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Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence insists $275M contract extension won't create any added pressure

Jun. 20, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence insists his new contract, which makes him one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in NFL history, won’t create any added pressure. Lawrence signed the five-year, $275 million contract extension Thursday, a week after agreeing to the deal. It...

Two women are suing NFL kicker Brandon McManus alleging sexual assault

May. 28, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

Two women have filed a civil lawsuit in Florida accusing NFL kicker Brandon McManus of sexually assaulting them while they worked as flight attendants on the Jacksonville Jaguars' trans-Atlantic trip to London last year. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday and made available on the...

Jaguars counting on Arkansas' Cam Little to tee up new era following four-year kicking carousel

May. 02, 2024 12:31 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville’s recent kicking situation can be summed up like this: two Wrights and more than a dozen wrongs. The Jaguars are now counting on the youngest kicker ever drafted, Cam Little of Arkansas, to stop a revolving door and bring stability to a...

Let's draft two! Jaguars double up on LSU stars by selecting WR Thomas Jr. and DT Smith early

Apr. 27, 2024 21:46 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Brian Thomas Jr. and Maason Smith won’t have to search very hard to find a familiar face in Jacksonville. The former LSU teammates are reuniting 600 miles east of Baton Rouge after the Jaguars selected them in consecutive rounds of the NFL draft,...

Dropping the ball: Jags hope to end decades of ineptitude when it comes to drafting receivers early

Apr. 18, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have been mostly inept at drafting wide receivers. They've repeatedly dropped the ball. They have selected nine wideouts over the first three rounds of the NFL draft in three decades of existence, and only two of...