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JACKSONVILLE Black Brandon Linder Jerseys , Fla. (AP) — at two of Jacksonville’s top defenders, cornerback Jalen Ramsey and linebacker Telvin Smith, for skipping voluntary workouts.The team’s executive vice president of football operations said Thursday that “championship teams are dominated by selfless individuals who recognize that the welfare of the team must always be paramount to any other consideration.”Ramsey and Smith are the team’s only players who didn’t show up for the start of the team’s offseason program. Coach Doug Marrone said he reached out to both players and didn’t hear back from either one.Ramsey also skipped voluntary workouts last year, choosing instead to spend the offseason working out at his father’s training facility in Nashville, Tennessee.Smith’s absence was more surprising Brandon Linder Jerseys 2019 , especially since he’s been in attendance each of his first five years in the league.“Success in the NFL demands struggle,” Coughlin said. “Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish and insensitive to the real values of team. The hard work that many try to avoid is the major building block for the development of an outstanding football team.“It’s not about rights and privileges. It’s about obligations and responsibility. And the question is, can we count on you? Doing the things the right way all the time; we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act, but a habit.”NFLPA President Eric Winston reacted a short time later and said the Collective Bargaining Agreement’s definition of voluntary “is the same as the actual definition of voluntary and prohibits anyone from threatening players to participate in voluntary workouts.”“This is precisely the reason players negotiated strict work rules and bright lines when it comes to offseason activities Black Josh Lambo Jerseys ,” Winston added. “We know, from experience, that not all coaches and executives will adhere to them and we always pursue any violations to protect our rules.”The Jaguars lost 10 of their final 12 games in 2018 and finished 5-11, the seventh time in the past eight years the small-market franchise ended up with double-digit losses.Marrone made it clear after the season that he placed a high value on having everyone together in the offseason, partly to build chemistry and partly to make sure everyone gets in the best shape possible.Coughlin echoed those thoughts while speaking at the state of the franchise address Thursday.“Discipline Josh Lambo Jerseys 2019 , organizing your priorities, committing yourself to doing the things necessary to succeed,” he said. “No shortcuts. No procrastination.“Discipline is the refined fire by which talent becomes ability. The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline. The reason people run from the word discipline is because it’s difficult to master.” The Jacksonville Jaguars have exercised the fifth-year option on fourth-year All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey is now under contract with the Jaguars through the 2020 NFL season.Three..."The Jacksonville Jaguars have exercised the fifth-year option on fourth-year All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey is now under contract with the Jaguars through the 2020 NFL season.Ramsey, who has totaled 193 career tackles, 44 passes defensed and nine interceptions (one for a touchdown) Black Marqise Lee Jerseys , has started all 48 games since being drafted with the fifth overall selection in the 2016 NFL Draft. He has been selected to back-to-back Pro Bowls and finished the 2018 season with 65 tackles (59 solo), 13 passes defensed and three interceptions. He is the only AFC cornerbacks to earn consecutive Pro Bowl bids, and he’s one of eight players in franchise history and just three on defense (defensive tackles Marcus Stroud and John Henderson) to earn multiple Pro Bowl honors.In Week 11 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ramsey became the youngest player in franchise history to register multiple interceptions in a single game. His 11 career games with multiple passes defensed are the most by a player 24-or-younger in franchise history. In 2017, he was part of the NFL’s No. 1 passing defense and posted four interceptions and 17 passes defensed en route to Associated Press first-team All-Pro honors.