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Not in The Cards: Jaguars Put Down Early in 31-17 Loss To Arizona

Posted: 20th September 2009 by Jack Harver in NFL
NFL.com's play-by-play account of the Jacksonville Jaguars' home-opening loss to the Arizona Cardinals does little justice to the first of two second-quarter plays that broke open a back-and-forth contest. 3-12-ARI 28 (11:57) (Shotgun) 9-[David] Garrard pass incomplete short left to 81-[Torry] Holt. On the play, which reads like a garden-variety misfire by Garrard, Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson hit Holt before the football did. This run-of-the-mill pass interference call, however, was missed by ...

Jacksonville Jaguars Week One Loss: Where’s Derrick Harvey?

Posted: 16th September 2009 by Jack Harver in NFL
Finding positives from Derrick Harvey's performance in Jacksonville's season-opening loss at Indianapolis is not an easy task—though (mercifully) not as difficult as finding photographic evidence that he did, in fact, take the field Sunday. Amidst a slew of visuals from Getty Images and the Associated Press capturing Colts running backs Joseph Addai and Donald Brown, quarterback Peyton Manning, and some of Indianapolis' offensive linemen in action, Harvey seems to have been ...
As Sunday's hard-fought contest between the Indianapolis Colts and the Jacksonville Jaguars was digested by major news outlets for casual public consumption, several prominent members of the sports media reached a curious conclusion. "The revamped Colts' defense showed that it was up to the challenge of playing in a slugfest against the Jaguars," NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks wrote. "The Colts surrendered 114 yards rushing," he noted, "but were stout at the point ...