- It's a bit of a tangent, but the head coach of the Dallas Desperados is a Jaguars Alum. Coach Will McClay of the Arena Football League is lead his team to a 15 and 1 regular season record. Unfortunatly, the former assistant director of pro scouting for the Jaguars lost in the first round of the playoffs This is completely unrelated to the Jaguars, but I thought it was interesting. If anyone knows when he was with the Jags, I'd like to know more.
- Our Fantasy Guru over at Fake Teams put together his list of backup quarterbacks worth watching. Of course, David Garrard is on the list. I like his optimism though, maybe David CAN have a good season if he's given the chance.
- Did you know the Indianapolis Colts had the highest payroll in the NFL with $131,189,741.00. Jacksonville, for the record, was 19th at a respectable $97.7 million.
- Speaking of salaries, the USA Today has a fantastic resource for comparing pay across the league. Try it out here Some fun facts: Our median salary is $720,000.00, John Henderson is the second best paid DT in the league, Marcus Stroud the 7th (which is funny, considering that Stroud gets all the attention.
- SI.com's Dr. Z gave a nice little compliment to Coach Del Rio, putting him in his top defensive minds list.
-Chris