Jacksonville Jaguars News and Rumors

Jeremy Mincey and Andre Branch hope for bounce-back seasons

Vito Stellino, jacksonville.com

Jeremy Mincey and Andre Branch are two Jaguars defensive ends at different stages of their careers. Mincey is a 29-year-old, six-year veteran who was originally drafted in the sixth round by New England in 2006. Branch is a 23-year-old, second-year play…

Francine Frazier, jacksonville.com

Hollywood action star and martial arts icon Chuck Norris has written a 1,463 word column, published on WND.com, about Tim Tebow, describing the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback as an "Ultimate Clutch Player."

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

When the 2014 NFL Draft moves to May, the Jaguars’ modus operandi under general manager Dave Caldwell will put them in a holding pattern. “We’re ready to draft in early April so it will be three weeks of waiting to go,” Caldwell said after the Jag…

Vito Stellino, jacksonville.com

The Jaguars had a busy day Wednesday involving seventh-round draft picks. They signed wide receiver Jeremy Ebert, a seventh-round pick of the New England Patriots last year; cut defensive tackle Jeris Pendleton, their seventh-round pick last year; and s…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Maybe the Jaguars should just draft exclusively from Rutgers, and we can cut out the middleman. The Patriots claimed journeyman tackle Kevin Haslam off waivers. According to Field Yates of ESPNBoston.com, that makes Haslam the eighth Rutgers player on t…

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher announced his retirement today and the link between him and the Jaguars is new defensive coordinator Bob Babich. During nine years in Chicago (2004-12), Babich had two stints as linebackers coach that sandwiched t…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Jaguars had two seventh-round picks last month and used them both on cornerbacks, Now they have both of them under contract. Jeremy Harris signed earlier this week and the team announced Wednesday that Demetrius McCray has agreed to a contract as we…

Vito Stellino, jacksonville.com

Storm costs team practice time The NFL limits teams to 10 organized team activities (OTAs) in the offseason, but the Jaguars will have no more than 9 ½ this year. They lost half of their Tuesday session when their usual two-hour practice was stopped aft…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Back in October, an Illinois man who traveled to Jacksonville for the game between the Bears and Jaguars was killed the night before the game. The man accused of murdering William Pettry pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges on Tuesday. The Flo…

Vito Stellino, jacksonville.com

Each NFL team is allowed 10 organized team activities (OTAs) in the offseason, but the Jaguars will have to make do with 9 1-2 this offseason after bad weather forced them to end practice after about 45 minutes Tuesday. When thunderstorms and lightning …

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Cast off by New England, Brandon Deaderick and Kyle Love are trying to catch on in Jacksonville.

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

Following his first workout with the Jaguars since being claimed off waivers last week and before assessing how he’ll fit in with his new team, Kyle Love did some setting-of-the-record business Monday outside EverBank Field. Yes, a routine blood test an…

Gene Frenette, jacksonville.com

If the Jaguars want a blueprint of what a well-executed rebuilding plan looks like from an insider perspective, there's no better eyewitness than Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith. While Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell worked in two different …

Vito Stellino, jacksonville.com

Continuing his rehab from the surgery for a Lisfranc injury that he underwent last December, Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew will spend the next two weeks training in Miami. “[Athletic trainer] Mike Ryan has been great with him and [strength and…

Rams sign tight end Zach Potter

May 20 (3 days ago)

Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com

The Rams have signed tight end Zach Potter, according to the NFL’s Monday transaction report. The 6-foot-7, 265-pound Potter appeared in all 16 games for the Jaguars in 2012, catching two passes for six yards. Potter played 199 snaps, according to Pro F…

Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com

The Jaguars have reached a deal with seventh-round pick Jeremy Harris, the club indicated on Twitter Monday. The club’s official Twitter account posted a picture of Harris, a cornerback from New Mexico State, signing his contract. From a size standpoint…

Gene Frenette, jacksonville.com

Despite Tom Coughlin being fired as the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head coach after the 2002 season, the future of his biggest off-the-field endeavor – the annual Tom Coughlin/Jay Fund Celebrity Golf Classic to assist cancer-stricken children and their fam…

Jaguars start Week 2 of OTAs

May 20 (4 days ago)

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

The Jaguars begin Week 2 of their organized team activities this morning outside EverBank Field. Most teams start their schedule of 10 OTAs this week, but the Jaguars, because they have a new coach, received three extra OTAs and they used those last wee…

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

As six linebackers came off the board in the second round of last month’s NFL Draft, some earlier than expected, it became apparent Geno Hayes would not face additional competition to win a starting position on the Jaguars’ defense. Not that Hayes was…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

At a time when the Jaguars aren’t interested in bringing Tim Tebow home to Jacksonville, he went there anyway. Via the Florida Times-Union, Tebow was in town Friday night to speak at New Life Christian Fellowship. As he did earlier this month in Michiga…

Gene Frenette, jacksonville.com

The Jaguars will begin this season similar to where they were a decade ago. There's a new head coach and general manager, plus an important offensive weapon sitting out the first four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. In 2003, the Ja…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The medical condition that made defensive lineman Kyle Love unfit for further employment with the Patriots has not kept him from working for the Jaguars. According to Jarrett Bell of USA Today, Love passed a Friday physical in Jacksonville, with one cav…

Ryan O'Halloran, jacksonville.com

Five thoughts on the Jaguars 10 weeks before the start of training camp:

The Times, jacksonville.com

Morgan & Morgan has launched a new ad campaign that encourages the Jacksonville Jaguars to bring former Jets quarterback Tim Tebow aboard. Coming up in Sunday's Florida Times-Union, reporter Vito Stellino sits down with John Morgan to discuss the mo…

On the Jaguars' two new D-linemen

May 17 (7 days ago)

ESPN.com

I asked Mike Rodak of ESPNBoston.com for an assessment of two defensive linemen the Jaguars recently claimed off waivers from New England: Kyle Love and Brandon Deaderick. Here are Rodak's insights: "Both Love and Deaderick joined the Patriots in 2…