Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert is expected to get the cast off his right thumb four days before the season opener, reports Sports Illustrated. Gabbert cracked a bone at the base of his thumb in the second preseason game against the Jets.
"Blaine is doing good," Jaguars coach Gus Bradley told the Florida Times-Union. "We anticipate him this week doing some ball things, not throwing but just gripping the ball so that's the next phase of his rehab. So you saw him out there, just like we said in the beginning, he was going to compete and run and do all the things and the calls and that's what he's doing now so we're optimistic."