(02-11-2018, 05:56 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(02-11-2018, 05:31 PM)Upper Wrote: Holy hell, none of the facts are speculations. All 5 of those things are unequivocally working against us.

You can quibble about whether we will get lucky again with injuries or have enough FO talent to overperform enough in FA/draft to overcome those disadvantages, but they are all disadvantages and that's just not up for debate.

We likely will have a harder schedule. Doesn't bother me much. The Jags will get better and that defense can still keep them in most games against the better opponents. 

We probably won't get that lucky again with injuries. Yeah.  Who knows?  Probably not. 

Teams having more cap space seems like a ridiculous thing to list as "counting against us." We just used a bunch of cap space to add players that helped us tremendously and they'll still be here. The standard ebb and flow of free agency is hardly something I'm going to list as some great concern.  How many opponents do you think will beat us because they had more money to spend in 2018? 

The division getting harder is pure speculation.  The tacks have a new staff, the tinhorns have lots to fix and a young QB that's a mostly unknown commodity and the colts will be trying a re-boot with a new staff and a QB of dubious health. 

The draft thing - I already explained that it's silly to fret over picking 29th.  I put little stock in that when good players get selected all over the board every year. 

Anyway - while there's some validity to a few of your points  - I was merely pointing out how funny it was that you were littering posts of speculations and opinions with words like "truth and fact" all over the place while claiming not to spin. 

That's funny to me. Sorry.

Defense, maybe not.  Offense, as long as the QB doesnt get hurt I dont see how we cant be more healthy.  Lost our number 1 WR and arguably our best offensive player in the first drive in game 1, our 2nd best WR in Hurns missed 6 games and was banged up most of the season, Lee missed a few games.  LF missed some although we still won.  Oline was being shuffled all season because of injury.

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