David Garrard Played His Way Into The Elite-QB Club Last Season. But Can The NFL's Newest $60 Million Man Make Jacksonville Care About The Jags?

If you were to visit David Garrard at his Jacksonville home, located in a freshly minted, gated neighborhood blocks from a fancy mall and P.F. Chang's, you'd likely find him relaxing on his leather sectional in front of the TV, watching the Food Network, his considerable frame wedged between a pile of unfolded baby clothes and his overwrought toy dog, Jax. You might think to yourself that he seems happy, that his hands could palm a frozen turkey and that most NFL quarterbacks don't spend their downtime watching Rachael Ray. But you wouldn't think, not even when Garrard grins and stands to greet you, unfolding his 6'1", 245-pound body like a Transformer, that this is the man who took Jacksonville from overriding apathy to something approaching Jaguarmania last season. Or that he just pocketed a seven-year contract worth $60 million (about $20 million guaranteed), making him the highest-paid Jag ever.