The Jaguars are quite relieved that X-rays on Maurice Jones-Drew's wrist have come back negative. The sound he made when suffering the injury led many to believe his season was over. "He comes out and it looks like the season's over with his hand, the way he was screaming on the ground there," Jaguars quarterback David Garrard said on Monday.

"It's frustrating, plain and simple. It's frustrating."

That's not Jaguars Nation speaking, but rather quarterback David Garrard, who suffered through one of the worst days of his NFL career on Sunday in the Jaguars' 28-3 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Garrard started slow and regressed. He finished the game with woeful numbers of 13-for-30 passing, 105 yards, six sacks and one interception. The quarterback rating of 38.9 was the third-lowest mark he's had in his 65 starts in the NFL. His lower ratings? A 25.5 against Houston in 2006 and a 35.9 at Tennessee last season.

Garrard's completion percentage of 43.3 matches his second lowest total ever, just a shade ahead of the 42.3 mark (11-for-26) last year against Miami. The 105 passing yards ranks as his fourth lowest total as a starter.

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced they have signed free agent quarterback Todd Bouman to a contract and placed quarterback Luke McCown on injured reserve. McCown suffered a knee injury late in the fourth quarter at San Diego last Sunday.

Bouman, has played in 42 games with six starts for the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints. Bouman spent four weeks on the Jaguars’ roster in 2007 after an injury to David Garrard and also spent time in the club’s 2008 and 2009 training camps.

With their starter struggling and the score out of reach, the Jaguars pulled quarterback David Garrard and inserted backup quarterback Luke McCown for the fourth quarter.

Two plays from the end of the game, McCown scrambled inside the 5-yard line and fell on his right knee. The Jaguars did not know the extent of McCown's injury, but he wore a sleeve on the leg after the game.

McCown will have an MRI to determine the seriousness of the injury.

"We'll see," McCown said as a Jaguars trainer placed a black brace on his knee. "I'm not a doctor."

He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in that knee in 2006. It's unlikely this injury is the same because McCown was walking on his own power after Sunday's loss to San Diego.

Jaguars QB David Garrard (back probable) took full practice Friday. Garrard is fully expected to start this week, and the mid-week downgrade was strictly precautionary. Garrard is a low end QB2 option at San Diego.

David Garrard was limited in practice (back). Two sources tell us it's not a major issue. One of those sources expects him full go Friday.

David Garrard was limited in practice Thursday.

Jaguars QB David Garrard (back) was limited Thursday after taking full reps on Wednesday. A downgrade is never good, but there hasn't been word that the injury is severe. Expect Garrard to start this weekend unless we hear otherwise. We will know more Friday.

16 starting quarterbacks threw for under 200 yards in week 1. In 2009, there were 9 week 1 starting QBs under 200 passing yards. Aaron Rodgers, Matt Schaub, Brett Favre, Donovan McNabb, and David Garrard started off both seasons with a sub 200 yard passing performance.

Even elite QBs don't always start off on fire. Don't panic after one week. Last year Rodgers, Schaub, and Favre turned out just fine.

Matt Ryan , Michael Turner and Tony Gonzalez wore shorts and T-shirts on the sideline. So did David Garrard , Maurice Jones-Drew and Mike Sims-Walker. They had plenty of company, too.

Atlanta and Jacksonville rested most of their starters and all their stars during Thursday night's preseason finale, giving backups a final chance to make an impression.

No one really stood out.

Fullback Brock Bolen scored on a 16-yard run, Josh Scobee kicked two field goals and the Jaguars beat the Falcons 13-9.