Totally not trying to encroach on Chaps' territory here.
Just happen to be around on a Saturday night watching preseason football like the sicko that I am.
eager to get a look at Stetson Bennett with the Rams here soon.
But this ain’t about Stets.
This is about Jacksonville JaguarsQB1backup quarterback Nathan Rourke.
Look at the numbers he put up in Athens what a runner!
…And he threw for 7,457 yards (8.3 YPA) with 60 TDs and only 20 INTs.
A rather paltry 58.7% completion percentage, however.
OK so, at least initially, Rourke went back to Canada where he’s originally from.
Got picked in the second round, 15th overall in the 2020 CFL Draft.
Related: The G-Men are still desperate for a surefire go-to wideout.
Rourke retreated North of the Border once again and started only two games for the BC Lions in ‘21.
Kind of middling numbers.
Only problem was, a Lisfranc injury knocked Rourke out of action for a couple months.
He appeared in 10 games and started nine, and required foot surgery in January.
That operation came exactly two weeksafterthe Jags signed him, yes, as a quarterback on January 16.
Looks like the ol’ wheels are just fine!
No descriptors necessary I suppose.
Not like he’s pushing Trevor Lawrence for playing time.
Nevertheless, Rourke’s athleticism has always popped.
They caredwaymore about the rivalry than we did.
Anyway, those weekday football MACtion matchups, fun though they were, got me multiple parking tickets.
We’d always host like a random Tuesday or Wednesday night game.
It was never the same day.
You had to be on top of that schedule.
Students had to move their cars even if the parking lot was nowhere near full.
It was some bullshit.
Hope they sorted that out in the years since.
Miami won the MAC in 2010, beating Northern Illinois in the Conference Championship Game.
Salute to my former suitemates/stud wideouts Armand Robinson and Chris Givens.
They both came up huge in that game.
worry not, I already hear those words ringing in my head.
I think it’s kinda funny.
Most people could give a fuck less about the NFL preseason.
Most of the time, I’d agree with most people at least to some degree.
inquiry from one highlight-reel play takes you down a rabbit hole of human-interest, narrative nonfiction gloriousness.
Rourke would rather not hear that I’m sure.
But hey, Johnny was in the CFL once upon a time, too.
Let’s see if Rourke can beat out C.J.
Beathard to be Lawrence’s primary backup.
