Thread: NFL Rumors - October 3rd

"Marginal" Smith upset with Panthers
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...rs/6921283.htm
The Panthers' contract talks with Steve Smith didn't get off to a rousing start. Smith told the Charlotte Observer's Pat Yasinskas that the Panthers "spit in my (expletive) face".

Jaguars choose Leftwich over Brunell
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-onlin...13691112.shtml
The Jaguars officially have a quarterback controversy on their hands. Although Mark Brunell says that he is healthy, the Jacksonville Times-Union's Vito Stellino reports that Byron Leftwich will start for the Jaguars on Sunday.

Jackson was ready to quit Countdown
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/fo...p-110481c.html
New York Daily News columnist Bob Raissman writes that if Rush Limbaugh had not quit "NFL Countdown", Tom Jackson would have. Apparently Jackson told an ESPN exec that he was going to confront Limbaugh at a production meeting and then quit the show.

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