Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler‘s offseason has generated a lot of headlines Dee Ford Jersey , but they haven’t been particularly positive.

The team opted not to exercise their option on his contract for 2019, he was suspended one game by the league and suspended for a week by the Jaguars after fighting with teammate Yannick Ngakoue during practice. There have been trade overtures for other teams and a stay on the physically unable to perform list because of a shoulder injury as well.

That’s a lot of tumult for one offseason, but Fowler said he feels like things are looking up as the start of the regular season gets closer.

“I’m in a great place,” Fowler said, via Jacksonville.com. “Physically, I feel really good. My knee is really good. I feel faster than I’ve ever been Eli Apple Jersey , more explosive, jump higher than I’ve ever been. This should be a year that I put it all together. That’s how I feel.”

If Fowler does put it all together in Week Two and beyond, he should find himself in a great place again come the offseason because he’ll be set for unrestricted free agency. That’s a big if based on the first three years of his career and the last eight months, but Fowler has the opportunity right in front of him.
Three of four former employees of truck stop chain Pilot Flying J who have been on trial since November were convicted Thursday in connection with a rebate scam.

Former company President Mark Hazelwood and former account representative Heather Jones were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, news outlets reported.

Former company Vice President Scott ”Scooter” Wombold was convicted of one count of wire fraud. But he and former account representative Karen Mann were found not guilty of conspiracy.
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Pilot Flying J is controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. The Haslams haven’t been charged with any wrongdoing. The governor has not been involved in the company in recent years.

The verdict followed about four days of deliberations in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga, where the trial has been going on since November.

Hazelwood was also convicted of wire fraud and witness tampering and found not guilty of one count of wire fraud. Wombold was also found not guilty of two counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements to federal agents. Jones was found not guilty of four counts of wire fraud.

Wombold’s lawyer Drew Bledsoe Jersey , John Kelly, said his defense team would explore options for appeal on the one count on which Wombold was found guilty.

”All along, Mr. Wombold desired only to be judged by a jury of his peers at trial,” Kelly said in a statement. ”Today, having done exactly that, he stands vindicated on six of seven counts.”

Pilot Flying J issued a statement after the verdicts were announced saying it has focused on its customers.

”Nearly five years ago upon learning of the improper transactions Andre Reed Jersey , we made whole every customer negatively affected, entered into a Criminal Enforcement Agreement with the government, cooperated fully with the government’s investigation, and made policy, procedure and staff changes to make certain nothing like this ever happens again,” the statement said.

Sentencing was set for June 27 in Chattanooga.

Fourteen former Pilot Flying J employees pleaded guilty earlier Allen Bailey Jersey , and some testified during the trial. They are awaiting sentencing by U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier.

The jurors said in a note Wednesday they had reached a unanimous verdict on all but one charge involving one defendant. On Thursday morning, the jurors said in a note they remained deadlocked on that charge.

Collier then gave them an instruction designed to prompt jurors to re-examine their individual votes and try one more time for a unanimous decision.
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