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The Jaguars have acquired 28-year old OG Justin Smiley from the Dolphins for a 7th round pick. He is 6′3″, 310 pounds and he has a lot of experience so he will battle for a starting job in 2010. Smiley played in 15 games (12 starts) for the Dolphins last season and he has played in 83 games (73 starts) in his six years in the NFL. This was a good trade for the Jaguars as they get Smiley for pennies on a dollar.
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.
The Jaguars have traded 25-year old DE Quentin Groves to the Raiders for a 5th round pick in this weekend’s NFL Draft. Groves played in all 16 games for the Jaguars last season and he made 30 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, he forced 1 fumble, defensed 1 pass and he had 1 interception. In his two years with the Jags, Groves played in 32 games and he had 43 tackles, defensed 2 passes, had 2.5 sacks, he forced 2 fumbles and he had 1 interception. Groves was a bust with the Jaguars who thought he would be a standout rushing the passer. Oh well, everyone makes mistakes. With that in mind a 5th round pick will probably turn out to be good value for the Jags in this trade.
Last week the Jaguars acquired 28-year old QB Luke McCown from the Bucs for a undisclosed draft pick. McCown will be David Garrard’s backup after the Jags released Todd Bouman shortly after acquiring McCown. McCown played in 2 games for the Bucs last season and he only threw one pass (incomplete) and carried the ball 3 times for 15 yards. McCown has now played in 12 games in his NFL career in which he has completed 142 of 238 passes (59.7%) for 1,617 yards with 9 TD passes and 10 interceptions (75.2 QB Rating). He also has carried the ball 21 times for 157 yards (7.5 ypc) in his career. This was a good trade for the Jaguars as McCown will do a good job if needed.
The Jaguars have signed 24-year old DT Tony McDaniel to the Dolphins for a 7th round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. McDaniel played in 10 games for the Jaguars last season and he made 16 tackles, defensed 2 passes and had 1/2 a sack. McDaniel played 3 seasons for the Jaguars covering 25 games in which he made 37 tackles, defensed 4 passes and he had 1.5 sacks. McDaniel doesn’t have much of an upside so it was a good move to get a 7th round pick for him.