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Jagsfan32 said 06/12, 10:03 PM
Leftwich, when he has been healthy, has always been an effective quarterback, and if you have watched him, you can tell that he has gotten better every year. In the Jaguars' first two games this year, Leftwich led them to huge victories, over the Cowboys and the then defending Super Bowl champions Steelers in a nationally televised game. Leftwich is a proven winner, and is one of the most determined and hard working players in the NFL. No one will forget his legendary performance when he was at Marshall, when Leftwich was hurt so bad his teammates had to carry him down the field so he could stay in the game. Last season, before his ankle injury, Leftwich was developing great chemistry with Reggie Williams. The combination of Leftwich to Williams will lead to a lot of Jaguars touchdowns with Leftwich at the helm. Besides that, Garrard has proved to be a turnover machine, and Quinn, though he has flashed great potential, is not as talented as Leftwich and lacks the experience of Leftwich. Leftwich will be more mobile this season because he has lost weight, so his game will improve just from that. Byron Leftwich will be a very good quarterback in the 2007 season.

Jagsfan32 said 06/13, 03:13 PM
Saying Leftwich is not a winner is completely untrue. Over the last three seasons, he is 19-13 as the starter. In 2004, he was 8-3 as the starter, while Garrard went 4-1. All 4 of Garrard???s victories that season were against losing teams. His loss? Against the Colts. Leftwich's career TD to INT Ratio is 51-33, including his rookie year. Without his rookie year, it is 37-17, which is more than 2-1, twice the 1-1 that you said Leftwich had. Leftwich is good at taking care of the ball and each year has been on pace to throw more TDs than the previous year before injury derailed his season. Leftwich deserves to be the Jags??? starter because he has a chance to be very good. Garrard was good initially because other teams didn???t know how to defend him. Once they realized how to plan for Garrard, he instantly became ineffective. If you think Garrard should be the Jags??? starter because he is less injury prone than Leftwich, Leftwich lost weight this off-season, reducing the chance of him getting hurt, and all of his injuries so far have been freak injuries anyway. Also, Leftwich???s throwing motion isn???t going to cause him to break his arm. If it was going to, he would have already.

Jagsfan32 said 06/13, 05:01 PM
Byron Leftwich is a winner, owning a 19-13 record since his rookie year, with one playoff appearance. Leftwich has already had successs in Jacksonville, and the Jags will be able to draw attention from their running game due to the continuing development of Leftwich to Williams, in addition to Byron being able to throw to Matt Jones and Dennis Northcutt. Leftwich has always had success when he has played. Garrard had success and then played miserably. Leftwich is truly a good player, Garrard is a player that teams just needed to see enough of to figure out how to shut him down. A 37-17 TD to INT ratio shows Leftwich???s success. Several factors point to Leftwich???s emergence this season. The general manger, James Harris, passed on Brady Quinn, which shows their faith in Leftwich, because no one knows what Byron is capable of better than the GM, who is hired to make personnel decisions. Also, when does a player lose weight, and then still get hurt? Never. Also, Leftwich is in a contract year, and players will often perform better in contract years, using the extra motivation to boost their game. Byron Leftwich will be the Jaguars??? starter in 2007 because he is the best QB on the team.