(03-21-2018, 01:38 PM)knarnn Wrote:

(03-21-2018, 01:14 PM)Bullseye Wrote: First off, you don't know why Marcedes Lewis was cut.  There are any number of justifications for the team cutting him.   Maybe they wanted to get younger at the position.  He is 34.  Maybe they wanted to save money.  Paying for a rookie reserve TE is cheaper than paying for a 12 year vet reserve TE.  Perhaps Lewis became expendable with the ASJ signing.  Perhaps they wanted more production at the position.  ASJ had 50 catches last year.  When was the last time Lewis came close to that figure?  Whether Lewis' was angry at the team for ASJ's contract, much less whether his anger played a role in his release, is unknown.  But if he were angered by the contract, if his anger manifest itself the wrong way, you can bet insubordination might have justifiably played a role in his release.

Secondly, I am one of those older Jaguars fans who remembers the first Coughlin era.  I remember an instance when RBs Tavian Banks and another were in an accident on the Main Street Bridge when their car flipped over on the way to a meeting.  They were still fined for being late to the meeting.  There is at least one instance in TCs stay with the Giants where a player (Tiki Barber) left disgruntled over the way he was treated by Coughlin.  I don't say this to impugn TC, but I show these things to illustrate how players being dissatisfied with being treated a certain way by the organization is common, even to those we view as top notch guys in the profession.

As to your closing line, it is patently ridiculous to compare Caldwell to Gene Smith, and even more so to suggest TC fire him for cutting a 34 year old TE.  Lest you forget, it was Caldwell's picks that led the Jaguars to the AFC championship game last year.  You aren't going to find many GMs that have a first three rounds like Caldwell's 2016 draft.  Furthermore, firing Caldwell for cutting a 34 year old TE whose most productive days are long behind him after signing him to a contract extension is every bit as vindictive and childish as you assert Caldwell was.

While I'll always appreciate your in depth analysis and football acumen, especially in regards to Jaguars related history....why do ya'll continue to feed the troll? Report him and move on.

I can take trolls...but if you must troll, dammit be a good troll.  Don't tell me a GM that built a team that just appeared in the AFC championship game needs to be fired for cutting a 34 year old TE that hasn't had more than 25 catches in the last 5 years.  Don't equate a guy who got more legit playmakers in one draft (2016) than Smith got in his entire tenure here, to Smith.

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