draft flop couch signs 2-year deal with jaguars.(Sports)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: July 30, 2007 | Copyright information

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. [bar] Former No. 1 draft pick Tim Couch signed a two-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, getting a chance to revive his career as a backup to quarterback Byron Leftwich.

Couch, the top pick by Cleveland in 1999, hasn't played a down in the NFL since the 2004 preseason.

The contract will pay Couch the veteran minimum of $595,000 this season if he makes the team. He would earn slightly more in 2008.

Couch could end up supplanting Quinn Gray as the team's third-string quarterback - a move that would save the Jags about $700,000. ...

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