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(08-07-2018, 09:33 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: [ -> ]I was just listening to Marrone's press conference and found this interesting: he was asked about AJ Cann who looks improved out there, what he thought was the biggest improvement he made and so on.
And he said that with the new helmet rule he put together a tape for the offensive line to show them exemples of their stance, who has a tendency to lower their helmet and put themselves at risk and the first player he noticed was AJ Cann.
Marrone said he noticed Cann had a tendency of lowering his head too often, putting himself in danger and with the new rule they are emphasizing to him to keep his head up,showing him tape on how he's supposed to play with the new rule and sutuff like that and as a result in addition to a better posture he said he noticed he's playing with better technique and better overall than he did in the past, at least so far.
Will be interesting to see if that translates to the actual games as well.

Surprised that so many finger A. J. Cann as if he is some kind of lousy player while a so-so player like Linder heaps accolades he frankly does NOT deserve. In reality, what we've lacked is devout attention to developing a well-synchronized, efficient, offensive line unit. The greatest aid any head coach can give an offensive line is more than enough time for the comrades to develop continuity. A truly great offensive line performs silently and remains anonymous day in and day out. They don't make a lot of noise. They just perform like rock stars do. All it takes is eye contact between two offensive linemen and they know the next measure.

We've also lacked a understanding of how crappy a zone-block scheme is as it loosens up accountability across the offensive line and is easy for a veteran defensive line to foil.

Adjusting A. J. 's posture should NOT have been a result of rule changes, no? A major reason the Jaguars are turning things around directly relates to Doug Marrone's ability to schmeld a terrific offensive line.


If all you can do is point the finger and RANT about A. J. Cann you obviously know nothing about football!

(08-07-2018, 12:43 PM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-07-2018, 09:33 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: [ -> ]I was just listening to Marrone's press conference and found this interesting: he was asked about AJ Cann who looks improved out there, what he thought was the biggest improvement he made and so on.
And he said that with the new helmet rule he put together a tape for the offensive line to show them exemples of their stance, who has a tendency to lower their helmet and put themselves at risk and the first player he noticed was AJ Cann.
Marrone said he noticed Cann had a tendency of lowering his head too often, putting himself in danger and with the new rule they are emphasizing to him to keep his head up,showing him tape on how he's supposed to play with the new rule and sutuff like that and as a result in addition to a better posture he said he noticed he's playing with better technique and better overall than he did in the past, at least so far.
Will be interesting to see if that translates to the actual games as well.

... blah,blah,blah....

If all you can do is point the finger and RANT about A. J. Cann you obviously know nothing about football!

AJ Cann had several games last season in which he struggled to run block effectively. 

The line looks good, and Marrone/Flaherty get plenty of credit for that, but AJ needs to perform better than he did last year in the run game. Thankfully, that seems to be set to happen.

Per 1010xl, Taven Bryan missed practice today due to an injury to his abdomen.

(08-07-2018, 03:16 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/10268...31456?s=19

Oh Noes! 5 threw a pick in practice!

(08-07-2018, 04:35 PM)Hard_Eight Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-07-2018, 03:16 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/10268...31456?s=19

Oh Noes! 5 threw a pick in practice!

At least it's not 5 in one practice!

I love it! Let's challenge the best CB in the league because he is on our team and this is practice. One heck of a pick by Ramsey to boot.

(08-07-2018, 03:16 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/10268...31456?s=19

Shaking my head in....amazement.

That was ridiculous.

(08-07-2018, 03:16 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: [ -> ]https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/10268...31456?s=19

"I'm a bad man!"

It's a shame Ramsey has no ball skills.

(08-08-2018, 09:29 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]It's a shame Ramsey has no ball skills.

Stone hands

(08-07-2018, 12:43 PM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: [ -> ]Surprised that so many finger A. J. Cann as if he is some kind of lousy player while a so-so player like Linder heaps accolades he frankly does NOT deserve.

Wow, you couldn't possibly be more off base about Linder. He EASILY deserves every last accolade he gets. 

(08-08-2018, 11:44 AM)Jags02 Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-07-2018, 12:43 PM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: [ -> ]Surprised that so many finger A. J. Cann as if he is some kind of lousy player while a so-so player like Linder heaps accolades he frankly does NOT deserve.

Wow, you couldn't possibly be more off base about Linder. He EASILY deserves every last accolade he gets. 

That's JW right? lol

AJ Cann is good
and Linder is so-so

Not sure even JW would have a hot take like that....

(08-06-2018, 09:49 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-06-2018, 09:38 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: [ -> ]From Mike Kaye:

Interesting answer from Todd Wash about the nickel spot: Says Hayden is playing well but they are also considering Patmon and Herndon (UDFA). He wants to see who can tackle and who can blitz (Colvin specialty) in the preseason. #Jaguars

Ouch. Based on the camp reports, I'm getting the impression that the signings of Hayden and Moncrief were mistakes that wasted a lot of cap space. That was the consensus of the board at the time, which makes me wonder how Caldwell failed to see what most people here thought was obvious.

I'm ok with some short-term insurance policy type of signings, and absolutely ok if a rookie or second year guy has the talent to make those insurance policies expendable.

(08-08-2018, 01:08 PM)Mikey Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-06-2018, 09:49 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: [ -> ]Ouch. Based on the camp reports, I'm getting the impression that the signings of Hayden and Moncrief were mistakes that wasted a lot of cap space. That was the consensus of the board at the time, which makes me wonder how Caldwell failed to see what most people here thought was obvious.

I'm ok with some short-term insurance policy type of signings, and absolutely ok if a rookie or second year guy has the talent to make those insurance policies expendable.

I agree, but the premium on the insurance is very high.

We needed to replace Colvin, but there were other good nickel CBs available for less than half of what Hayden got. Even before the Chark pick, we had three starting WRs in Lee, Cole, and Westbrook. Mickens looked OK as a backup too, and the Jags have been very good at finding good undrafted WRs.

The problem is not our cap room in 2018. I just wonder if, instead of those two, the roughly $20M in cap space could have been rolled over to next year when there will be lots of contracts up for renewal. Does the NFL still allow cap rollover, and if so would the Jags be eligible after having spent below the cap for so many years? If no to either question, then those two signings were not out of line.

(08-06-2018, 09:49 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-06-2018, 09:38 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote: [ -> ]From Mike Kaye:

Interesting answer from Todd Wash about the nickel spot: Says Hayden is playing well but they are also considering Patmon and Herndon (UDFA). He wants to see who can tackle and who can blitz (Colvin specialty) in the preseason. #Jaguars

Ouch. Based on the camp reports, I'm getting the impression that the signings of Hayden and Moncrief were mistakes that wasted a lot of cap space. That was the consensus of the board at the time, which makes me wonder how Caldwell failed to see what most people here thought was obvious.

Hayden reportedly played well in the team scrimmage last Friday and his contract has an out clause after two years. That's not "wasting cap space." 
Moncrief is on a one year deal and was lighting up camp until he got hurt. Again, not "wasting space." 
Both of their contracts are actually very intentionally designed to allow for more cap space when it's time to re-sign our young talent.

(08-08-2018, 01:56 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-06-2018, 09:49 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: [ -> ]Ouch. Based on the camp reports, I'm getting the impression that the signings of Hayden and Moncrief were mistakes that wasted a lot of cap space. That was the consensus of the board at the time, which makes me wonder how Caldwell failed to see what most people here thought was obvious.

Hayden reportedly played well in the team scrimmage last Friday and his contract has an out clause after two years. That's not "wasting cap space." 
Moncrief is on a one year deal and was lighting up camp until he got hurt. Again, not "wasting space." 
Both of their contracts are actually very intentionally designed to allow for more cap space when it's time to re-sign our young talent.

The problem is that those two salaries mean we may have to start dismantling the defense immediately after the season.  That's $20 mil that could have rolled over to next season.  Instead, we will have to cut at least $20 mil in salary before the start of the next league year.  Do you want to have to cut Dareus and/or Jackson and Church, maybe even Gipson or Campbell to get under the cap because we signed Moncrief and Hayden?  I don't.

I expect some creative restructuring to keep things mostly in tact, but some big pieces will be sacrificed in large part thanks to those 2 signings.  Our home-grown talent will start to need new contracts too.  Can we in good conscience keep Yannick on his 3rd round rookie deal if he's even better this year than last?

Coughlin definitely went all in for the Super Bowl this year.  Hopefully it pays off.  
I think I'm going to just quit thinking about it and enjoy the season now that it's almost here.  I'm sure I'll bithc about it after a few beers though.