Jaguars ride legs of Garrard to sloppy Wild Card win in Pittsburgh

Close, But No Garrard

Posted 1/6/2008 on Mondesishouse.com

JAGUARS 31 STEELERS 29 In a way, this was the perfect game...if you were making a team video of the 2007 Steelers. It captured the highs, the lows, the strengths and the faults of a moderately successful yet disappointing team in a 60-minute span. Ultimately, what did the Steelers in on Saturday were the same problems that have haunted them all year: An offensive line that surrendered ...

Jaguars Spoil Steelers’ Comeback Effort, David Garrard Leads Jacksonville to Win

Posted 1/6/2008 on EMQB - NFL Blogcast

Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images Blogging the National Football League , Blogging the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars QB David Garrard was making throws he hadn’t made all season. Bad throws. One of the main reasons the Jags were in the playoffs with an 11-5 record was the consistent, virtually error-free play of one David Garrard. That’s the main reason head coach Jack Del Rio ...

Garrard's Feet Spoil Comeback of the Century

Posted 1/6/2008 on FanHouse

David Garrard couldn't win the game with his arm, so he won it with his feet. With less than two minutes left and his Jacksonville Jaguars facing a crucial 4th down & 2, Garrard found daylight and took off running for 32 yards, setting up Josh Scobee's game-winning field goal and giving the Jaguars a 31-29 playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers . Garrard's running made up for his ...

Jaguars 31, Steelers 29: A Furious Comeback Only Makes It Hurt Worse

Posted 1/6/2008 on FanHouse

For one half, Ben Roethlisberger was the shaky, interception prone quarterback of the 2004 playoffs. For three and a half quarters, David Garrard didn't look any better. But in the fourth quarter, the NFL's No. 2 and No. 3 rated quarterbacks reminded us of why they are two of the best young quarterbacks in the game. Roethlisberger led the Steelers on a furious 18-point fourth quarter ...

Roethlisberger's underrated season

Posted 1/1/2008 on The Steelyard

When Steelers' QB Ben Roethlisberger was named to the Pro Bowl earlier this season many sports media pundits questioned whether other AFC QB's like David Garrard (Jacksonville) or even Derek Anderson (Cleveland) would have been more deserving. Sorry folks, Roethlisberger is more deserving of a Pro Bowl berth than any other QB in the league, excepting Tom Brady , of course. By way of ...

Texans 42, Jaguars 28: Everybody Wins, But Especially André Davis

Posted 12/31/2007 on FanHouse

Click here for final game stats from AOL Sports. The Texans win over the Jaguars meant both nothing and a lot. "Nothing" in that it had no playoff implications. "A lot" in that no Jaguars of note got injured, and that the Texans finished with their first .500 record in their team's history. The Jaguars sat their quarterback, David Garrard and their running backs Fred Taylor and Maurice ...

More major inactives

Posted 12/30/2007 on Sports Scope

If you've got time to pounce on LaBrandon Toefield, do it. Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Taylor are both inactive for Jacksonville, as is WR Dennis Northcutt. QB Quinn Gray will also start, giving David Garrard the day off, though Garrard...

Jaguars-Steelers scouting report

Published 1/4/2008 on Boston.com -- Football news

Jaguars on offense: David Garrard is such an intriguing quarterback based on the fact he's got mobility to go with size (6 feet 2 inches, 240 pounds), and that he makes very few mistakes (18 TDs and just three INTs in 325 pass attempts). But he ...

Jags' Garrard not starting, Taylor sits (AP)

Published 12/30/2007 on Yahoo! Sports - NFL News

Six Jacksonville starters were inactive and quarterback David Garrard was not starting Sunday against Houston with the Jaguars playoff spot already secure. Quinn Gray was to start in place of Garrard. Running back Fred Taylor, defensive end Paul ...