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Leftwich said everything the Jaguars wanted to hear.
"I am totally recovered, no pain or anything with the ankle," he said after the first day of a three-day passing camp.

Leftwich missed 15 games the last two seasons because of an injured left ankle. He had surgery last November, more than a month after Del Rio benched him in favor of David Garrard.

Del Rio made Leftwich the starter in February, hoping to avoid months of speculation heading into training camp. Leftwich, who expected to return to his starting role when healthy, would like to play every game for the first time in his career.

"The worst thing that can happen is to have something happen to me and then boom, they'll say, `That guy is a bum. He can't do anything,"' Leftwich said. "I know if I'm on that field, people will stop questioning my ability to play the game of football. So I'm going to worry about what I need to do, and what I need to do is make sure I'm out there on that field."

If that happens, Leftwich believes the Jaguars will be back in the playoffs and he'll be able to sign a long-term contract.

"I would love that, but that's not my decision," Leftwich said.

He added that the club hasn't approached him about a contract extension.

"Why would they talk to me about extensions when I can't stay out on the field? If you look at it that way, it wouldn't be smart on their part," he said. "I know there's a year on my contract, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to focus on this year and everything else will take care of itself. My whole focus is about nothing else but being on that field and making sure I play 16 games. If I do that, we will be successful like we should be."

Still, many wonder whether the Jags can be successful given the relationship between Leftwich and Del Rio. The coach felt Leftwich wasn't completely honest about the severity of his ankle injury, and Leftwich disagreed with his benching. When you look at the big picture of what we are trying to accomplish here in winning football games, does it really matter?" Leftwich said. "I don't think it really matters. ... I don't call Jack and say, `Hey man, meet me at the bar and let's have a drink.'

"I don't do that because we're not that close. But at the same time, I respect him as a head coach and I'm quite sure he respects me as a player. Everybody wants to get into this thing because everybody wants to see how I feel about that, and I feel the same way I always felt about it. I don't want to make it a distraction."

Del Rio downplayed Leftwich's return, saying the most important thing Tuesday was to work on conditioning, fundamentals and learning a new offense.

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[ThePundit]

I don't know why Del Rio doesn't like Leftwich. He's definitely in the top of QB's in the league. You can definitely win a Super Bowl with him.