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Austin Pasztor adjusting to hand cast

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars are planning on starting little-used veteran Sam Young at right tackle against Indianapolis on Sunday, but regular starter Austin Pasztor may see some playing time.

Pasztor suffered a broken bone in his right hand in the second preseason game and hasn’t played since. He practiced this week with a cast on his hand and he’ll have to wear that if he plays. He said it’s been a strange experience.

"Never done it before," Pasztor said. "I try to think about it, go through it mentally how it might affect me."

The cast covers Pasztor's entire hand, which obviously prevents him from grabbing. Since he’s a right tackle, it’s his outside hand, which makes it even more of an adjustment, he said.

"It’s good to be able to grab, because that’s really what you want to do when you’re blocking," Pasztor said. "With that being said, I still have my left hand to grab with and hopefully I’m able to use the club in a way that I can kind of grab with my left hand and have the club pushing his chest or the outside of his arm so it still kind of simulates holding on.

"You try and grab as much as you can at tackle but the guy’s swatting your arms and you’re running, so you don’t always have two hands on the guy. A lot of it’s blocking with your feet, so I’m hoping it doesn’t affect me too much."