NFL: Nice trade: Jaguars’ Garrard replaces Peyton Manning in Pro Bowl
Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster.
Garrard replaces Indianapolis’ Peyton Manning, who will miss the NFL’s all-star game Sunday because of the Super Bowl.
Garrard, playing in the Pro Bowl for the first time in his eight-year career, will join running back Maurice Jones-Drew as the team’s only representatives.
Garrard threw for 3,597 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, and led all quarterbacks with 323 yards rushing and three scores. He also was sacked 42 times, threw 10 interceptions and fumbled five times.