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Andre Branch to miss significant time with knee injury

The Jacksonville Jaguars took another hit to their pass rush as head coach Gus Bradley confirmed that Andre Branch's injury against the Detroit Lions would force him to "miss significant time at the beginning of the season."

According to Hays Carlyon of the Florida Times-Union, Bradley said the plan going forward is to use second-year player Chris Smith as a two-down LEO and then bring in veteran Chris Clemons as the third down specialist.

"An ideal situation would be Clemons on third down and get him some reps on first and second down.