(07-04-2017, 04:32 PM)StitchJones Wrote:

(07-04-2017, 08:55 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Upgrades to the Jags pass rush and secondary make the bolded phrase less than certain. This defense has the potential to hold the lesser quarterbacks to very low production.

Otherwise I agree.  I would add that the Jags passing game should only need to be marginally better to win several more games in 2017 than 2016. Especially if the run game indeed gets a boost from the revamped O-Line, FB and RB additions.
Those are still question marks - but expecting both aspects of the offense to improve marginally is not a very tall order.

But we don't know yet if those 'upgrades' to our pass rush really will be upgrades. Until I 'see it on the field' I'm not becoming too optimistic about the Jags anymore. Plus as I said, Vegas has (or had) us at only 5.5 wins this season. They aren't sold on the effectiveness of the defensive upgrades and they tend to be pretty good judges of what to expect.