Donte Moncrief was buried on Jacksonville¡¯s depth chart.Moncrief had fallen behind Marqise Lee Andrew Norwell Jersey , Keelan Cole, Dede Westbrook and even rookie DJ Chark after missing a week of practice because of a sore knee.Now, four weeks later and following a devastating injury to Lee, Moncrief might be the team¡¯s go-to guy heading into the season opener at the New York Giants.He certainly is the unwitting leader of that position group and will be counted on to fill a void created when Lee hurt his left knee in the preseason and was placed on injured reserve.¡°The young guys, they look at me as an older guy,¡± Moncrief said. ¡°I just told them, ¡®Anybody can be great.¡¯ It just takes the time and passion to go out there and want to be great. Go out there and make plays every day, not just in a game, also in practice, so you can build the trust when it comes down to game time.¡±More Jacksonville Jaguars newsJaguars hope newcomer RB Carlos Hyde helps Blake Bortles get back on trackJaguars will be without A.J. Bouye, 2 more cornerbacks against Eagles in LondonJaguars view annual game in London as key component of franchise¡¯s growthDespite slump, Jaguars sticking with Blake Bortles as starting QBTempers flare in Jaguars¡¯ locker room after lopsided loss to TexansThe Jaguars trusted Moncrief enough to give him a one-year, $9.6 million contract in free agency. The deal was fully guaranteed, a move general manager Dave Caldwell felt he had to do with so much uncertainty at receiver.Jacksonville figured Allen Robinson was gone, was unsure Lee would re-sign, and planned to part with Allen Hurns. The team also had no idea it would get Chark in the second round of the draft.So the Jags targeted Moncrief, hoping his big-play ability would help spread out defenses designed to slow down Jacksonville¡¯s run-first approach .The 6-foot-2 Moncrief caught 152 passes for 1,875 yards and 18 touchdowns in four years with Indianapolis. He missed 11 games the last two seasons because of shoulder and toe injuries. He also endured quarterback chaos, with Andrew Luck, Jacoby Brissett, Matt Hasselbeck, Scott Tolzien and Josh Freeman throwing him passes.¡°Just having a chip on my shoulder to go out and show what I actually can do and have a healthy year and come out here and compete and show the league what I¡¯ve got,¡± Moncrief said. ¡°I know what I¡¯m capable of and I¡¯m going to hold myself to it.¡±Jacksonville is counting on it now, especially without Lee.Still, the team believes Cole, Westbrook and Chark have star potential.Cole was an undrafted rookie from tiny Kentucky Wesleyan in 2017, a guy admittedly awe-struck by playing in packed NFL stadiums. He was barely noticeable on the field early  https://www.jaguarsfanstore.com/Austin-Seferian-Jenkins-Jers ey , catching eight passes for 111 yards in the first seven games. He finished with 42 receptions for 748 yards and three touchdowns, plus a few huge plays in the postseason .Westbrook, a fourth-round draft pick from Oklahoma in 2017, missed the first nine games of his rookie year because of a sports hernia, caught 27 passes for 339 yards and a TD in seven games.Cole and Westbrook were in the starting lineup late last season, and it wasn¡¯t an ideal situation.¡°There were times last year where you kind of got that look in the huddle where it is like, ¡®Hey, I have no idea what you were talking about,'¡± quarterback Blake Bortles said. ¡°Looking at them this year, they are running out of the huddle before I can finish saying the play because they know what they have.¡±The Jags expected those guys to make strides in their second seasons, but they didn¡¯t want to have to rely on it.Moncrief, meanwhile, welcomes the pressure of having to perform, especially on a one-year contract that essentially has him prepping for free agency again.¡°Everybody in that room can play,¡± Moncrief said. ¡°It¡¯s just about stepping up when you¡¯re ready to go. ¡­ I just tell them you¡¯ve been doing this since you were little. It¡¯s just football. Make plays, catch the ball, go block, and let everything else fall in place.¡°We¡¯ve got to be special in that room.¡± Jacksonville Jaguars All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey was unusually quiet Thursday, three days before one of the most anticipated matchups of his NFL career.He was humble. He was focused. He was more of a team player than a look-at-me guy.He seemed somewhat out of character. But the Jaguars probably liked it after weeks of unrest surrounding their star defensive back.Ramsey screamed profanities at media members during training camp, got suspended for a week and then created a stir by calling out several quarterbacks in one interview and blasted a few more players in another .More Jacksonville Jaguars newsJaguars hope newcomer RB Carlos Hyde helps Blake Bortles get back on trackJaguars will be without A.J. Bouye, 2 more cornerbacks against Eagles in LondonJaguars view annual game in London as key component of franchise¡¯s growthDespite slump, Jaguars sticking with Blake Bortles as starting QBTempers flare in Jaguars¡¯ locker room after lopsided loss to TexansWith the season opener against the New York Giants and receiver standout Odell Beckham Jr. looming, Ramsey clammed up.¡°Looking forward to it,¡± said Ramsey, who was added to the injury report because of ankle soreness. ¡°Looking forward to beginning the whole season with the whole team. A lot of people are going to try to make it about me and (Beckham) specifically. That¡¯s not what it¡¯s about. Football is a team game. There¡¯s going to be 11 guys out there for us, 11 guys out there for them. We¡¯re going to have to come together and do what we¡¯ve got to do to try to get a win.¡±It wasn¡¯t what anyone expected from the outspoken Ramsey.Beckham insisted Wednesday that Ramsey won¡¯t get under his skin and there won¡¯t be a repeat of his fight with cornerback Josh Norman in 2016. The three-time All-Pro said he won¡¯t take Ramsey¡¯s bait.Asked whether that¡¯s easier said than done, Ramsey declined to offer much.¡°I don¡¯t know Niles Paul Color Rush Jersey ,¡± he said. ¡°Again, it¡¯s not about me. It¡¯s about the team.¡±Ramsey downplayed his ability to talk trash, even though he got into a public spat with now-retired NFL receiver Steve Smith in 2016 and upset Cincinnati receiver A.J. Green so much that Green grabbed Ramsey around the neck and slammed him to the ground last year.¡°My play is what really gets people talking, to be honest with you, and that¡¯s just extra on top,¡± Ramsey said. ¡°I¡¯m going to be me. I don¡¯t think that¡¯s something that we need to continue to talk about week in and week in. I¡¯m going to me.¡±Ramsey did acknowledge that he¡¯s fine with playing the role of villain.¡°What people who don¡¯t know me think about me doesn¡¯t affect me, how I live my life, how I go about being who I am,¡± said Ramsey, who became a father for the first time in late July. ¡°I¡¯m not going to change because somebody doesn¡¯t like me. There¡¯s a bunch or more people in the world.¡±Many of them will tune in Sunday to watch Ramsey line up across from Beckham, who signed a $95 million extension that made him the highest-paid receiver in the league.¡°I think anytime you get two guys like that, that are as big of stars as they are, everybody wants to watch it,¡± Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles said. ¡°We¡¯ll get our corrections made (on the sideline) and make sure everything¡¯s set offensively for the next series and peek up there as much as possible to see what¡¯s going on with them. I know they¡¯ll both be ready and fired up. It¡¯ll be fun to watch.¡±Ramsey surely will have a different demeanor once the game starts. And if he shuts down Beckham, he probably will be even more boisterous.After all, this is the same guy who made it clear two weeks ago that he was ¡°unapologetic¡± about anything he said about other NFL players. He also opened camp talking about facing Beckham in the opener.¡°Let¡¯s get this out the way right now,¡± Ramsey said in late July after reporting to camp a few days late . ¡°He is a good receiver. We all know that. But you all know me at the same time. Yeah, he¡¯s good. But I¡¯m good, too. If you want to say he¡¯s the best at his position, I¡¯m the best at my position, so we are going to go at it. We are going to give the people a show the first game of the season.¡°He is going to have some wins. I am going to have some wins. I just plan on having more wins. That is the plan I am going to go in there with. ¡­ That is what you all asked for as fans of the game, as (fans of) the NFL, everybody. That is what you all asked for. We are going to give it to you, for sure. I know I am.¡±