward, &#8220;That&#8217;s up to the coaches. I put good stuff on film, so that&#8217;s up to them.&#8221; Thomas, who signed with the Jaguars as a collegiate free agent following the 2026 NFL Draft, registered 2.5 sacks on Friday \u2013 one in the first half and 1.5 in the second \u2013 and continued his push for the active roster and\/or practice squad. Thomas, who had a sack and two quarterback hurries in Preseason Week 1, finished the preseason with 3.5 sacks. &#8220;When you have a gift for rushing the passer, it&#8217;s something you can&#8217;t ignore,&#8221; Coen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5.Saaaaaack(s). Jaguars rookie defensive end Bryan Thomas Jr. had a strong training camp and preseason, and he finished&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[881,116,118,117,885,3165,880,884,883,152369],"class_list":["post-384507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-front-page-headline","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-john-oehser","tag-news-five-key-plays","tag-news-front-page-headline","tag-news-gameday","tag-news-jaguars-news","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-at-jacksonville-jaguars-2026-pre-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}