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| Jaguars hire Bengals' Sheppard as QBs coach |
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02/12/2011 |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have their third quarterbacks coach in less than a month. The Jaguars hired Cincinnati's Mike Sheppard to replace Todd Monken, who returned to college football earlier this week as Oklahoma State's offensive coordinator. Jacksonville promoted Monken to QBs coach in January, after Mike Shula took the same position with the Carolina Panthers. Sheppard, who has 17 years of NFL coaching experience, spent the last four seasons coaching receivers for the Bengals |
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| Falcons reward Mike Smith with three-year extension |
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02/03/2011 |
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| ndation we have in place within our organization and on our football team," said Smith in the team's statement. "We are going to continue to work as hard as we can to bring a championship to Falcons fans and to the city of Atlanta." Smith, who had just finished the third year of a four-year contract, had been the defensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars for five years before taking the Falcons job. He was also an assistant coach with Baltimore for four years and a long-time coach on the collegiate level. |
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| Bears blast Cutler's critics |
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01/25/2011 |
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| ink it's crap,'' general manager Jerry Angelo said. ``I thought they were a union. If that's the way they unionize themselves, they got bigger issues than the one that they have with the owners. I'm very disappointed. That, to me, is dirty poor.'' Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew and Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett, along with former players like Deion Sanders and ESPN analyst Mark Schlereth, were among those criticizing Cutler on Sunday. To that, coach Lovie Smith said, |
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| Browns hire Dick Jauron to lead defense |
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01/21/2011 |
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| l manager Tom Heckert in particular. "This organization is building a solid foundation," Jauron said. "I can't wait to get started with the Browns." A longtime defensive backs coach for the Green Bay Packers, Jauron was defensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars for four years (1995-98) and head coach of the Chicago Bears for five seasons after that. He was defensive coordinator for the Lions from 2004-05, taking over as interim head coach for his final five games in Detroit. That led to a head coaching job |
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| Jaguars promote Monken to QBs coach |
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01/21/2011 |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have promoted Todd Monken from receivers coach to quarterbacks coach. Monken replaces Mike Shula, whose contract ended after last season. Shula could have remained in Jacksonville, but chose to become quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers on Friday. Monken has coached Jacksonville's receivers the past four seasons, helping develop starters Mike Sims-Walker and Mike Thomas. Monken previously worked on the college level at LSU, Oklahoma State and Easter |
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| Panthers hire Jaguars' Shula as QBs coach |
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01/21/2011 |
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| s quarterbacks coach, a key position as Carolina tries to turn around the NFL's worst offense under new coach Ron Rivera. The 45-year-old son of former Miami coach Don Shula was hired on Friday. He spent the past four seasons as QBs coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he oversaw the development of David Garrard. Before that, the former Alabama QB was the head coach at his alma mater, going 26-23 in four seasons. Shula will be charged with developing a reliable QB after the struggles of Matt Moore and J |
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| Wilford charged with resisting arrest, trespassing |
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01/14/2011 |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Former Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Ernest Wilford has been charged with resisting arrest and trespassing following a disturbance at a bar. Wilford, who played two games for the Jaguars this season, posted a $5,000 bond and was released from the Duval County jail Friday. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Wilford refused police advice to leave the bar early Friday, pushed one officer and was subdued by another using a taser. Police say they responded to the bar afte |
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| Williams withdraws from Broncos coaching search |
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01/11/2011 |
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| larkey canceled his interview and Jim Harbaugh left Stanford for the San Francisco 49ers without granting Elway an audience last week. In for interviews Tuesday are offensive coordinators Rick Dennison of the Houston Texans and Dirk Koetter of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Former Carolina coach John Fox will interview Wednesday.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior w |
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| NFL Postseason Upsets |
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01/08/2011 |
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| City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl 23-7. Dec. 29, 1979 - Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers in divisional playoffs 17-14. Jan. 9, 1988 - Minnesota Vikings beat San Francisco 49ers in divisional playoffs 36-24. Jan. 4, 1997 - Jacksonville Jaguars beat Denver Broncos in divisional playoffs 30-27. Dec. 31, 1983 - Seattle Seahawks beat Miami Dolphins in divisional playoffs 27-20. Jan. 25, 1998 - Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl 31-24. Feb. 3, 2002 - New England Patriots |
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| Dolphins give Sparano two-year extension |
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01/08/2011 |
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| three games both times. "I believe Tony Sparano is the right coach for this football team," general manager Jeff Ireland said, according to the team's Twitter account. "I always thought that and that has never changed." Prior to being hired by the Dolphins, Sparano had a five-year stint as an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys. He was also an assistant with the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars, and was a head coach on the collegiate level with Division II New Haven from 1994-98. |
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