The Oakland Raiders sign QB Jeff Garcia

Blogged under Free Agent Additions, Bloglockers, Front Page, Big Raider News, General by admin on Tuesday 7 April 2009 at 7:48 pm

This was an outstanding move for the Raiders.  39-year old Jeff Garcia will back up JaMarcus Russell this season as long as the kid starts showing some improvement.  Garcia played in 12 games for the Buccaneers last year and he completed 244 of 376 passes (64.9%) for 2,712 yards with 12 TD passes and 6 interceptions (90.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 35 times for 148 yards (4.2 ypc) with 1 TD run.  Despite his advancing age it appears that Garcia has retained his skills as a leader because of his toughness.  Garcia has now played in 124 games in his NFL career and he has completed 2,264 for 3,676 (61.6%) for 25,537 yards with 161 TD passes and 83 INTs (87.5 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 465 times for 2,142 yards (4.6 ypc) with 26 TD runs. 

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