MOBILE, Ala. — The Senior Bowl is fully embraced by the community, and it appears that some NFL folks feel the same about the fans who come out to watch practice as well.

A group of tailgaters, God bless them, has been camped out front of Ladd-Peebles Stadium all week, from Monday's practice all the way through today's soft session in helmets.

There are eight of them, I heard them say, all just taking in the football and lots of encased meats for a week. No one should question their devotion to football.

And they even mix with the NFL people, as well. Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio, leaving Wednesday's South team practice, stopped by their trailer on his way out of the stadium. As another media member and I waited for Del Rio to chat for a few minutes, the coach chatted it up with the group and ate their sausages.

They looked to be having a great time doing so. And Del Rio didn't just take the meat and run; he sat and spoke to them individually for a good 10 minutes.

It was just a nice sight from Senior Bowl week.

By the time he left, Del Rio claimed he had "left his best stuff behind" from a prior session with media members but that he gladly would "crank it back up again."

After sidestepping a Tim Tebow question (remember, Tebow has been endorsed by just about anyone in northern Florida to become a Jag), he told me that there were no secrets when Del Rio reviewed the tape of the Jaguars' season.

And as he pointed out, the Jaguars had a pretty strong draft in 2009 when you look back at it.