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| Jags sign QB Garrard to extension |
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04/07/2008 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (Best E Casino) - The Jacksonville Jaguars signed quarterback David Garrard to a contract extension Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 30-year-old East Carolina product is coming off his first season as a full-time starter, completing 208-of-325 passes for 2,509 yards and 18 touchdowns despite missing three games with an ankle injury. Garrard was named the starter just before the 2007 season opened, winning the job from Byron Leftwich, who was released. Garrard threw just three int |
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| Jags extend Del Rio's contract |
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04/03/2008 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (Best E Casino) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have extended the contract of head coach Jack Del Rio. Financial terms of the five-year deal were not disclosed. Del Rio will enter his sixth season as Jaguars head coach in 2008. He was named the second coach in club history on January 17, 2003 and has guided the team to a regular-season record of 45-35. "Under Jack's leadership, this franchise has continued to really make great progress," said Jaguars chairman and CEO Wayne Weaver. "If you look from 20 |
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| Falcons sign K Elam |
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03/22/2008 |
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| orgia, which is about 25 miles from Atlanta. Last year, Elam passed quarterback John Elway in games played by a Bronco (236). Elam made his final 15 field goal tries last season. Elam, 38, will take over for 47-year Morten Andersen and $3.3 million of Elam's contract is guaranteed. Last season, the kicker connected on 87.1 percent of his field goals and has a career 80.6 field-goal percentage. In 1998, Elam tied Tom Dempsey's record for longest made field goal (63 yards) in Denver against the Jacksonville Jaguars. |
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| Report: Falcons sign K Elam to four-year deal |
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03/21/2008 |
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| er Bowl rings with the Broncos. Now he will apparently return to his home state. Elam attended Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, which is about 25 miles from Atlanta. Elam, 38, will take over for 47-year Morten Andersen and $3.3 million of Elam's contract is guaranteed. Last season, the kicker connected on 87.1 percent of his field goals and has a career 80.6 field goal percentage. In 1998, Elam tied Tom Dempsey's record for longest made field goal (63 yards) in Denver against the Jacksonville Jaguars. |
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| Brunell headed to New Orleans |
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03/14/2008 |
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| or 1,789 yards and eight touchdowns. With Drew Brees locked in as the New Orleans starter, Brunell will likely compete with veteran Jamie Martin for the Saints' backup job. Prior to joining the Redskins in 2004, Brunell enjoyed nine seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, taking the expansion franchise to the AFC title game in 1999. That season, the former Washington Huskie threw for more than 3,000 yards and 14 touchdowns, then followed that up with a 3,640-yard, 20-touchdown campaign in 2000. For his career, the l |
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| Giants make it official with Coughlin |
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03/08/2008 |
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| chairman and executive vice president Steve Tisch. "We are honored he will lead the New York Giants for many more years and know that the team and its fans are better for his amazing contributions." Coughlin previously spent eight years (1995-2002) as coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he led the club to a regular-season record of 68-60 and notched the most victories of any NFL expansion team in its first seven seasons. He also guided Jacksonville to the AFC Championship Game after the 1996 and 1999 seasons. |
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| Giants, Coughlin agree on four-year extension |
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03/07/2008 |
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| ts, Coughlin has a regular-season record of 35-29 with an NFC East title in 2005. He was 0-2 in the playoffs with New York before winning four straight postseason games in New York's Super Bowl run. Coughlin previously spent eight years (1995-2002) as coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he led the club to a regular-season record of 68-60 and notched the most victories of any NFL expansion team in its first seven seasons. He also guided Jacksonville to the AFC Championship Game after the 1996 and 1999 seasons. |
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| Jags re-sign OL Williams |
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03/06/2008 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (Best E Casino) - The Jacksonville Jaguars re-signed offensive lineman Maurice Williams on Thursday. Williams, picked in the second round by the Jaguars in the 2001 draft, started 85 games at right tackle over his first six NFL seasons before being replaced by free agent Tony Pashos in 2007. Williams slid over to right guard halfway through last season, starting the final eight games of the year after incumbent starter Chris Naeole went down with a season-ending knee injury. Naeole was released b |
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| Jaguars sign Kennedy, three others |
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03/05/2008 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (Best E Casino) - The Jacksonville Jaguars signed unrestricted free-agent defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy on Wednesday. Kennedy played in the final three games of last season with Chicago after the Bears signed him on December 11. He had been with Denver in training camp, but was released prior to the regular season. The 29-year-old spent the previous four seasons with the St. Louis Rams, racking up 152 tackles and four sacks. He posted a career-best 55 tackles in 2006. In addition, the Jaguars in |
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| Bills get DT Stroud from Jacksonville |
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03/01/2008 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (Best E Casino) - The Buffalo Bills acquired defensive tackle Marcus Stroud from the Jacksonville Jaguars for undisclosed draft picks on Saturday. A three-time Pro Bowl selection, Stroud will be entering his eighth season after spending the previous seven with the Jaguars. He served a four-game suspension last year for violating the leagues substance abuse policy. The 6-6, 310-pounder has played in 100 career games, starting 84, after being taken by Jacksonville in the first-round of the 2001 dra |
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