(01-26-2024, 11:46 PM)HardcoreMoJagFan Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2024, 11:28 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ]So because we sucked we should be cool with always sucking?
Yes, falling apart late means we suck just as hard as we always sucked.
Disagree with your premise. Therefore I disagree with your implied conclusion.
Trent..
Shad doesn't care what fans think, that's very obvious. Your job is safe. You don't need to do these things
(01-26-2024, 01:31 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2024, 12:15 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: [ -> ]Can you post some examples of it being 100% a team official burner account? I scrolled back pretty far and didn't see anything that agrees with that statement and got tired of scrolling.
Misstep by Baalke during the press conference. Specifically the "far away" from a contract remark. All he had to say is "We have not started negotiations yet, but we have a time table for that coming up soon. Next question."
Perhaps they favor just having him prove it again by playing on the tag this year. They have the leverage by being able to tag him again next year. Cisco, Little and Campbell are set to hit free agency next year and none of them would get the tag over Allen at this point. Obviously they risk pissing him off and not wanting to sign here, but facing two years on the tag might make him sign a more team friendly deal.
100% maaaaay be a reach lol
But that account is very wild considering the timing of some of the tweets and then the actions of the team.
(01-26-2024, 12:16 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]I think maybe you're overreacting a bit. Sure, we finished 9-8, but I don't see the "mess" that you see. We need to get bigger and stronger on the line of scrimmage, for sure, but this isn't a bottom-of-the-barrel team.
Any team that has any weakness, you can say the GM "created that weakness." And almost every team has weaknesses.
I don't think I'm overreacting at all.
Do you have faith that Baalke can fix the mess he created?
Baalke, and Pederson, and the entire staff, should be able to make this team bigger and stronger. The key point is, they seem to have identified the main problem. So yes, I think they are capable of fixing that particular problem. Will they succeed? I can't predict the future.
(01-26-2024, 11:28 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2024, 09:55 PM)HardcoreMoJagFan Wrote: [ -> ]You all can feel how you want to feel. But there's a reality of having one of the worst rosters in the league and getting it to playoff contention consistently.
Also I fixed my error when I posted wrong, six times in 20 years, two of which is the last two.
This team was frustrating at the end of this year but it wasn't near suck. And through the first 11 games it was closer to the top than suck.
So because we sucked we should be cool with always sucking?
Yes, falling apart late means we suck just as hard as we always sucked.
The Jaguars do not suck now. Just because you and the other less insightful people can't see the difference between the current team and the teams of the past decade doesn't make your misperception reality. And I don't care for Baalke, he just too often goes about the work the wrong way, but the results are not all bad. But to say that the 2022 team that won 9 games "sucked" is just dumb. If he and Pederson fix the lines this offseason then what we have is a front office continuing to build on a successful team.
(01-27-2024, 08:51 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2024, 11:28 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ]So because we sucked we should be cool with always sucking?
Yes, falling apart late means we suck just as hard as we always sucked.
The Jaguars do not suck now. Just because you and the other less insightful people can't see the difference between the current team and the teams of the past decade doesn't make your misperception reality. And I don't care for Baalke, he just too often goes about the work the wrong way, but the results are not all bad. But to say that the 2022 team that won 9 games "sucked" is just dumb. If he and Pederson fix the lines this offseason then what we have is a front office continuing to build on a successful team.
Trevor Lawrence is the one lone bright spot on this team and the only reason they even had a chance.
Just because we never had a good GM doesn't mean we should be okay with a bad one.
He is the leak here, he was the leak in San fran.. he's just a bad guy
(01-27-2024, 09:06 AM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ] (01-27-2024, 08:51 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]The Jaguars do not suck now. Just because you and the other less insightful people can't see the difference between the current team and the teams of the past decade doesn't make your misperception reality. And I don't care for Baalke, he just too often goes about the work the wrong way, but the results are not all bad. But to say that the 2022 team that won 9 games "sucked" is just dumb. If he and Pederson fix the lines this offseason then what we have is a front office continuing to build on a successful team.
Trevor Lawrence is the one lone bright spot on this team and the only reason they even had a chance.
Just because we never had a good GM doesn't mean we should be okay with a bad one.
He is the leak here, he was the leak in San fran.. he's just a bad guy
So Josh Allen and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Evan Engram and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Ridley and ETN getting 1k yard seasons in spite of the difficulties aren't bright spots?
Foye the tackling maching isn't a bright spot?
Travon getting to double digit sacks in year 2 isn't a bright spot?
Anton Harrison having a strong rookie campaign in spite of a lingering shoulder injury isn't a bright spot?
The team having consecutive winning seasons for the first time in decades isn't a bright spot?
The team having players they actually WANT to sign to second contracts and the cap room to do it isnt' a bright spot?
Open your eyes and quit being so dumb, the team is in a good place even with the failures at the end of last season. For diety sake stop making me defend Trent Baalke with your nonsense.
(01-27-2024, 08:16 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2024, 01:31 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: [ -> ]100% maaaaay be a reach lol
But that account is very wild considering the timing of some of the tweets and then the actions of the team.
I don't think I'm overreacting at all.
Do you have faith that Baalke can fix the mess he created?
Baalke, and Pederson, and the entire staff, should be able to make this team bigger and stronger. The key point is, they seem to have identified the main problem. So yes, I think they are capable of fixing that particular problem. Will they succeed? I can't predict the future.
During the offseason, the Jags had a couple very obvious places that needed upgrading.
1. Pass rush. Baalke did nothing but get Smoot coming off an Achilles tear. Brilliant
2. Interior Oline problems. The fix? Making Little (a clear LT) the guard. Another brilliant move!
Need OLine help? Nope. Let’s get more off ball linebackers and backup RBs!
They may know what they need to fix but I don’t think Baalke is a good talent evaluator who can actually fix it.
Again. For me, this boils down to Trevor. I don’t think Baalke can bring in enough talent to help the 24 year old QB reach his full potential.
Obviously these last 2 seasons have been better than in years past but I want them to continually improve. Like the Lions. They continued to improve their roster and mainly, they have continued to improve their Oline.
Welp.
The past few days of Jags fandom proves that people will believe anything they read on the internet way too often and fans will complain about everything they can think of and then some.
The burner account business seems whackadoodle to me.
Some of the tweets I read don't make any sense to be coming from Baalke. They don't jive with his moves.
Maybe some scout in the f.o. or something that has a general defensive attitude on the org's acquisitions/decisions.
But random fan guy declared it to be Baalke , so 99% of Jags fans just believe that now.
So weird.
I couldn't care less.
Just fix the lines and let the new defensive staff cook. I'm good.
We'll know by Halloween whether Baalke is going to flame out or not.
I'll wait.
They are clearly trusting him and Doug to fix a few obvious things and navigate the free agent moves that are also mostly obvious and likely already agreed upon within the building.
(01-27-2024, 09:16 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (01-27-2024, 09:06 AM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ]Trevor Lawrence is the one lone bright spot on this team and the only reason they even had a chance.
Just because we never had a good GM doesn't mean we should be okay with a bad one.
He is the leak here, he was the leak in San fran.. he's just a bad guy
So Josh Allen and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Evan Engram and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Ridley and ETN getting 1k yard seasons in spite of the difficulties aren't bright spots?
Foye the tackling maching isn't a bright spot?
Travon getting to double digit sacks in year 2 isn't a bright spot?
Anton Harrison having a strong rookie campaign in spite of a lingering shoulder injury isn't a bright spot?
The team having consecutive winning seasons for the first time in decades isn't a bright spot?
The team having players they actually WANT to sign to second contracts and the cap room to do it isnt' a bright spot?
Open your eyes and quit being so dumb, the team is in a good place even with the failures at the end of last season. For diety sake stop making me defend Trent Baalke with your nonsense.
Preach
(01-27-2024, 11:49 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]Welp.
The past few days of Jags fandom proves that people will believe anything they read on the internet way too often and fans will complain about everything they can think of and then some.
The burner account business seems whackadoodle to me.
Some of the tweets I read don't make any sense to be coming from Baalke. They don't jive with his moves.
Maybe some scout in the f.o. or something that has a general defensive attitude on the org's acquisitions/decisions.
But random fan guy declared it to be Baalke , so 99% of Jags fans just believe that now.
So weird.
I couldn't care less.
Just fix the lines and let the new defensive staff cook. I'm good.
We'll know by Halloween whether Baalke is going to flame out or not.
I'll wait.
They are clearly trusting him and Doug to fix a few obvious things and navigate the free agent moves that are also mostly obvious and likely already agreed upon within the building.
(01-27-2024, 09:16 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]So Josh Allen and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Evan Engram and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Ridley and ETN getting 1k yard seasons in spite of the difficulties aren't bright spots?
Foye the tackling maching isn't a bright spot?
Travon getting to double digit sacks in year 2 isn't a bright spot?
Anton Harrison having a strong rookie campaign in spite of a lingering shoulder injury isn't a bright spot?
The team having consecutive winning seasons for the first time in decades isn't a bright spot?
The team having players they actually WANT to sign to second contracts and the cap room to do it isnt' a bright spot?
Open your eyes and quit being so dumb, the team is in a good place even with the failures at the end of last season. For diety sake stop making me defend Trent Baalke with your nonsense.
Preach
Whatever. Abe Lincoln’s posts always prove to be true.
(01-27-2024, 11:49 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]Welp.
The past few days of Jags fandom proves that people will believe anything they read on the internet way too often and fans will complain about everything they can think of and then some.
The burner account business seems whackadoodle to me.
Some of the tweets I read don't make any sense to be coming from Baalke. They don't jive with his moves.
Maybe some scout in the f.o. or something that has a general defensive attitude on the org's acquisitions/decisions.
But random fan guy declared it to be Baalke , so 99% of Jags fans just believe that now.
May or may not be him. But if not him it's likely a close relative or perhaps someone who reports to him at work. It's too weird and obsessive for a random fan to be that supportive of baalke. Plus the insight on which players the team is interested in, whether through the draft or free agency, is too on the nose. And with all the stories out of SF about his propensity to leak information to guide public opinion, it would make sense to have a surrogate do so via social media. or just do it himself through an anonymous account.
(01-27-2024, 12:08 PM)rfc17 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-27-2024, 11:49 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]Welp.
The past few days of Jags fandom proves that people will believe anything they read on the internet way too often and fans will complain about everything they can think of and then some.
The burner account business seems whackadoodle to me.
Some of the tweets I read don't make any sense to be coming from Baalke. They don't jive with his moves.
Maybe some scout in the f.o. or something that has a general defensive attitude on the org's acquisitions/decisions.
But random fan guy declared it to be Baalke , so 99% of Jags fans just believe that now.
May or may not be him. But if not him it's likely a close relative or perhaps someone who reports to him at work. It's too weird and obsessive for a random fan to be that supportive of baalke. Plus the insight on which players the team is interested in, whether through the draft or free agency, is too on the nose. And with all the stories out of SF about his propensity to leak information to guide public opinion, it would make sense to have a surrogate do so via social media. or just do it himself through an anonymous account.
Have you vetted the veracity of the "stories" at all?
Or is it just a wildfire rumor because people don't like him?
I can take him or leave him - and I'm mad he didn't do more last offseason for the iOL, but I've never seen any convincing report about him leaking info in SF. Just people saying they thought he did.
Maybe there is something out there I don't know about.
(01-27-2024, 11:49 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]Welp.
The past few days of Jags fandom proves that people will believe anything they read on the internet way too often and fans will complain about everything they can think of and then some.
The burner account business seems whackadoodle to me.
Some of the tweets I read don't make any sense to be coming from Baalke. They don't jive with his moves.
Maybe some scout in the f.o. or something that has a general defensive attitude on the org's acquisitions/decisions.
But random fan guy declared it to be Baalke , so 99% of Jags fans just believe that now.
So weird.
I couldn't care less.
Just fix the lines and let the new defensive staff cook. I'm good.
We'll know by Halloween whether Baalke is going to flame out or not.
I'll wait.
They are clearly trusting him and Doug to fix a few obvious things and navigate the free agent moves that are also mostly obvious and likely already agreed upon within the building.
(01-27-2024, 09:16 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]So Josh Allen and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Evan Engram and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Ridley and ETN getting 1k yard seasons in spite of the difficulties aren't bright spots?
Foye the tackling maching isn't a bright spot?
Travon getting to double digit sacks in year 2 isn't a bright spot?
Anton Harrison having a strong rookie campaign in spite of a lingering shoulder injury isn't a bright spot?
The team having consecutive winning seasons for the first time in decades isn't a bright spot?
The team having players they actually WANT to sign to second contracts and the cap room to do it isnt' a bright spot?
Open your eyes and quit being so dumb, the team is in a good place even with the failures at the end of last season. For diety sake stop making me defend Trent Baalke with your nonsense.
Preach
Halloween?
I’ll know by August. If they walk into week 1 with Fortner and Little at LG, it’ll be very obvious.
Again, I’m hoping for the best but I don’t trust Baalke to fix the mess that he himself created.
“We need pass rush help.”
Incoming Smoot of a torn Achilles!
“We need interior OLine depth/starter”
Incoming 4th off ball linebacker and running back!
“Interior pass rush”
We just bringing back RRH who is average at best but because we won a playoff game, let’s run the whole thing back babay!
(01-27-2024, 08:51 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2024, 11:28 PM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ]So because we sucked we should be cool with always sucking?
Yes, falling apart late means we suck just as hard as we always sucked.
The Jaguars do not suck now. Just because you and the other less insightful people can't see the difference between the current team and the teams of the past decade doesn't make your misperception reality. And I don't care for Baalke, he just too often goes about the work the wrong way, but the results are not all bad. But to say that the 2022 team that won 9 games "sucked" is just dumb. If he and Pederson fix the lines this offseason then what we have is a front office continuing to build on a successful team.
This.
Gentlemen we have not had 2 winning seasons in a row since 2000. This was accomplished while dealing with higher than average injuries and playing a first place schedule. We are a best 5-11 playing a first place schedule the last 23 years. If you listened to what the Jags said before the draft you would know it was for depth. They did need to draft a starter with their first pick and chose well. (Harrison) That was the plan. No one at that time could foresee a LT being suspended for 6 games and a practice against the Lions that left our o-line beat up (sent 1 to IR) before the season even began. Our o-line coach most definitely was handed the poopy end of the stick as the season began. The Keystone Cops then promptly suited up and played that first game against the Texans. I don't solely blame Bigsby for that scoop TD. There were 10 other players standing around him that had the same brain fart. They are just as culpable.
Do I like Baalkie? I have to say because I have never met the guy there is no basis for me to either like or dislike. Do I like his choices? Well, since I have no way to know what their intent is, evaluations are or who said what in draft meetings there once again there is no basis for that. I am neutral on him. I can say in my opinion he appears to be an upgrade to Dave Caldwell, Gene Smith and James Harris. I find it humorous that some will disagree with him no matter what he says, even if is is something they were promoting previously. (no i'll not show examples...you do your own work)
What I got from the press conference and look forward to.
“Your quarterback has a throwing shoulder injury, a knee injury, an ankle injury and a concussion all in one year? That’s alarming,” Baalke said Thursday. “We got to work to improve that. There’s a lot of things that contribute to that. But we do have to do a better job there.”
"We've got to get bigger, we've got to get stronger, we've got to get more physical in the trenches
Why did he not sign everything we may have needed last year, because we need cap to sign several big names players this year. Allen and Lawrence especially. Maybe Ridley.
(01-27-2024, 12:18 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: [ -> ] (01-27-2024, 11:49 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]Welp.
The past few days of Jags fandom proves that people will believe anything they read on the internet way too often and fans will complain about everything they can think of and then some.
The burner account business seems whackadoodle to me.
Some of the tweets I read don't make any sense to be coming from Baalke. They don't jive with his moves.
Maybe some scout in the f.o. or something that has a general defensive attitude on the org's acquisitions/decisions.
But random fan guy declared it to be Baalke , so 99% of Jags fans just believe that now.
So weird.
I couldn't care less.
Just fix the lines and let the new defensive staff cook. I'm good.
We'll know by Halloween whether Baalke is going to flame out or not.
I'll wait.
They are clearly trusting him and Doug to fix a few obvious things and navigate the free agent moves that are also mostly obvious and likely already agreed upon within the building.
Preach
Halloween?
I’ll know by August. If they walk into week 1 with Fortner and Little at LG, it’ll be very obvious.
Again, I’m hoping for the best but I don’t trust Baalke to fix the mess that he himself created.
“We need pass rush help.”
Incoming Smoot of a torn Achilles!
“We need interior OLine depth/starter”
Incoming 4th off ball linebacker and running back!
“Interior pass rush”
We just bringing back RRH who is average at best but because we won a playoff game, let’s run the whole thing back babay!
Yes, Halloween,
Even if he signs players to the positions most of us want to see upgraded, we aren't going to know how all of those pieces fit and function together until they've done it for several weeks in the regular season
I think it's obvious. Even if Khan won't publicly admit it. This entire staff and front office have to rebound in a big way or they all get [BLEEP] canned in the following off season.
March and April will tell us all what we need to know. They're either all ego and no gusto or they have been paying attention and are patching up their obvious weaknesses.
Time will tell as it always does.
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(01-27-2024, 04:48 PM)Caldrac Wrote: [ -> ]I think it's obvious. Even if Khan won't publicly admit it. This entire staff and front office have to rebound in a big way or they all get [BLEEP] canned in the following off season.
March and April will tell us all what we need to know. They're either all ego and no gusto or they have been paying attention and are patching up their obvious weaknesses.
Time will tell as it always does.
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Rebound? The hyperbole is out of control man
(01-27-2024, 10:09 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (01-27-2024, 04:48 PM)Caldrac Wrote: [ -> ]I think it's obvious. Even if Khan won't publicly admit it. This entire staff and front office have to rebound in a big way or they all get [BLEEP] canned in the following off season.
March and April will tell us all what we need to know. They're either all ego and no gusto or they have been paying attention and are patching up their obvious weaknesses.
Time will tell as it always does.
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Rebound? The hyperbole is out of control man
Year four on Lawrence's deal.
Year four for Baalke.
Year three for Pederson and his staff.
Anything short of making the play off's in 2024 should be taken seriously and treated as such.
That's not hyperbole. That's genuine. This team can ill afford to settle for mediocrity. Especially with this Quarterback.
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(01-27-2024, 09:16 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (01-27-2024, 09:06 AM)snarkyguy_he_him_his Wrote: [ -> ]Trevor Lawrence is the one lone bright spot on this team and the only reason they even had a chance.
Just because we never had a good GM doesn't mean we should be okay with a bad one.
He is the leak here, he was the leak in San fran.. he's just a bad guy
So Josh Allen and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Evan Engram and his record setting season isn't a bright spot?
Ridley and ETN getting 1k yard seasons in spite of the difficulties aren't bright spots?
Foye the tackling maching isn't a bright spot?
Travon getting to double digit sacks in year 2 isn't a bright spot?
Anton Harrison having a strong rookie campaign in spite of a lingering shoulder injury isn't a bright spot?
The team having consecutive winning seasons for the first time in decades isn't a bright spot?
The team having players they actually WANT to sign to second contracts and the cap room to do it isnt' a bright spot?
Open your eyes and quit being so dumb, the team is in a good place even with the failures at the end of last season. For diety sake stop making me defend Trent Baalke with your nonsense.
Some fans are quick to forget how awful this team can be when it wants to be. During the bottom feeder days, nothing to look forward to, none of the players making any impactful plays, routine embarrassment... I'll take a competitive team with strengths and weaknesses over the basement dwelling any day. Games were just as painful, but for a different reason.
Wallowing in moral victories is for losers. Save that nonsense for the gym when you almost hit a new PR or your child or grandchild when they almost didn't eat [BLEEP] riding their bike without training wheels. Where it's more plausible and probable that you or them can improve that chance of success on a daily basis.
It takes a year to get back into a season and players come and go. Flashes in the pan come and go. Injuries come up all the time. When you're this close? You strike while the iron is hot. Especially in this sport. The odds are stacked against you.
Of course I remember the gutter days. I grew up on them. I also grew up in a family that had limited opportunities and some of them pissed them away by thinking they would get another chance at it.
The day that never comes. So, again, cool if you want to wallow in moral victories, but, winners push for success and they drive themselves insane to maintain it by chasing it.
We'll see what happens, but, anything short of the play offs seems like yet another step backwards given the amount of time and resources this team has now had.
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I agree that yes, we are in a better spot then years past, but 2024 should at the very least be a playoff berth. Anything less, at the very least, Baalke has to go.