Jaguars place William Middleton on injured reserve, sign cornerback David Jones
Posted: December 3, 2011 Filed under: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jags Audio | Tags: David Jones, defense, William Middleton Leave a comment »
So this makes what, 19 players now on IR? Here’s the release:
The Jacksonville Jaguars today placed cornerback William Middleton on injured reserve with a knee injury and signed fifth-year cornerback David Jones to a contract. Middleton played in the first 11 games for the Jaguars and made six starts.
Jones, 6-0, 197, played in 16 games with five starts for the Jaguars in 2010 and spent the 2011 preseason with club. He was placed on injured reserve on Sept. 3 and was released on Sept. 10. He recorded his only career interception on Sept. 19, 2010 at San Diego.
Jones has played in 49 career games with 12 starts and totaled 74 tackles, one interception, one fumble recovery, 10 passes defensed and 15 special teams tackles. He spent three seasons (2007-09) with the Cincinnati Bengals before he was traded to the Jaguars on Sept. 4, 2010 in exchange for safety Reggie Nelson. Jones was originally a fifth-round draft pick of New Orleans in 2007.
A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Jones was a two-time All-South Atlantic Conference performer at Wingate. He finished his career with 15 touchdowns including three returned for touchdowns.
Jones will wear jersey number 20.
I’ve taken all I can stand… and I can’t stand no more! Gabbert, McCown, and Thomas discuss the loss to the Texans plus Jarrett Dillard and William Middleton
Posted: November 27, 2011 Filed under: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jags Audio | Tags: Blaine Gabbert, defense, Jarrett Dillard, Luke McCown, offense, Texans, William Middleton Leave a comment »
The title of this blog entry is not only a great quote from Chunk in one of my favorite movies, “The Goonies,” but also an accurate assessment of how I feel right now. Really? The defense puts up more points than the offense? Guys continuing to drop wide open passes? 3 and out, 3 and out, 3 and out? No offensive touchdowns?
The Jaguars lose to the Texans by a final score of 20 to 13 with a few plot twists through out the course of the game. In the middle of the 4th quarter, Jack Del Rio made the decisin to pull Blaine Gabbert and put Luke McCown in to try and get a spark on offense. It almost worked too. Here’s Gabbert with his reaction to the decision, where he goes from here, and more:
QB Blaine Gabbert:
*on having a tough day: Gabbert1
*on the effect McCown was able to have on the game: Gabbert2
*on how frustrated he is right now: Gabbert3
*what he learned from today: Gabbert4
*on whether he’s lost confidence: Gabbert5
*on whether he learned anything by watching from the sideline: Gabbert6
*Del Rio said in his press conference that Blaine is still his starting quarterback. Gabbert’s reaction/response to that: Gabbert7
*on what his focus will be at practice this upcoming week following today’s performance: Gabbert8
Now let’s hear from the man who replaced him.
QB Luke McCown:
*on whether he was surprised to get the call to go in: McCown1
*on whether he knows what this means going forward: McCown2
*the ball was coming out quicker when McCown was passing. is that just experience? McCown3
*on whether he was anticipating calling a time out before 4th down on the last drive: McCown4
*what McCown will tell Gabbert to encourage him after the tough day: McCown5
*on whether McCown senses any lack of confidence from Blaine: McCown6
WR Mike Thomas:
One on One Interviews:
I also had a chance to talk with a couple of players one on one on both sides of the ball concerning the loss.
CB William Middleton, who has to fill in for both Rashean Mathis and Derek Cox, who are both on IR: JB with William Middleton
WR Jarrett Dillard, who has made some pretty big catches in the past few games and is possibly taking over as one of the top wide receivers on the team: JB with Jarrett Dillard
Jags CB William Middleton and the increased role he’ll play from here on out
Posted: November 17, 2011 Filed under: Jacksonville Jaguars, Jags Audio | Tags: defense, Rashean Mathis, secondary, William Middleton Leave a comment »
With Rashean Mathis going on the injured/reserved list, CB William Middleton is going to see an increased workload. He’s had the chance this season to step in for Derek Cox as well and has tallied two interceptions for the Jags. I had a chance to ask him a few questions about transitioning from a special teams guy to most likely a defensive starter: JB with William Middleton
