Jags sign former Ravens tackle Pashos (1 Viewer)

[JaxBill]

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stor...ag_pashos.shtml

No word on the terms of the Pashos deal. Scobee signed a 5-year extension.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Pashos = good signing

 

[JaxBill]

Pashos = good signing

The writing mught be on the wall for RT Mo Williams. The Jags were disappointed that he seemed to take a step backward last year.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Pashos = good signing

Really? What are the terms of the deal? He's a good player but until we know the numbers, we don't know if it's a good signing or not.

 

[JaxBill]

It's a five year deal at starter money I assume:

Jaguars sign OT Pashos

Scobee does new deal

By Vic Ketchman, jaguars.com senior editor

03/02/07

The Jaguars struck early in free agency for the third consecutive year, signing offensive tackle Tony Pashos to a five-year contract to become the team’s starting right tackle. The Jaguars have also signed kicker Josh Scobee to a five-year deal.

“He’ll start at right tackle,” coach Jack Del Rio said of Pashos. “Mo’s going to compete with Khalif (Barnes) at left tackle,” Del Rio added, referring to Maurice Williams, who has been the Jaguars’ starting right tackle since 2001.

Pashos, 6-6, 320, is a four-year veteran who had a breakout season for the Ravens last year as their right tackle. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2003 draft out of Illinois.

“We think he’s an ascending player. We think he’s stepping into the prime of his pro career. His size allows him to be firm in the pocket. He’s not going to be bull-rushed back to the quarterback,” Del Rio said.

“He’s a big body; aggressive, physical right tackle. We saw an opportunity to get ourselves a player who would provide a firmer right side of the pocket and a little more movement in the running game,” Del Rio added.

The Jaguars remain committed to the development of Richard Collier, an undrafted rookie last season who stunned the Jaguars with his talent. Collier’s development will continue, Del Rio said. “We like him. We’ll see how it plays out,” he added.

Scobee was set to become a restricted free agent, but his future became obvious when the Jaguars announced on Thursday that Scobee had been tendered at the first-round level.

“He made significant improvement with his mechanics and accuracy,” Del Rio said of Scobee, who converted 26 of 32 field goal attempts last season. Scobee has one of the strongest legs in the game and was second in the league in touchbacks last season.

“We’ve asked him to kick a lot of long field goals. He’s a really good young player at that position,” Del Rio said.

http://www.jaguars.com/news/article.aspx?id=5875

 

[Andy Dufresne]

LOL at Mo Williams "competing" with Barnes at LT.

 

[Mungo Burrows]

Are there any other OT free agents out there this year? I figured the Ravens would lose him, but didn't expect to see it on Day One.

 

[GroveDiesel]

So I'm guessing that the Jags aren't anticipating Mike Williams being a significant contributor? Is he even still on the team? I still can't believe that anybody thought that he just needed a change of scenery. I can't even find him on the NFLPA's website.

 

[JaxBill]

Mike WIlliams was on IR last year. I don't know if he'll get a camp invite or not.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Mike WIlliams was on IR last year. I don't know if he'll get a camp invite or not.

At least he didn't kill the Jags team over and over and over again for so many years. It's just a shame that the gutless, heartless tub of goo got another NFL paycheck at all.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Pashos = good signing

Really? What are the terms of the deal? He's a good player but until we know the numbers, we don't know if it's a good signing or not.

$24M over 5 years with a $9M signing bonus.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Pashos = good signing

Really? What are the terms of the deal? He's a good player but until we know the numbers, we don't know if it's a good signing or not.

$24M over 5 years with a $9M signing bonus.

Seems like an excellent deal to me.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Pashos = good signing

Really? What are the terms of the deal? He's a good player but until we know the numbers, we don't know if it's a good signing or not.

$24M over 5 years with a $9M signing bonus.

Seems like an excellent deal to me.

I agree, pretty good deal for a starting OT.

 

[ravnzfan]

WoW

Tony Pashos, of "5th round and I'm a big fatty" fame...of "I'm so bad, let me play in NFL-Europe for awhile" fame...

...lands a $24M/5yr deal, w/$9M up front!

good for him...I liked the work ethic, as he came from NFL-E land to bonafide starter--- the guy deserved a payday.

It was obvious the Ravens weren't going to be able to offer anything close to this and rather than toss a low ball offer, they told Tony earlier in the week he'd be free to seek other offers from teams that had the ability to give him some money...