Rehabilitating on a side field as teammates practiced 100 yards away? Initially distracting until he learned to focus on his work.
Taking the end-of-week game-plan exam even though he wasn’t playing? It helped him get comfortable with the playbook.
Putting together video clips of opponents to present to the defensive linemen? Part of becoming a pro.
But watching the Jaguars play early in the season? Brutal. Emotional. Gut-wrenching.
When the Jaguars opened against Carolina, the usually upbeat, always-smiling Dante Fowler was hit with an emotional sledgehammer. On the day he was to make his NFL debut and begin to show why he was drafted third overall, he was a spectator.