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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Blaine Gabbert has a starting job -- if hes healthy. Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley named Gabbert his starting quarterback Monday, the same day he announced the former Missouri standout will miss the rest of the preseason because of a broken thumb. Gabbert has a hairline fracture in his right thumb, an injury sustained during Saturday nights 37-13 exhibition loss to the New York Jets. Gabbert completed 13 of 16 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown in three series -- arguably his best showing in three years. He banged his hand on a defenders helmet during his final throw. Gabbert wont need surgery, but he will wear a protective brace while the bone heals. The Jaguars believe he should be able to return to practice in two weeks and be ready for the Sept. 8 opener against Kansas City. "Normally a break would require surgery or six to eight weeks," Bradley said. "Its not the same with this injury. They feel like in two weeks he should have a chance to come back and begin his prep for Kansas City." The Jaguars insisted all off-season that Gabbert and Chad Henne were competing for the starting job. But many outsiders believe the scenario was created to put extra pressure and strain on Gabbert, and see how he would respond. Although Gabbert struggled at times in practice and did little in the preseason opener, his performance Saturday night was enough to convince Jacksonvilles coaching staff that hes the guy. Bradley doesnt anticipate a quick change, either. "The reason why we took this length of time is so that we would have some conviction and to stay strong," said Bradley, who was part of Seattles staff that stuck with rookie Russell Wilson last season. "Russell, as the quarterback in the first couple of games, had to go through some learning and some growing, and that conviction was in place. I think it was really good for me to see how that entire process took place and the conviction and the support you need." Gabbert, the 10th overall pick in the 2011 draft, is coming off consecutive seasons in which Jacksonville had significant issues around him. He had no off-season as a rookie because of the NFL lockout, was thrown into the starting lineup in Week 3 and played with one of the worst receiving corps in the league. He was expected to show improvement last year, but he played behind a patchwork offensive line and with two young receivers in Cecil Shorts III and Justin Blackmon. Jacksonville also lost star running back Maurice Jones-Drew to a season-ending foot injury in October. Maybe the biggest difference this year is offensive co-ordinator Jedd Fischs scheme. Having worked in a spread offence in college, Gabbert seems more comfortable in Fischs system, which focuses on reading defences before the snap and making quick decisions and throws. "Its very quarterback-friendly and it puts a lot of responsibility on our shoulders because we do so much stuff at the line of scrimmage," Gabbert said. "It makes it fun for the quarterback to know that you have the ability to do some things." Gabbert has completed 54 per cent of his passes for 3,876 yards, with 21 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, in two seasons. He is 5-19 as a starter. "Its a nice opportunity, but it doesnt end here," Gabbert said. "Gus always preaches competition every day and we compete against each other, but were still going to go out there and put your best foot forward regardless of the situation." Henne, who will start Saturdays preseason game against Philadelphia, handled the decision well. "From my standpoint, its disappointing," Henne said. "But Im going to be the same person. Im going to keep competing each and every day, try to better myself. Im behind this team 100 per cent. Im behind Blaine. Whatever I can do to help is what Im going to do." 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And spoken is defined as one calling the other to inquire, no more, no less. Nmd_r2 Sko Norge . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. Toto Wolff says there is no value in the negative headlines about Lewis Hamilton which have dominated UK newspapers since the Japanese Grand Prix.Hamilton found himself at odds with the media in Suzuka after he was criticised for playing on Snapchat during the televised press conference on Thursday, which led to him refusing to answer questions on Saturday in his print media session. After fluffing his start and having to settle for third -- losing further ground in the title fight to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg -- Fleet Street was highly critical of the world champion, with one newspaper declaring he is in meltdown.Mercedes boss Wolff is unfazed by what has been written as he feels the coverage of Hamilton has always been fickle.?First of all, its clear that the media needs to produce headlines and it goes both directions -- youre being built up, then you being dropped, Wolff told Sky Sports during Mercedes constructors championship celebrations on Tuesday. With Lewis he had a couple of tough weekends and yesterdays news has no value at all. If he recovers and has a good weekend in Austin he is the heroo again.dddddddddddd Thats why Im pretty relaxed about whats written in the newspapers.Hes one of Britains greatest heroes and hes won world championship titles in Formula One, this is not easy. Like many sports stars, or any stars in general, you write them up, you write them down.Hamiltons woes in Japan left him 33 points behind Rosberg, meaning he can now win the remaining four races and not claim the title. Though Hamilton has had the lions share of reliability troubles this year Wolff thinks his drivers are equally deserving of the championship.?When asked if Rosberg would make a worthy champion, he replied: Absolutely, hes won nine grands prix this year and hes been closely matched with Lewis this year and always in the last couple of years. I remember 2014 when we let him down in Singapore and at the last race in Abu Dhabi, actually, this year Lewis is the more unlucky one.But both of them would deserve to win the world championship title and lets see how its going to end. ' ' '