The Jaguars have signed 27-year old inside linebacker Freddie Keiaho to a 1-year, $635,000 dollar deal.  Keiaho is undersized at 5′11″, 226 pounds but he’s not shy.  He played in 16 games for the Colts last season and he had 38 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 sack and he defensed 1 pass.  Keiaho has now played in 55 games in his NFL career in which he has 245 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 passes defensed, 1.5 sacks and 1 interception.  Keiaho will give the Jaguars good depth at inside linebacker and he will help out on special teams.  This was a solid signing for the Jaguars.

The Jaguars have released 28-year old DT Montavious Stanley.  Stanley played in 15 games for the Jaguars last season in which he made 20 tackles, had 1 sack and he defensed 3 passes.  He played 2 years with the Jaguars appearing in 18 games in which he had 25 tackles, 3 passes defensed, 1 forced fumble and 1 sack.  Losing Stanley will not cause anyone in the Jaguars’ front office to lose any sleep as he’s nothing more than a below average backup D-Lineman.

The Jaguars have released linebacker Brian Uwuh.  Uwuh played in 15 games for the Jaguars last season and he had 29 tackles including 1 tackle for a loss.  He played 4 years for the Jaguars appearing in 58 games in which he had 83 tackles and 1 forced fumble.  The Jaguars won’t miss Uwuh too much as most of his work was on special teams as he never developed into much of a linebacker.

The Jaguars have released 31-year old DT John Henderson.  Henderson played in 15 games for the Jaguars last season and he made 36 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, he had 3 sacks, forced 2 fumbles and he defensed 3 passes.  He played in 124 games in his 8 years in Jacksonville in which he had 423 tackles, 29 sacks, he forced 8 fumbles and he defensed 38 passes.  With the Jaguars drafting defensive tackles in the first two rounds you could see the handwriting on the wall before this move.  Henderson still has a little bit left in the gas tank and I think he will be able to help someone this year.

The Jaguars have acquired 28-year old inside linebacker Kirk Morrison from the Raiders for a 4th round pick in the NFL Draft.  Morrison played in 16 games for the Raiders last season and he finished up with 133 tackles, 8 tackles for a loss, 2 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and he defensed 1 pass.  In his 5 years with the Raiders he played in 80 games in which he has made 632 tackles, defensed 19 passes, he has 5 sacks and 7 interceptions.  I love this pickup for the Jaguars as Morrison is a tackling machine who will help against the running game in 2010.