Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
More photos » by Wade Payne - AP about 24 hours ago: Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew (32) follows the blocking of quarterback David Garrard (9) as Jones-Drew runs 79 yards for a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans in the third quarter of an NFL football game in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Wade Payne) Browse more photos » Jaguars' defense running...
Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
The updated National Football League injury report, as provided by the league: SUNDAY CLEVELAND BROWNS at BALTIMORE RAVENS -- BROWNS: DOUBTFUL: G Rex Hadnot (knee), RB Jamal Lewis (hamstring), G Floyd Womack (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB David Bowens (knee), K Phil Dawson (right calf), DT Shaun Rogers (foot). PROBABLE: RB James Davis (shoulder), C Alex Mack (knee), WR Mohamed Massaquoi (shoulder), RB Cedric...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
"We’ve taken a very aggressive approach at it; the amount of turnover is unusually large and you can’t continue to do that and have much success. Part of that was moving on, purging guys that just didn’t fit," Del Rio said. "We do have a young team." I read that and nodded, yes they are a young team. But then I thought about it and hey wait a minute, what does...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
The Jaguars believe in RB Maurice Jones-Drew this season and can see him having a big year in his first year as a starter. "Maurice is a stud," WR Torry Holt said in an interview with CBSSports.com after the Jaguars first preseason game at Miami. "I've been around guys, Hall of Fame guys -- like Marshall Faulk. He was the best I've ever see do it. It's still kind of early to put a grade...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
More photos » by Marta Lavandier - AP Tony Pashos leads a group of players who continue to underperform. Pashos was penalized, and allowed 2 sacks, as the Jaguars offensive line was a major culprit in the teams awful play. Browse more photos » The Jaguars were handily beaten by the Miami Dolphins on Monday night, and the game raised more questions than it answered. I'll examine the players...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
More photos » by Phil Coale - AP MJD is a no brainer to make the team. How about everyone else? Browse more photos » We are on the eve of the first preseason game, and things are going to get exciting real quick. Over the next few weeks, the training camp roster will be trimmed down and the endless speculation will be over. However, there is still plenty of speculating left to be done,...
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
via cache.daylife.com Look at the above photograph. This article is about one of those players. No, not Fred Taylor and not Byron Leftwich . It's about the guy that led the way for Fred Taylor and protected Byron Leftwich in his short stint in Jacksonville as the Jags' starting quarterback. This is about the Jags' man in the middle of all the action, the guy who is always in the thick of the action....
Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
What explains the late season meltdown of the Jacksonville Jaguars ? With training camp so close you can almost smell the sweat on the blocking sleds, It's time for a (hopefully) final look back at the 2008 season and what it means for the 2009 team. Two articles popped on my radar recently, each offering a "scientific" examination of the Jacksonville Jaguars, but with different conclusions....
The Many Thoughts of HarleyGirl (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Parkersburg, IA made national news again but this time the tragedy is even more horrible. Being from Northeast Iowa when you would hear the words Aplington-Parkersburg you would think of their amazing football team. The Falcons were lead by Head Coach Ed Thomas. Today Coach Thomas was shot and killed by a former player. There are no details yet as to why the shooter killed the 2005 NFL High School...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
NFL rosters include four Aplington-Parkersburg High graduates. One, Jacksonville's Brad Meester, tells Pete Prisco a main reason was coach Ed Thomas, who was shot to death Wednesday at the Iowa school.
The Copycat Effect (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
High school football coach Ed Thomas, 58, was killed Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in the weight room of his high school in Parkersburg, Iowa. Mark D. Becker, 24, a former Thomas football player, is charged with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Butler County Jail in Allison. Coach Thomas stands in the midst of the 2008 rumble caused by a tornado. ESPN. Thomas was shot multiple times at point...
Windy City Gridiron (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Blogging is a fun hobby; I enjoy writing about the NFL and the Chicago Bears in particular. However, posts like these are never easy or fun to write. Aplington-Parkersburg (IA) head football coach Ed Thomas was shot in the head five times at point-blank range this morning while supervising a lifting session at the high school. He died a short time later. Football players were in the weight room when...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Randomness does not begin to describe this: Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas has been shot and killed in the weight room of the high school he taught at for over 30 years , according to multiple Iowa news sources. Details are scanty right now, but Thomas has died as a result of his injuries, and officials have apprehended the killer, who is in custody at the Butler County...
jaguars.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Jaguars center Brad Meester just finished his daily workout at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium on Wednesday morning when he heard the news about his high school football coach being shot in Parkersburg, Iowa.
Football news from a chick™ (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Wearing a brace on his right knee and feeling a little timid, guard Vince Manuwai returned to practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars today. Even though he took just three snaps with the first-team offense, it was Manuwai's first full practice since tearing two knee ligaments more than nine months ago. "It's not like they're trying to throw me in the fire," Manuwai said. "They're working...
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