Remember that speculation we passed along last week that Luke McCown could wind up pushing David Garrard in Jacksonville for playing time?
It’s hard to call it speculation when the offensive coordinator is the one talking.
“This is a time for Luke to show he can compete with Dave,” Dirk Koetter said this week to Jaguars.com. “He’s athletic, he’s sharp. Can he push Dave when they’re hitting you for real? We like what we see out of Luke in the meeting room and what we saw of him in mini-camp.”
Well, then. Koetter also revealed McCown split snaps at the team’s recent camp, another indication he could get a serious look as a player.
The “motivate Garrard through the media” tour just made another stop, after the team’s head coach and owner both said they wanted more from their quarterback.
We’re not sure McCown is such a great candidate to push Garrard, but he’s the only option the Jaguars have. From the sound of things, Garrard is going to have to keep his team around .500 all year or risk losing his job.