Del Rio: “This Train Got Off Track”

BasX · Mar 28, 2009

After a disappointing season where “this train got off track,” in the words of Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio, the Jaguars have spent the offseason cutting ties with several underachieving players.

The Jaguars parted ways with wide receivers Jerry Porter and Matt Jones as well as cornerback Drayton Florence, shedding high salaries and unproductive players, per Alex Marvez of FOXSports.com.

“When you don’t pay a handful of guys whose contracts are expiring and you are paying a couple that come in and don’t prove to be the right kind of guys, it disrupts things,” Del Rio said. “At this time last year, we had a lot of talk about, ‘Boy, my contract’s not getting done. I need this.’

“There was a lot of ‘I, I, I’ and not enough, ‘we, we, we.’ We need to get back to that commitment to doing things for the good of the team and putting team first. That’s going to be a point of emphasis.”

When it came to Jones, the Jaguars’ patience finally ran out after a probation violation involving alcohol that followed his arrest last summer for cocaine possession.

“We had been patient,” Del Rio said. “His commitment to me was that he would not do anything to embarrass us or his teammates in any way. There was another occurrence. We just felt enough is enough and it was time to move on.”

Meanwhile, Del Rio said the Jaguars have no plans to re-sign former first-round wide receiver bust Reggie Williams. Williams was recently acquitted of a DUI charge.
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