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RB Jones-Drew to retire as Jaguar
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Running back Maurice Jones-Drew will be honored by the Jacksonville Jaguars with a retirement ceremony next week.
Jones-Drew, a second-round pick of the Jaguars in 2006, retired after spending the first eight of nine NFL seasons in Jacksonville. He played sparingly for the Oakland Raiders in 2014.
He will officially retire next Tuesday (April 28) by signing a ceremonial one-day contract with the Jaguars.
Jones-Drew compiled 8,167 yards rushing, 2,944 yards receiving and 81 touchdowns.
In the NFL, it’s always better to admit a mistake than to compound it. For the Buccaneers, the decision to burn a 2016 second-round pick on kicker Robert Aguayo has proven to be a mistake. The Buccaneers made the definitive admission of their error on Saturday, cutting Aguayo. He exits with $428,000 in fully-guaranteed salary [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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After the Buccaneers surprised everyone by taking a kicker with the 59th overall pick in the draft, G.M. Jason Licht explained the move by heaping superlatives on the player. “I was very excited along with my staff and coaches about Roberto for a very long time,” Licht told PFT Live in May 2016. “It’s not [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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Only two days after losing Billy Winn for the year with a torn ACL, the Broncos are now sweating out another potentially serious injury along the defensive line. Via multiple reports, Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe was carted off the field during practice on Saturday. It’s being described as a right ankle injury by coach [more]
Source: Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk
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