Byron Leftwich

New England Bill Belichick might be realizing that his window of opportunity for another championship is closing fast. With quarterback Tom Brady turning 35 in August, he doesn’t have too many years left of being a top-flight quarterback. When...

For all of Gene Smith’s tenure as the Jaguars general manager, and even the year before it, one constant has remained – the Jaguars have made a top-10 selection in the NFL Draft. The Jaguars are the only team in the NFL to have had such high pick...

Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Steelers have come to terms with Byron Leftwich. The bringing back of Leftwich means that he will be back with backup QB Charlie Batch, who inked a deal with the Steelers earlier in free agency.

With seven picks in the NFL Draft next week, the Jaguars will make every effort to address their most significant needs, but the players available at the time of each selection don’t always allow that to happen. Here’s a rundown on the team’s n...

The advent of the GPS has been a boon for the scouting profession, but even those aren’t foolproof. Once, when he was still scouting the Northeast, Jaguars West Coast scout Marty Miller followed his GPS to what he thought was West Liberty Universit...

If the Jaguars can’t trade down from the seventh pick in the NFL Draft next Thursday night, trying to figure out what they will do with the pick is likely to be the first big question of the draft. There is a general consensus around the league of...

Branch Rickey, who built the Brooklyn Dodgers into the “Boys of Summer’’ and integrated Major League Baseball, was noted for saying, “luck is the residue of design.’’ Sometimes, though, luck is just luck. And NFL coaches and execs need it...

The Chicago Bears are contenders once again and not soon enough! Just ask linebacker Lance Briggs. We break down his comments and the situation.

You see it almost every draft. It is a passing league they say. Perhaps that’s why every year some young gunslinger goes at least two rounds too high. Here’s a list of quarterbacks who went higher than their value since 2003. Byron Leftwi...

When the NFL’s quarterback carousel finally stopped spinning last week, it appeared that former Jaguar David Garrard was a big winner. read more...

The Jaguars addressed needs at receiver and backup quarterback on Wednesday after meeting with the receiver Laurent Robinson and quarterback Chad Henne in Jacksonville during the day. The numbers on Robinson’s deal were set early in the day, but Ro...