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DEL RIO IN HOT WATER?

A league source tells us that there's a rumor on the NFL grapevine that coach Jack Del Rio is in "major league trouble" if the Jacksonville Jaguars fail to qualify for the 2006 playoffs.

Jacksonville currently is 5-4, including two losses to the otherwise 1-6 Houston Texans. Last year, the Jags were 12-4.

The team currently is in a three-way tie with the Chiefs and the Jets for the No. 6 seed in the AFC field. The Bengals are a game back at 4-5. Jacksonville holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Jets, and the Jaguars finish the regular season at Kansas City.

After several years of struggles to sell out their home stadium, the Jags' success in 2005 prompted a strong demand for tickets. But a reversal this season could quickly result in a return to the days of local blackouts.

The team's most recent stumble, a home defeat to Houston, apparently won't bring a premature end to David Garrard's tenure as the starting quarterback. Instead, Del Rio is taking aim at the team's receivers, who have been dropping more balls than a urologist with sweaty palms. (Yeah, we break that one out a couple of times a year.) Reggie Williams could end up losing playing time to Cortez Hankton, and Matt Jones might be a step or two away from the doghouse after two drops turned into two of Garrard's four interceptions.

Meanwhile, former starter Byron Leftwich got a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on Monday. Team doctors reportedly told Leftwich that he won't be able to play again this season. Leftwich has said that he thinks he can play.

Our guess? Del Rio is hitching his wagon for the rest of the way to Garrard. And if Garrard doesn't deliver, Del Rio might be coaching linebackers somewhere in 2007, or possibly working as a defensive coordinator.

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How about del rio if the jags can him?

DEL RIO IN HOT WATER?

A league source tells us that there's a rumor on the NFL grapevine that coach Jack Del Rio is in "major league trouble" if the Jacksonville Jaguars fail to qualify for the 2006 playoffs.

Jacksonville currently is 5-4, including two losses to the otherwise 1-6 Houston Texans. Last year, the Jags were 12-4.

The team currently is in a three-way tie with the Chiefs and the Jets for the No. 6 seed in the AFC field. The Bengals are a game back at 4-5. Jacksonville holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Jets, and the Jaguars finish the regular season at Kansas City.

After several years of struggles to sell out their home stadium, the Jags' success in 2005 prompted a strong demand for tickets. But a reversal this season could quickly result in a return to the days of local blackouts.

The team's most recent stumble, a home defeat to Houston, apparently won't bring a premature end to David Garrard's tenure as the starting quarterback. Instead, Del Rio is taking aim at the team's receivers, who have been dropping more balls than a urologist with sweaty palms. (Yeah, we break that one out a couple of times a year.) Reggie Williams could end up losing playing time to Cortez Hankton, and Matt Jones might be a step or two away from the doghouse after two drops turned into two of Garrard's four interceptions.

Meanwhile, former starter Byron Leftwich got a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on Monday. Team doctors reportedly told Leftwich that he won't be able to play again this season. Leftwich has said that he thinks he can play.

Our guess? Del Rio is hitching his wagon for the rest of the way to Garrard. And if Garrard doesn't deliver, Del Rio might be coaching linebackers somewhere in 2007, or possibly working as a defensive coordinator.

Del Rio would be a good addition, if available. He did coach LB's under Marvin in Baltimore. Although I am not sure Jacksonville would give up on him so quick.

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DEL RIO IS IN TROUBLE, HARRIS ISN'T

We continue to hear that Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio will be in serious trouble if the team doesn't get back to the playoffs in 2006. But we're also hearing that V.P. of player personnel James "Shack" Harris is not in hot water, regardless of the outcome this season.

Per a league source, the powers-that-be in Jacksonville (i.e., owner Wayne Weaver and right-hand man Paul Vance) believe that the team has done a good job of amassing talent. The problem is that the talent isn't translating into enough wins.

Del Rio is under contract through 2008, so if a decision is made to make a change after the season, Weaver will be required to eat two years of salary, minus any money that Del Rio might earn elsewhere as a coach.

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Leslie Frasier.

Marvin had a personal feud with him and that is why he was fired. The defense was improving, I think this was the worst move of Marvin's tenure with the Bengals.

Well, in all fairness, he and Leslie did not get along and had serious differences in defensive philosophy, which apparently were unresolvable.

shrug...

I liked Leslie too and thought he needed a little more time.

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