Jaguars QB David Garrard signs richest contract in franchise history

[Patriots Game]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)—Quarterback David Garrard probably could have gotten the Jacksonville Jaguars to pay him more money.

But he was tired of negotiating.
So Garrard ended the contract process Monday, signing a seven-year, $60 million contract that is the richest in franchise history.
“I pretty much had to say, ‘Let’s go ahead and wrap it up. I’m done,”’ Garrard said. “It’s too much stress on me and my family. My wife was done five weeks ago. She’s already been on board with everything. We just kept working on it and I finally just said, ‘You know what, I’d rather be happy now, have the city happy now, have the team, the organization, the owner happy now than trying to string something out having everybody on edge.”
Garrard and his agent, Albert Irby, had been seeking something similar to the six-year, $67.5 million contract Dallas quarterback Tony Romo signed last season.
But Garrard settled for the latest offer because he “felt like it was time.”

“I’ve just seen it too many times,” he said. “I just didn’t want to go through it myself. There’s way too many things that can happen to you between here and now and when you’re trying to get this done and that done. Is it really worth it? I just said, ‘It’s time to make everybody happy because I was already happy.”’
A career backup who beat out Byron Leftwich last preseason, Garrard was entering the final year of a four-year deal that paid about $2 million annually.
The Jaguars were eager to get him under contract after his first season as a starter.
The 30-year-old Garrard completed 64 percent of his passes for 2,509 yards and 18 touchdowns despite missing three games because of an ankle injury. He threw just three interceptions and finished with the NFL’s third-highest passer rating (102.2), proving coach Jack Del Rio made the right move when he announced his quarterback decision a week before the season opener.
“When you look at what transpired and how David responded, I think that’s what’s most impressive,” Del Rio said. “A lot of people may have gotten down, gotten down on themselves, gotten bitter at me for the decision. Any number of things could have taken place that would have led to a different outcome.
“What you see is a young man that persevered, ultimately a coach that saw something, took a shot with him, and now we’re together here for the foreseeable future here in Jacksonville, and tied together and hungry for more.”
The Jaguars expect Garrard to be even better this season, with the addition of receivers Jerry Porter and Troy Williamson and another year in Dirk Koetter’s offense.
“To have David lead this team for the next seven years, it really gives us the stability and the continuity that we need to compete at the highest level and bring a championship to Jacksonville and hopefully multiple championships,” owner Wayne Weaver said. “David has earned this.”

[rjb1816]

hilarious...dude not even worth close to this

[Patriots Game]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

hilarious...dude not even worth close to this

Agreed

[Snowman]

lol what has Garrard done... and he isn't any good imo either

[Gerk]

Only one of us has actually played with Garrard,

Let's ask him about his skills

http://www.partyeastcarolina.com/mes...=106837&page=1

[Snowman]

lol Gerk

[be47320]

lol at steelers cowboys and now jags all making the same mistake.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by be47320

lol at steelers cowboys and now jags all making the same mistake.

Big Ben 3rd best QB in the NFL...what do you think he is going to get?

dude is 26 years old and went 13-0 as a rookie in the regular season and won a ring the next year.

Also last I checked Brady was pretty much only one better in the game last year.

[be47320]

Originally Posted by Snowman

Big Ben 3rd best QB in the NFL...what do you think he is going to get?

dude is 26 years old and went 13-0 as a rookie in the regular season and won a ring the next year.

Also last I checked Brady was pretty much only one better in the game last year.

goggles.

Ben a system qb, steeler fans will hang onto that 13-0 start for the rest of his career, ben a slightly above avg qb, def not worth his salary.


lol at you saying ben was better than peyton last year.

[rjb1816]

ben not worth 100 mil imo...top 5 qb, but not worth that

[ZIGGYSTARDUST]

Originally Posted by be47320

goggles.

Ben a system qb, steeler fans will hang onto that 13-0 start for the rest of his career, ben a slightly above avg qb, def not worth his salary.


lol at you saying ben was better than peyton last year.

Hate to be a smart ass .... But the inaccuracy of this statement makes me wonder if you know anything about the NFL.. What system is Ben the product of ??.. The year they won the SB he put them on his shoulders for 3 games prior to the SB.. They would have not been their without him.. Go back and look at his stats for those 3 games.. He outplayed both Manning by a wide margin in their game and Jake Plummer ( no biggie here) .. If Brady played behind Pitts offensive line last year he would have sucked.. Ben willed Pitt into the playoffs last year with his play.. You my friend need a " new system" in evaluating talent IMO.. System QB..LMAO..

[Keith]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

ben not worth 100 mil imo...top 5 qb, but not worth that

unfortunately, that is the price set by the market.

[BigdaddyQH]

It is the cost of doing business in the NFL. Jacksonville got off relatively cheap. Pitt will not pay Ben $100 million because he is not worth it. No one year wonder is. What has he done lately?

[Bozzie]

geeeeezzzzzzz... that seems like too much for him.

[Steel]

Hate to break the news to you but NO ONE is worth a 100 million. If the NFL was smart they would decrease ticket prices and food and pass some back to the fans.