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FLORHAM PARK Oshane Ximines Jersey , N.J. (AP) — Avery Williamson remembers walking up to C.J. Mosley at the NFL combine five years ago, eager to meet the playmaking Alabama linebacker.Williamson had watched Mosley from the other sideline as an opponent at Kentucky, so he figured his personality off the field might match his big-hitting style on it.“He just said, ‘What’s up?’ That’s it,” Williamson recalled with a laugh. “He was so quiet, he didn’t say too much. I might’ve talked to him after a game or something, but yeah, we knew each other, but we never really talked.“But he’s a nice guy, though.”All these years later, Williamson is finally finding out what makes Mosley tick — and vice versa — as the two prepare to enter the season as the New York Jets‘ starting inside linebackers.“He’s a southern guy, I’m a southern guy,” Mosley said. “You know, SEC, SEC. You can always match those little things. So far, we’re just kind of learning our play style. My main thing with the linebackers — MIKE and WILL — make sure we’re talking and we’re on the same page.”Mosley was one of the NFL’s biggest free-agent signings this offseason, joining the Jets on a five-year, $84 million deal after five seasons with Baltimore. The Ravens desperately wanted to keep him, but acknowledged the Jets’ offer was too steep.There were reports coach Adam Gase wasn’t a fan of throwing all that money at Mosley — or the four-year, $52.5 million contract New York gave to running back Le’Veon Bell. Gase, however, has reiterated that he’s happy to have both players on his team Julian Love Jersey , and has high expectations for them.“It doesn’t matter,” Mosley said. “I’m here now. He pretty much said don’t listen to the media. It doesn’t really matter what anybody says. It doesn’t affect what I do on the field.”Mosley’s resume speaks for itself: He has had at least 100 tackles in every season but 2016, when he missed two games with an injury and finished with 92. Mosley, who turns 27 on June 19, also has nine career interceptions, 8 1/2 sacks and six forced fumbles.More than the numbers, though, it’s the intangibles and credibility he instantly brings to Gregg Williams’ unit.“He’s just the quarterback of the defense,” defensive lineman Leonard Williams said. “He’s the voice of the defense. We’ve been reiterating that whatever he says goes. If sometimes the offense is going too fast and we’re having trouble lining up, C.J. will just say: ‘OK, run this and we’ll all be on the same page. Let’s do it.'”Mosley’s arrival has had ripple effects on the Jets. Williamson was previously the middle linebacker and called the defensive signals last season under then-coach Todd Bowles. Now, Williamson will be the WILL (weakside linebacker), a role previously filled by Darron Lee, New York’s underperforming 2016 first-round draft pick who was shipped to Kansas City last month for a sixth-rounder.“He doesn’t say too much,” Williamson said of Mosley. “He just says the play. We’re definitely starting to get used to each other and doing things out there and helping each other out as much as possible.”Mosley is all business on the field, and is perfectly fine letting others, such as safety Jamal Adams, do the yapping.“I’m more of a lead-by-example guy, so any time he wants to talk or anybody wants to talk, I’m all for it,” Mosley said. “But if I feel I need to say something, give a little pep talk Darius Slayton Jersey , then I’ll just say it. As long as we’re all communicating with each other, then we’re all good.”Adams recalled that during the Pro Bowl in Orlando, Florida, in January, he went up to Mosley and told him it would be great if they could someday line up together in the Jets’ defense.“Yeah, I remember that,” Mosley said, smiling. “And when I was going through free agency, he texted me like, ‘We’d be that great tandem.’ I’m not saying that’s what made me come here, but he’s definitely a great player.”Adams thought the same of Mosley, of course. And, now, he’s beginning to see it on a daily basis.“Obviously, he’s a great leader, but he’s a guy that can move around and make plays,” Adams said. “He’s a linebacker that can cover, a linebacker that can hit.”Added D-lineman Leonard Williams: “He’s an old-school linebacker, like he can come downhill and play the run and he can also play the pass. I think the biggest attribute is he’s smart.”In other words, Mosley is exactly as advertised.“There’s a lot we’ve still got to learn,” Mosley said. “But the first few weeks, it’s been fun to watch and be a part of.”NOTES: Gase canceled the final minicamp practice Thursday and instead brought the players to a Topgolf facility in New Jersey for a team-building activity. … Mosley has enjoyed having his younger brother Jamey — also a linebacker — in camp after he was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Alabama. “I’m not trying to do too much T.J. Hockenson Jersey , extra coaching and all that,” C.J. Mosley said. “But if I see something I feel (he) can do a little better as far as technique on special teams or as far as his position, I give him a little bit here and there. We watch film a little bit together, go over some plays. But other than that, I kind of just let him be a rookie. He’s got to go through some of his own things on his own.” EAGAN, Minn. — After the coaching staffs for Jacksonville and Minnesota met the night before, a group of 12 trusted players from both the Jaguars and Vikings convened before the two teams took the field for their first joint practice.More Vikings coveragePhotos of the Week: 7/21/19 – 7/27/19Rookie Bradbury is central figure to Vikings’ overhauled offensive lineVikings depth at cornerback being tested, Hughes still not clearedPlayers to watch at Minnesota Vikings 2019 training campTop Tweets: Vikings WR Diggs makes push for All-NFL Style TeamThe goal of the gatherings could be boiled down to this: No fighting.Please.“We really don’t want to end up being on TV like some of these other things,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “We just want to get out there and get some work done and try to get each of us better.”There’s no reason for the Jaguars and Vikings, who only play each other in the regular season every fourth year, to bring any grudges to these dual individual drills and simulated game situations.Jaguars coach Doug Marrone spent three years as an assistant coach with the New Orleans Saints, when Zimmer’s son and current Vikings linebackers coach Adam Zimmer was also on staff. Jaguars assistant offensive line coach Tony Sparano Jr . is the son of the late Vikings offensive line coach, who died suddenly of heart disease right before training camp .“I think they’re an excellent football team. They’re well-disciplined. They’re well-coached,” Marrone said, speaking of the Vikings. “Those are the type of teams you want to come and practice against.”This was Marrone’s idea, proposed to Zimmer shortly after the exhibition game schedule was finalized in April with the Jaguars playing the Vikings on Saturday.Zimmer acknowledged some hesitation, citing his preference to follow training camp routine, but he agreed to include his team in an exercise that has long been common around the league. The workouts at Minnesota’s gleaming new facility will feature two teams that reached the conference championship games in January.“I figured, `OK, they’re a good team. Let’s go and do it,'” Zimmer said.The purpose is to break up the monotony of two-a-days and providing extra opportunities for evaluation of bottom-of-the-roster candidates. The Vikings joined the Bengals for practices two years ago in Cincinnati where Zimmer used to be the defensive coordinator, a trip that conveniently allowed him to stay at his ranch retreat in rural Kentucky.“After going against the same defense http://www.lionscheapstore.com/jahlani-tavai-jersey-cheap , the same schemes, the same players every day, at some point it gets a little old,” Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen said.The excitement and, thus, the intensity have ramped up for these sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. That’s why the pre-practice conversations took place about keeping the competition healthy and respectful.“I’ve done it almost every year I’ve been a head coach in this league so I’ve seen great results from that if it’s done properly,” Marrone said.The New York Jets and Washington Redskins had a multiplayer melee on Sunday spill into the crowd of fans . The Jaguars had their own scuffle to sort out, with a scrap between defensive ends Dante Fowler and Yannick Ngakoue that prompted Marrone to keep Fowler and star cornerback Jalen Ramsey home from this trip . Zimmer banished wide receiver Stefon Diggs and cornerback Xavier Rhodes from practice one day last week after their trash-talking antics angered him.The Vikings had some testy joint practices with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2003 and again in 2004, when pro wrestler Brock Lesnar made his ill-fated tryout with the Vikings as a defensive lineman and stirred up his share of shouting and shoving in scrimmages.So even the best of intentions can be cast aside in the heat of the moment when it’s, literally, as hot outside as it’ll be all season.Diggs and Thielen, for their part, were disappointed by Ramsey’s absence and the lost opportunity to test their skills against an All-Pro. The Vikings still faced plenty of challenges against the Jacksonville defense, which ranked second behind the Vikings last season in fewest yards and points allowed.“We came here to work. We came here to get things done,” Diggs said. “So as far as anything extra, we’re not interested.”The first session on Wednesday came and went without any drama, as both sides intended.“This is a good team to go against, a good team to get us right and to see where we are,” Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith said afterward. “Hopefully we push each other in the right way and we’ll be seeing each other in the right game later on.”