Thurston Armbrister answers call

He was thrust into the lineup on Sunday at Indianapolis when Paul Posluszny went out with a high ankle sprain.

Armbrister played 38 snaps, called the defense and also handled the blitzes that were in the game plan for Posluszny.

The Jaguars lost the game 16-13 in overtime.

“There was a lot of pressure on me,’’ Armbrister said. “At first, I was kind of nervous, but I realized what I came here for and that the coaches had a lot of trust in me to put me in there in charge of the defense.’’

He had to make the defensive calls to get the players in the right position and said although he made a few rookie mistakes, it was “nothing catastrophic.’’

Armbrister will be starting Sunday in Tampa Bay if Posluszny can’t go, but Bradley said he there is hope Posluszny didn’t suffer a “traditional’’ high ankle sprain.

A traditional high ankle sprain involves tearing or damage of the ligaments connecting the tibia to the fibula and usually sidelines a player for six to seven weeks.

Of Armbrister’s debut, coach Gus Bradley said, “There was a first third-down I think he got out-leveraged to the flat and they ended up getting 14-15 yards, but I thought he settled down.

“The big thing was run fits,’’ Bradley said. “Just a few assignment errors, but he’ll learn from that. I thought overall for getting thrown in like he did he did a pretty good job,’’ he said.


(jacksonville.com)