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| Jags sign Meester and Starks |
NFL Football |
02/27/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars signed center Brad Meester and cornerback Scott Starks on Friday. The length and terms of the contract were not disclosed. Meester has been a rock on the offensive line for the Jaguars since the team drafted him in the second round out of Northern Iowa in 2000. Last season was a bit tough for him, though, as he was injured in the preseason and missed the first six games of the regular season. However, he returned to start the final 10 games of the campai |
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| Jaguars ink Iwuh to contract extension |
NFL Football |
02/26/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed linebacker Brian Iwuh, a key player on special teams, to a contract extension, the club announced Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Iwuh, who will turn 25 on March 8, joined the Jaguars as a rookie free agent in 2006, and has played in 43 games since. In 2008, Iwuh saw action in 15 games, making 12 special teams tackles. He played in all 16 games the season before, notching 22 special teams tackles, one fumble recovery, and 17 t |
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| Jaguars release Fred Taylor |
NFL Football |
02/16/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have released running back Fred Taylor. Taylor is the franchise's all-time rushing leader and is 16th on the NFL's all-time list with 11,271 yards. The 33-year-old veteran had the second-worst season of his 11-year career in 2008, rushing for just 556 yards with one touchdown. He missed the last three weeks of the season after suffering a torn ligament in his left thumb during a December 7 game against Chicago and was placed on injured reserve for the fi |
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| Jags extend Zelenka |
NFL Football |
02/12/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars and long-snapper Joe Zelenka agreed on a contract extension, the team announced Thursday. As per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zelenka, 32, is an 11-year veteran and will enter his ninth season with the Jaguars. He has handled the long-snapping duties in Jacksonville since originally signing with the team on August 13, 2001, and has competed in a team-record 128 consecutive games. The Wake Forest product also played for Washington an |
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| Jags release WR Porter, CB Florence |
NFL Football |
02/11/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars released veteran wide receiver Jerry Porter and veteran cornerback Drayton Florence on Wednesday. Porter signed a six-year, $30 million contract with Jacksonville last February, but had a terrible season as he managed just 11 catches for 181 yards and one score in 10 games. The previous season with Oakland, the 30-year-old played in all 16 games and finished with 44 catches for 705 yards and six touchdowns. Over his nine-year career in the NFL, all with |
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| Steelers Navigated Tough Regular Season Road |
NFL Football |
01/23/2009 |
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| difficult in the NFL this season. How difficult? Start with the eight crossover games against every member of the AFC South and NFC East, two divisions that didn't have a losing team among them in 2007. As it turns out, only one of those clubs - the Jacksonville Jaguars - finished below .500 in 2008. In Week 5, when the Steelers defeated them, 26-21, the Jags were a much stronger unit than when they landed with a thud at 5-11. Versus the rest of the AFC South, Pittsburgh could manage to go just 1-2, beating the Tex |
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| Jags sign Owens to extension |
NFL Football |
01/21/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars signed reserve fullback Montell Owens to a contract extension on Wednesday. Length and terms of the extension are undisclosed. The 28-year-old Owens was originally signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the Jaguars in 2006 out of Maine. Owens has served primarily as a special teams player, while serving the past three seasons as the team's backup fullback. Owens, who will enter his fourth season in 2009, has been captain of the special teams unit an |
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| Saints tab Gregg Williams to run defense |
NFL Football |
01/15/2009 |
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| Metairie, LA (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Saints have named Gregg Williams their new defensive coordinator. Williams spent the 2008 season in charge of the Jacksonville Jaguars' defense, after spending four seasons in the same capacity with the Washington Redskins. He was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 2001 through 2003. "We targeted Gregg as the coach we'd like to hire after our first interview because he was so impressive and prepared," Saints head coach Sean Payton said on the club's website. "A |
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| Around FCS: The Coaching Carousel |
Division I-AA College Football |
01/14/2009 |
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| wasn't anticipating how long it would take to fill its head coaching position when the administration pushed 12-year veteran Jack Siedlecki into retirement at the end of November. The Bulldogs finally introduced a new coach last week when they hired Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Tom Williams as the first black head coach in school history, and just the second in Ivy League history after Columbia's Norries Wilson. Williams had spent two years with the Jaguars after stints as an assistant at Hawaii, Washington, Stan |
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| Jags promote Smith to general manager |
NFL Football |
01/12/2009 |
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| Jacksonville, FL (MySportsbook) - The Jacksonville Jaguars promoted Gene Smith to general manager and senior vice president of player personnel on Monday. Smith, 45, replaces James Harris, who resigned as the team's vice president of player personnel on December 23. "The changes we are making will bring greater clarity in responsibilities, with Gene Smith having final say in personnel decisions and (coach) Jack Del Rio having final say in all coaching decisions," said team owner Wayne Weaver. "Gene has been give |
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