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Or maybe just smart.After running what many believed to be the NFL's toughest training camp the last two years Telvin Smith Jersey , Coughlin and Marrone are pretty much taking it easy on the Jacksonville Jaguars.Earlier starts. Extended breaks. Fewer workouts in full pads. Free time. Shorter days at the facility.It's a complete about-face for two old-school coaches who seem to take pleasure in grinding guys into the ground before the season.Coughlin, the team's top executive, and Marrone, the head coach, teamed up in 2017 and started pounding players into shape. The Jaguars were in full pads for 14 consecutive days to open camp in 2017 and 11 in a row last year. All of them took place outside, in Florida's sweltering summer heat and humidity.Players openly complained and were mostly ignored.But following a 5-11 season in which the Jaguars ended up with nearly 30 players, including several offensive starters, on injured reserve and were without running back Leonard Fournette for half the year, Coughlin and Marrone decided to take a different approach."Doug is showing love," two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jalen Ramsey said. "The body feels better. The energy is better. Everyone is a little bit happier out here."The kinder, gentler Jags are on the field nearly two hours earlier than they were in 2018, avoiding the hottest part of the day as well as afternoon thunderstorms. They get 90 minutes after practice for lunch and to visit with family and friends.They have recovery time built into the schedule http://www.thejaguarslockerroom.com/authentic-t.j.-yeldon-jersey , too, allowing players to get cryotherapy, cupping, dry needling or other therapeutic care after lunch.They also leave the facility in the afternoon and hold meetings at a nearby hotel, providing players with a brief break to travel between venues and allowing them to go straight to their rooms once the nightly sessions end."It's way different," veteran defensive end Calais Campbell said. "I think the team is maturing and he's allowing us to be pros and to kind of do what we need to do to get ready. We're still working really hard, getting a lot of good quality reps out there, competing."The practice pace has been slowed, too, but likely will pick up next week when the Jaguars spend two days working opposite the Ravens in Baltimore.Marrone said the decision to lighten the load started when owner Shad Khan asked how he planned to reduce the number of injuries in January. Marrone started digging into research and talking to experts. He learned that an unusually high number of soft-tissue injuries occur during the first 10 days of camp, while players are still getting acclimated to the heat and tempo."It's my responsibility to make sure that we do the right things for the players, so with the information that I have Womens Ronnie Harrison Jersey , that's why we're doing what we're doing," Marrone said. "Now, in the same sentence, how do we get everything in that we need to get in to be a good football team? We're still getting the same amount of work in. I just like to say that we're working smarter."No one can blame Jacksonville for trying something new following last year's debacle.Campbell and guard Andrew Norwell were among the key starters banged up during 2018 camp. Center Brandon Linder sprained a knee in the exhibition opener, and the injuries really started to mount from there. Receiver Marqise Lee tore several knee ligaments in the preseason finale. Fournette went down in the regular-season opener. Left tackle Cam Robinson and cornerback D.J. Hayden got hurt in Week 2.Running back Corey Grant, tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, offensive tackle Josh Wells and tight end Niles Paul joined Lee and Robinson on injured reserve in early October.The Jaguars lost nine of 10 games following a 3-1 start, ruining a year that began amid Super Bowl aspirations."Last season kind of woke a lot of guys up," Fournette said.Coughlin and Marrone included. They were raised to believe you "set the tone" in camp, Marrone said. But players typically stay in better shape year-round, reducing the need for an ultra-physical — and risky — preseason."Have to be smarter than that," Marrone said. JACKSONVILLE Will Richardson Jersey , Fla. (AP) — Minshew Mania didn’t have a prayer against New Orleans.Rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew was harassed, hurried and humbled in a 13-6 loss to the Saints on Sunday, his worst performance of the season coming just a few hours after Pope Francis accidentally tweeted support for the visiting team.“Today we give thanks to the Lord for our new #Saints,” Pope Francis tweeted. “They walked by faith and now we invoke their intercession.”Article continues below ...The hashtag and capitalization inadvertently added the Fleur de Lis, the emblem associated with the Saints and worn on their helmets. It was widely regarded as a good omen for New Orleans.The Saints (5-1) took it from there, holding Minshew without a touchdown pass for the first time in six games and limiting the Jaguars (2-4) to a season-low 226 yards.“I told our defense I felt like if they played eight quarters they were not going to score a touchdown today,” Saints coach Sean Payton said.The Saints retweeted the pope after their fourth consecutive victory, saying “Couldn’t lose after this. #Blessed and highly favored.”New Orleans kept Minshew in the pocket while still getting pressure and did an equally impressive job on the AFC’s leading receiver, DJ Chark. Marshon Lattimore shadowed Chark and got safety help over the top. Chark managed three receptions for 43 yards against bracket coverage.Minshew, who threw for 374 yards last week, finished 14 of 29 passing for 163 yards and an interception. He was sacked twice and scrambled two times for a yard.“It’s just about showing different looks, trying to confuse him into throwing us the ball http://www.thejaguarslockerroom.com/authentic-logan-cooke-jersey ,” Saints cornerback Eli Apple said. “He did that in the second half.”Teddy Bridgewater delivered the decisive play in a defensive game. He found Jared Cook for a 4-yard touchdown early in the fourth, putting the Saints ahead for good and helping them improve to 4-0 without injured star Drew Brees.Coming off a 300-yard, four-touchdown performance against Tampa Bay, Bridgewater was less effective against the Jaguars. He missed wide-open receivers Michael Thomas and Ted Ginn for would-be touchdowns.But he did enough for New Orleans’ defense, which turned Minshew Mania into mush.The worst outing of Minshew’s young career came on the same day the team, in conjunction with the NFL, handed out 30,000 “Minshew mustaches” as fans entered the gates.“It was a tough day; they’re a good team,” Minshew said. “I missed some balls I can’t miss.”With the pope tweeting about the Saints, what chance did Minshew really have? It didn’t help that he played with a sore groin and a brace on his left knee.Minshew sat slumped in the bowels of the stadium, grass stains covering his white pants, a hole ripped in his undershirt and a smoothie in hand. But he made no excuses.“We’ve got enough guys to make plays and we’re going to do better Womens D.J. Hayden Jersey ,” he said.KNOCKOUT HITSaints linebacker Demario Davis delivered a knockout hit on tight end Geoff Swaim in the fourth. Swaim was seemingly unconscious as he hit the ground. Team trainers and paramedics rushed to his side. Davis knelt next to Swaim and removed his helmet.Swaim eventually walked off the field without assistance. He was placed in the league’s concussion protocol.“I know he was able to walk off the field, but you don’t know what the residuals are,” said Davis, who grew up in the same Mississippi city as Minshew. “It’s a bang-bang league. Sometimes those unfortunate hits happen, and we don’t like them.”RAMSEY INACTIVEJaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey was inactive for the third consecutive week because of an apparent back injury. Ramsey was ruled out three days after owner Shad Khan said he expected the disgruntled defender to play against the Saints.HOMECOMING GAMEJacksonville recognized more than 80 former players before the game and honored the team’s top 25 players from its 25 years of existence at halftime. Left tackle Tony Boselli, running back Fred Taylor and receiver Jimmy Smith got the biggest ovations during the ceremony.LINEUP TWEAKJacksonville kept rookie linebacker Quincy Williams on the bench. Williams was taken out in the fourth quarter of last week’s loss at Carolina. The third-round draft pick was out of position on many plays as the Panthers ran for 285 yards, the second most in Jacksonville’s history. Veteran backup Najee Goode started in his place.KEY INJURIESSaints running back Alvin Kamara tweaked a knee late but is expected to be fine. … Jaguars receiver Marqise Lee, who missed all of last season after tearing three ligaments in his left knee, injured his right foot/ankle in the third quarter and had to be helped to the locker room. … Jaguars cornerback D.J. Hayden left in the fourth and was evaluated for a concussion.UP NEXTSaints play at Chicago next Sunday. New Orleans has won the past four meetings.Jaguars play at Cincinnati next Sunday. The Bengals have won four of the past five meetings.