Jacksonville Jaguars Rumors & News
Poll on Tim Tebow puts Jaguars GM in awkward spot
Florida Times-Union — A teleconference fan forum conducted by the Jaguars on Tuesday, a good idea designed to engage season-ticket holders and encourage them to renew, turned into an embarrassment when word got out that a poll revealed participants were against drafting Tim Tebow by a 55-45 percent margin.read more
3 hours agoRANTS & RAVES: Jaguars, Tim Tebow would defy critics together
Florida Times-Union — Why is it so hard for die-hard football fans and sports writers to understand that the casual fan wants to root for something more than just a winning record? To some of us the people who make the team really do matter.My wife, who goes to all of the Jaguars games, could tell you quite a bit about the people who are Fred Taylor, Mark Brunell, Tony Boselli, Bryan Barker, Dave Widell, Joe Zelenka, Kyle Brady and others both when they played and what they’re doing today if retired.read more
March 12, 2010Jaguars Notebook: Wayne Weaver won’t alter draft plan for Tim Tebow
Florida Times-Union — Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver likes to call Tim Tebow an icon, but indicated Thursday the Jaguars aren’t going to deviate from their draft board to select the former Florida quarterback.“Personally, I think Tim Tebow is an extraordinary young man and he’s an extraordinary athlete. He’s going to be successful in the National Football League,” Weaver said during an interview before a Team Teal Rally Thursday.But he said the Jaguars won’t force any picks.read more
March 11, 2010David Garrard admits Jack Del Rio was right to say Jaguars QB was 'not elite last year'
Florida Times-Union — David Garrard knows a quarterback can go to training camp with the Jaguars as a backup and be the starter for the regular season.That happened to Garrard in 2007 when Byron Leftwich was cut nine days before the season started and Garrard won the starting job after he outplayed Leftwich in camp and the preseason games.Garrard finds himself in the opposite situation this year. He’ll go to training camp as the starter, but knows he has to outplay backup Luke McCown to keep his job.read more
March 11, 2010Bad news eclipses positive NFL role models
Florida Times-Union — Ben Roethlisberger has yet to be charged with anything in the investigation looking into whether sexual assault will be attached to the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback for the second time in less than a year.Cornerback Antonio Cromartie is now making as much news for fathering seven kids with six different women in five states than signing with the New York Jets as a free agent. The New York Post reported the Jets fronted $500,000 of Cromartie’s first-year salary so he could catch up on child-support payments.read more
March 11, 2010Jaguars fan poll: Don’t take Tim Tebow
Florida Times-Union — The conventional wisdom that Jaguars fans want the team to draft former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow might not be accurate.During the team’s first telephone Fan Forum with general manager Gene Smith on Tuesday night, an event limited to season-ticket holders, fans were asked if the team should draft Tebow.Of the 800 fans who voted by phone, the answer was no by a 55 percent to 45 percent margin.read more
March 10, 2010Jaguars can't resist urge to splurge on Aaron Kampman
Florida Times-Union — Well, so much for the Jaguars being flea-market shoppers in NFL free agency. Anybody who thought this franchise would only try to win on the cheap, or not make any moves to excite the fan base, needs to rethink that misguided logic.read more
March 9, 2010For the Jaguars, signing Aaron Kampman was a 'calculated risk worth taking'
Florida Times-Union — Jaguars general manager Gene Smith said the decision to sign defensive end Aaron Kampman of Green Bay, who is 30 and is coming off a torn anterior cruciate ligament, was a “calculated risk worth taking.”Kampman, who agreed to a four-year, $26 million contract Sunday with $11 million guaranteed, could provide a much needed boost to the team’s pass rush this fall, but Smith said the decision to sign Kampman will not change his overall philosophy of building the team through the draft.read more
March 9, 2010Jaguars rush to land defensive end Aaron Kampman
Florida Times-Union — The Jaguars officially announced Sunday the acquisition of unrestricted free agent defensive end Aaron Kampman, who signed a four-year contract worth $26 million, which includes $11 million guaranteed.An eight-year veteran, Kampman, 30, joins a Jaguars team in drastic need of a lift in the pass-rushing department. Jacksonville posted a league-low 14 sacks in 2009 (the fifth-lowest total in league history), thus making the acquisition of a dominant pass-rusher the team’s highest priority going into next season.The question now is whether Kampman can make a difference.read more
March 7, 2010Jaguars in talks with Packers defensive end Aaron Kampman
Florida Times-Union — The Jacksonville Jaguars' push to revamp their pass rush enters Day 2 after the team couldn't reach an agreement Saturday with Green Bay defensive end Aaron Kampman, who visited the team's facilities.read more
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