{"id":53950,"date":"2018-11-26T18:23:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=53950"},"modified":"2018-11-26T18:23:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:23:17","slug":"jacksonville-jaguars-guard-andrew-norwell-placed-on-injured-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/11\/26\/jacksonville-jaguars-guard-andrew-norwell-placed-on-injured-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars Guard Andrew Norwell Placed on Injured Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> offensive line is going through the ringer this year. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/N\/NorwAn01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Norwell<\/a><\/strong>, the team&#8217;s starting left guard, is being placed on injured reserve. Norwell is the third starter from the offensive line lost to injury this year. This one really hurts, as Norwell was a high priced free agent signing during the off-season. Coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MarrDo20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug Marrone<\/a><\/strong> has his work cut out for the remaining five games. He now has to decide which grouping is best for an offensive line that is really banged up this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coach Doug Marrone: OL Andrew Norwell will be placed on IR.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaguars\/status\/1067143271133122560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Jacksonville Jaguars Offensive Lineman Andrew Norwell Headed to Injured Reserve<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>In the above tweet from the Jaguars, you can see that not only is Norwell going on injured reserve, but the team is also going to be giving <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KessCo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Kessler<\/a><\/strong> the start against the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> Sunday. The same week that starter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BortBl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Bortles<\/a><\/strong> is benched, Norwell is out for the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/03\/13\/andrew-norwell-signs-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Jaguars made a splash when they added Norwell<\/a> to their team in the off-season. Norwell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/22743839\/former-carolina-panthers-guard-andrew-norwell-sign-5-year-665-million-deal-jacksonville-jaguars\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed\u00a0<\/a>a five year, $66.5 million deal in March. The average is $13.3 million per year. At the time, that was the highest salary for a guard in the league. At the end of the free agent period, it was still high and Norwell currently is the second highest paid guard in the league, behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MartZa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zack Martin<\/a><\/strong> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So what does this mean for the team? More inconsistency at a very important position group. Norwell is the third starter to have his season cut short due to injury. The other two are left tackle <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RobiCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Robinson<\/a><\/strong> and center <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LindBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Linder<\/a><\/strong>. The Jaguars will also be giving\u00a0 Kessler his first start of the season this coming Sunday. After Norwell&#8217;s move to the injured reserve and Bortles being benched, it will be interesting to see how the offensive line does for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"K78ywjlvQpR512C4lNdKfA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1039402566\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'K78ywjlvQpR512C4lNdKfA',sig:'3lfTzGSPR0-kc0ss_pRQkIEXDY3Bi6QoH7snNvALygc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1039402566',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jacksonville Jaguars announced on Monday that they are placing Andrew Norwell on season ending injured reserve. 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