Lets take a look at the bad first. We all know that MJD just came off an injury, which I understand that. The fact is he is playing so I wanted to break down his numbers from last year and this year. Right now he has 115 rushing yards going into the 4th game with a 2.6 average with his longest run being 10 yards and 1 TD.
So now lets take a look at last season before the injury. If you take away the Indy game from 2012, his longest run from scrimmage is 27 yards. Since the end of 2011 Jones-Drew only has 2 rushing TD. And it has been 368 days since his last 100 yard game. You have to go all the way back to the beginning of last year when he went over 100 yards @ Indy on 09/28/2012.
Ok now lets take a look at the good. Cecil Shorts....
In his last 16 games (Did not even play in the 2nd game of 2012, but we're counting it anyway) Shorts has caught 70 passes for 1181 yards and 8 TD. Through that span he has FIVE 100 yard games and he is currently 10th in the NFL in yards with 243. And a side note that means nothing, he is owned in 99.1% of fantasy leagues.
And if anyone cares, our defense is giving up 30.7 points per game. So even if we were averaging 28 to 30 points per game on offense, it doesn't look like it would even matter. It is possible the defense is worse than the offense.
Sorry guys, Cecil has 276 yards through 3 games.
Quote:It is possible the defense is worse than the offense.
Can we call them equally abysmal?
Quote:Can we call them equally abysmal?
If we do that then we discount what Cecil Shorts has done without Blackmon in the line up. 10th in the NFL through 3 games is a major accomplishment based on the state of our team right now. I guess what I'm saying is the offense is terrible except for Shorts.
Quote:Lets take a look at the bad first. We all know that MJD just came off an injury, which I understand that. The fact is he is playing so I wanted to break down his numbers from last year and this year. Right now he has 115 rushing yards going into the 4th game with a 2.6 average with his longest run being 10 yards and 1 TD.
So now lets take a look at last season before the injury. If you take away the Indy game from 2012, his longest run from scrimmage is 27 yards. Since the end of 2011 Jones-Drew only has 2 rushing TD. And it has been 368 days since his last 100 yard game. You have to go all the way back to the beginning of last year when he went over 100 yards @ Indy on 09/28/2012.
Ok now lets take a look at the good. Cecil Shorts....
In his last 16 games (Did not even play in the 2nd game of 2012, but we're counting it anyway) Shorts has caught 70 passes for 1181 yards and 8 TD. Through that span he has FIVE 100 yard games and he is currently 10th in the NFL in yards with 243. And a side note that means nothing, he is owned in 99.1% of fantasy leagues.
And if anyone cares, our defense is giving up 30.7 points per game. So even if we were averaging 28 to 30 points per game on offense, it doesn't look like it would even matter. It is possible the defense is worse than the offense.
Good post. Lets not forget Cecil Shorts is posting these numbers with suspect QB play. When Blackmon returns the Jaguars will have 2 good outside wide-outs. With some good quarterbacking the Jaguar offense could turn around real quick.
MJD is clearly slowing down. He is one of the best guys in the league period. I love his story. I love his heart. I love his determination. He is someone I personally pull for to do well. Its sad that the Jaguars were never able to build a team around him during his prime years so that the Nation could get an understanding as to just how good he really was. By the time the Jaguars are good again, there is a chance MJD won't even be on the team. Its sad. But that's how the NFL works.
To me, MJD is the greatest Jaguar ever. I am an outsider. But I hope Jaguar fans remember him in that light.
Basically what it sums down to this team is VERY bad at the moment. It will take many years to fix this mess.
Quote:To me, MJD is the greatest Jaguar ever. I am an outsider. But I hope Jaguar fans remember him in that light.
MJD is definitely up there for me, but the greatest Jag ever to me is Fred Taylor. Dude was a complete beast. He's my favorite player of all-time.
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(Jimmy Smith was pretty awesome too.)
The defense is always on the field because the offense sucks.
The defense isn't as bad as it looks in the stats. When the offense can't sustain drives, it puts the defense in bad positions.
While I agree that we are very bad at the moment, I do believe that we will be better when Lewis and Blackmon are both back and in the game. Shouldn't matter much though. We're still going to be in the hunt for Teddy and I hope we get him.
The defense is playing way better than the offense at this point. Thats not really saying much but its true. You know why were giving up 30 ppg? Because the offense goes 3 and out 6 consecutive times every first half. The defense get their stops but they cant do it forever.
MJD, who clearly isnt his old self and hasnt been for 2 years, needs more help up front. He is getting hit in the backfield on most running plays and thats not on him. Its the interior line that is the problem.
Cecil had most of his yards in garbage time but I do like what he and Blackmon bring to the table. Those 2 and Ace all compliment each other perfectley. Once we get a real QB theyre all going to go off.
Quote:The defense is playing way better than the offense at this point. Thats not really saying much but its true. You know why were giving up 30 ppg? Because the offense goes 3 and out 6 consecutive times every first half. The defense get their stops but they cant do it forever.
MJD, who clearly isnt his old self and hasnt been for 2 years, needs more help up front. He is getting hit in the backfield on most running plays and thats not on him. Its the interior line that is the problem.
Cecil had most of his yards in garbage time but I do like what he and Blackmon bring to the table. Those 2 and Ace all compliment each other perfectley. Once we get a real QB theyre all going to go off.
Yep. That stats paint a wonky picture taken at face value. The offensive line is this team's biggest problem. The running game and the D would look a lot better if we had better protection up front.
The defense isn't even close to being as bad as the offense.