Jags' Osgood escapes cheerleader's jealous ex-boyfriend

Jacksonville receiver Kassim Osgood leapt out a second-floor window to escape a gun-wielding man who attacked him and a 19-year-old Jaguars cheerleader, according to police.

The armed intruder exchanged gunfire with his ex-girlfriend, Mackenzie Rae Putnal, after putting a gun to her head Monday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

According to the sheriff's report, Osgood, 30, sustained some minor bruises during the attack and while fleeing.

"He's fine," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said yesterday. "I'm aware of it. I really can't comment on that whole deal. He's doing OK."

Julian Armond Bartletto, 20, of Jacksonville, was arrested on charges of aggravated battery, false imprisonment, armed robbery, burglary and violation of an injunction. He was being held without bond at the Duval County Jail.

Putnal and Osgood were watching television around 11 p.m. in an upstairs game room when a man walked in with his face covered with a plastic bag and pointed a gun at them. Saying "I can't believe you're with that guy," the man pulled Putnal around the room by her hair and hit her with the gun and his fists before hitting Osgood in the head with the gun, according to the report.

The gunman took Putnal's cell phone and tackled her as she tried to flee. When he ordered the couple to sit on the floor, she escaped downstairs in her parents' home and grabbed a gun, police said. They shot at each other and both missed.

Osgood, meanwhile, jammed a chair under the door, jumped out a window to the lawn below and ran to a neighbor's house to call police.

Putnal identified the man as her ex-boyfriend and called police, according to the report. Bartletto was later found at his home and arrested.

The Jaguars declined comment on Putnal's status as one of the team's 32 cheerleaders. She is listed in the 2010 media guide as a dental hygiene major, but she is no longer on the team's website. The team has a rule forbidding cheerleaders to date players.

Osgood has two receptions for 29 yards this season, including a 24-yard TD catch in the opener against Denver. He played seven seasons for San Diego, and made three Pro Bowls as a special teams ace, before signing with the Jaguars.

* Green Bay safety Nick Collins says he should have just walked away, no matter what a fan might have done or said to him after Monday night's loss at Chicago. Collins apologized to his team and his fans after he confronted a fan as he left the field and threw his mouthpiece into the stands.

"This is a situation that I could have walked away from but, you know, heat of the moment," Collins said. "Things happen. Both sides [were] out of line."

Collins was walking toward the locker room when he stopped and got into a shouting match with a fan. Milwaukee's WITI-TV captured video of the incident, reporting that the fan spit on Collins and used a racial slur.

NFL and Bears officials are looking into the incident.

* Tennessee quarterback Vince Young isn't saying if he missed meetings before his first career start against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he also refuses to say if he thinks that's why coach Jeff Fisher benched him late in that loss.

The Tennessean and TitanInsider.com cited anonymous sources Monday that Young returned late when he was excused to take two of the late Steve McNair's sons to a school breakfast and missed another meeting that week.

Fisher told reporters that what happened that week is behind the Titans now.

* Buffalo linebacker Chris Kelsay signed a 4-year contract extension worth about $24 million.

In other Bills news, starting middle linebacker Paul Posluszny returned to practice and declared himself likely to play Sunday against the New York Jets after missing the past two games with a sprained right knee.

* Baltimore waived defensive end Trevor Pryce, though coach John Harbaugh says it's likely the team will soon re-sign him. The roster move makes room for safety Ken Hamlin, who was released by the Ravens last week.

* St. Louis running back Steven Jackson (groin strain) was relegated to off-field exercises. Coach Steve Spagnuolo said Jackson was improved but would be day to day.

* Arizona receiver Steve Breaston will miss at least one game after having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

* New Orleans waived receiver Adrian Arrington to make room on the roster for the addition of kicker John Carney.