Jags are expected to lift the Week 1 blackout

[duvaldude08]

I knew they were gonna do it. Its the same thing we did the Leftwich. His time was up. It kinda hurts though. Not gone lie.... 

[Bridges]

At the very least, he was worth keeping around as a backup.

Not for $9 million.

Especially when you need that money to buy back your own tickets...

[Dapperdan]

Anyone want to trade their tickets back in now? lol    My question is why start Luke at all? Put the rookie in.

[Dapperdan]

Wow, what a bombshell.

[Bridges]

My question is why start Luke at all? Put the rookie in.

Wait for the line to gel.  They'll get Luke killed by the 3rd game, then Gabbert can come in.

[copperfiend]

Anyone want to trade their tickets back in now? lol    My question is why start Luke at all? Put the rookie in.

He's not ready. The lockout screwed that up for the Jaguars. Gabbert has only been with the team a month.

No lockout and Garrard probably would have been cut in April.

[Lucasjj]

So much for this is a playoff team talk. I didn't believe it anyway, but dropping Garrard this late kind of negates all of that.

[copperfiend]

So much for this is a playoff team talk. I didn't believe it anyway, but dropping Garrard this late kind of negates all of that.

Did you watch Garrard this preseason? He was terrible. They weren't making the playoffs with him anyway.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Who wants to bet that the crowd that incessantly claimed "Cut Garrard and I'll buy tickets!" will now say "I can't buy tickets because they aren't even trying to compete"?

[KenFSU]

This move really perplexes me. I realize Garrard was rough during the preseason, but I don't understand why we wouldn't at least stick with him long enough to stay competitive while getting Blaine some experience coming off the bench. And I hate to say it, but if this signals the start of a true rebuilding, Del Rio probably should have gone with him.

[MusicMan]

Garrard was not elite NFL QB. This team will be middle of the road, if we get several lucky breaks. If not, 4-12 is my guess. And I just bought the 5 pack, too.

[KenFSU]

The T-U is reporting that "A news conference will be held in an hour with coach Jack Del Rio, rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert and general manager Gene Smith."

Where's Luke?

An interesting twist.

[Lucasjj]

I didn't think they were a playoff team, but the talk coming out of Everbank Field have been that this was a good team that could push for a playoff spot. I don't think you can continue to say that when you bail on your QB 5 days before opening day when you have the back ups the Jags have now.

Gabbert just isn't ready and I don't see Luke as better or much better than David. I think they should have acknowledge that this is a rebuilding team and went with Gabbert from the beginning, or started Luke with it out there that it was temporary until Gabbert was ready.

In the end, David wasn't worth $8M and it makes sense to cut him.

[duvaldude08]

Here it comes. " Get rid of garrad!!!" Now its going to be "Why did we get rid of Garrad!!!". Bipolar Jacksonville is going to come out. I have mixed feelings. I wanted to see what he could do, but his time is up. Garrad is was at the end of his road. It is time out for excuses. Hopefully we get lucky like we did in 2007 when we cut Leftwich. But I dunno. I think we should play Mckown and Gabbert both and just hope for the best. Or just do what we do best. Run the ball!! LMAO

[tufsu1]

This move really perplexes me. I realize Garrard was rough during the preseason, but I don't understand why we wouldn't at least stick with him long enough to stay competitive while getting Blaine some experience coming off the bench. And I hate to say it, but if this signals the start of a true rebuilding, Del Rio probably should have gone with him.

one problem...money

cutting Garrard saves them millions....firing Del Rio costs them millions