{"id":53187,"date":"2020-08-25T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lawrence-cager-using-extra-reps-to-make-jets-take-notice\/"},"modified":"2020-08-25T03:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:53:00","slug":"lawrence-cager-using-extra-reps-to-make-jets-take-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lawrence-cager-using-extra-reps-to-make-jets-take-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lawrence Cager using extra reps to make Jets take notice"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Lawrence Cager using extra reps to make Jets take notice<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 24, 2020 |<\/span> 8:53pm <\/p>\n

\n This was not the NFL Scouting Combine experience that Lawrence Cager had been dreaming of. It was 11 hours in an Indianapolis hospital undergoing a medical check, with doctors pulling and pushing on the ankle he had surgically repaired months earlier. There was no 40-yard dash. No chance for the Georgia wide receiver to run routes on the NFL Network.<\/p>\n

He spent most of the combine staring at the inside of an MRI tube.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt killed me not being able to show off my talents,\u201d Cager said Monday.<\/p>\n

But Cager was able to interview with NFL teams at the combine and one of those teams was the Jets. He instantly felt a connection to coach Adam Gase and wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson. The Jets subsequently scheduled a visit with Cager at Georgia where they wanted to get a look at his teammate Andrew Thomas as well. That visit was canceled when the pandemic hit. But Cager did have a Zoom call with the Jets a few weeks later.<\/p>\n

When the draft came, Cager did not hear his name called. An injury-plagued career first at Miami and then Georgia likely doomed him. But when the draft ended, he had his choice of teams to go to and he knew where he wanted to sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting to go undrafted but that\u2019s life,\u201d Cager said. \u201cIt\u2019s another obstacle you have to face. Either way, this is where I wanted to end up. Going through the process, meeting with coach Gase, coach Jefferson, if I could pick where I wanted to go this is where I wanted to be at. God works in mysterious ways and I ended up in the place I wanted to be at. I\u2019m not complaining at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Neither are the Jets. At 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, Cager stands out on the practice field. The undrafted rookie has been getting more and more reps at training camp for the Jets with injuries to receivers Breshad Perriman, Denzel Mims and Vyncint Smith. On Saturday, he made two spectacular touchdown catches, showing his ability to go up and get the ball. He did it again on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Cager still faces an uphill climb to make the Jets. With no preseason game<\/a>s, undrafted free agents are going to have a tougher time than ever making the team, but he is catching the coaches\u2019 eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a quick study, very, very intelligent,\u201d Gase said. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously a very big body, smooth runner. He really tries to be a detailed route runner, he tries to do the little things right when we\u2019re talking about certain routes versus certain techniques. He\u2019s just got to keep playing. I think when he gets opportunities like he did [Saturday] and he makes those plays, it\u2019s encouraging for us to see because it\u2019s hard to find guys that are that big that run as smooth as he does and are as sharp as he is. So, he\u2019s a guy that has obviously came in here with a very big chip on his shoulder and he wants to prove a lot of people wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cager was star at Calvert Hall High School in Baltimore. He chose the Hurricanes out of high school and played in 11 games as a true freshman. He tore an ACL as a sophomore and missed the entire year. As a junior, he had 16 catches for 237 yards and three touchdowns. In his final year in Miami, he had 21 catches for 374 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n

He decided to go to Georgia as a graduate transfer after Miami underwent a coaching change. He was familiar with the Bulldogs coaches and thought he could improve as a player there. Through Georgia\u2019s first 10 games, he led the offense with 33 catches and four touchdown receptions. He had 132 receiving yards in a win over Florida. But he broke his ankle during a late November practice and could not play in the SEC title game or Georgia\u2019s bowl game.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was kind of devastating right before the SEC Championship game,\u201d Cager said. \u201cIt hurt a lot. It just made me mentally stronger. That\u2019s the only thing I look forward to. I can get through anything after an ACL surgery back sophomore year and now this. Mentally, nothing can hurt be. That\u2019s why I think it was a blessing in disguise.\u201d<\/p>\n

The injury probably led to him being undrafted and that led him to the Jets. It could end up being a blessing for both Cager and the Jets.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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