Leftwich doesn't want to be like Carr
I found this article about Byron Leftwich to be very telling. He hasn't asked for a trade, but it sure sounds like he wouldn't mind one. Leftwich is entering the final year of his contract and when asked if Leftwich wanted to remain a Jaguar, his agent said, "This is all really subjective stuff that you'd have to talk to him about."
Yikes. Jack Del Rio has some fence-mending to do, and perhaps that's why he named Leftwich the starter so early in the off-season. Jaguars.com followed up with an article Thursday saying Leftwich won't attend the team's off-season training program, but will be at all of Jacksonville's OTA practices and minicamps.
Again, that's odd from a player well-known as a football junkie like Leftwich. Del Rio seems unfazed, "He’ll be here when we’re on the field. He’ll be here for football."
Leftwich needs to prove himself this season as a quality NFL starter or he'll end up like (gasp) David Carr. He has been communicating with the team's new coordinator Dirk Koetter.
Meanwhile, David Garrard is trying to keep his head up after being benched. He called being replaced by Quinn Gray in Week 17 last season, "Another lightning bolt in my life."
The Texans acknowledged Thursday that Schaub is their starter (as if the $48 million contract didn't) and that David Carr won't be on the team long. The Rock Hill Herald reported that Carr is eyeing Minnesota. Oakland and Miami seem like decent fits to me.
"Trust me, teams in the NFC fear what the Redskins could become if they ever get it together. Their biggest flaw has been in their ability to self-scout their own players, and who they (the front office) give money to and who they let walk away."
A true GM could solve a lot of Washington's problems.
Note: I'm at NBC this afternoon and taped our two weekly videos. I plan on working on the magazine the rest of the day unless something blog-worthy pops us.
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