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9. Jacksonville
Byron Leftwich has gotten better each year, going from 23rd to 17th to 13th in our DPAR rankings. His advanced stats look better than his standard numbers because he was insanely good on third downs last year. Normally, that's the kind of thing that doesn't last ... except Leftwich was also one of the league's top quarterbacks on third downs in 2004. Meanwhile, every year or two, someone else gets to hold the title of "best backup quarterback in football," and now it's David Garrard's turn. Is this the best 1-2 punch in the league? Even if it is, it won't look like it in 2006, because Jimmy Smith's retirement leaves no go-to receiver and the running game continues to decline as Fred Taylor ages.[/b]
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It was going well up until that last line. Byron has spread the ball around last season. Now, if David gets into the games, he will lock on to someone. Anyone who has watched Matt Jones and Ernest Wilford knows those two are capable of holding down the #1 spot. And our running game wasn't great last year, but it was decent. We won every game without Fred Taylor in the lineup.... so Fred's aging won't affect us unless he stays on the field all season. I hope we cut him after training camp.... he's done and over with. Greg Jones needs to take over.
