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I think it would be wise if the Raiders would sign Garrard, to at least a one year deal as a backup to Cambell?????



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A day after the Jacksonville Jaguars made the surprising decision to cut starting quarterback David Garrard, coach Jack Del Rio said he knows the way the team handled it wasn’t perfect. But Garrard wasn’t pointing fingers at anyone other than himself.

“The timing was not ideal,” Del Rio told reporters today. “I would have preferred it gone down differently, but you take things as you have to.”

To say the timing was not ideal is an understatement: The Jaguars spent all of training camp and the preseason giving Garrard the bulk of the work with the first-string offense, and now they’re throwing Luke McCown out there for Sunday’s opener against the Titans with less than a week to prepare.

But Garrard is declining to pile on, saying he looks at his own poor performance in practice and the preseason as the reason he’s currently out of a job.

“I have nobody to blame but myself,” Garrard told Tania Ganguli of the Florida Times-Union.

That’s a stand-up attitude from Garrard. But if the Jaguars’ offense stinks up the joint on Sunday, Jaguars fans won’t just be blaming Garrard. They’ll be blaming Del Rio and the Jaguars’ front office, too.

Don’t rule out Raiders pursuing Garrard

Terry McCormick, The National Football Post 9 hours, 26 minutes ago

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Once upon a time, the Raiders would collect castoff quarterbacks like Jim Plunkett and Rich Gannon and those battered and beleaguered souls would be rejuvenated in the Silver and Black and take the Raiders to Super Bowls.

Now, the Raiders just collect castoff quarterbacks the way Lindsey Lohan collects criminal charges.
So, it’s only natural that the Raiders would have some interest in David Garrard(notes), who was let go by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday.

Currently, Oakland has Jason Campbell(notes), Kyle Boller(notes) and rookie Terrelle Pryor(notes), who is suspended for the first five games of the season.

With the possible exception of the starter Campbell, Garrard would be an upgrade, which is exactly why Steve Corkran of InsideBayArea.com, believes Garrard is potentially on the Raiders’ radar.

Where Garrard will land is impossible to predict, but when it comes to retread quarterbacks, you can never rule out the Oakland Raiders.

Backup? Garrard is better than Campbell.

Shit that's exactly what i was thinking...But than If they bring him in that will give Campbell an excuse as to why he's playing so poorly...." i'm busy looking over my shoulder"..

Umm, no.

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Passing they're pretty much a wash. But Garrard runs better and scores more with his feet.

Passing is not a wash, at all, not even close.

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You want to back that up or are you just going to spew nonsense?

No, the timing is not right. Campbell has far more experience with the offense and Gerrard will only cause Campbell to keep lookin' over his shoulder and there goes the season. No, the Raiders need to find out once and for all if Campbell is their guy. Had this been the off season, then Gerrard may have been a consideration, but now - no.

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I have to agree with you. Even though I don't believe the check down master is worth the time. If he sucks oh well just make it an F so we can go after Luck.