(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.

Actually when listening to the actual press conference Wash seemed quite pleased with Hayden and more than a knock on him he was complimenting the other 2 guys as well.
While I wouldn't have signed Hayden (at least not to those figures) I think he will be the starter and if the other 2 guys keep playing well it'll be great, especially in the long-term and for our depth/competition. The more guy step up, the better,we'll need everyone's help. A bit of the same with Moncrief who is purely on a 1 year contract, I would have probably spent those money differently but when he signed we also had no DJ Chark, Greene was coming off a terrible season and one season spent on IR so we had more questino marks back then.
Feels good to have multiple reliable (apparently of course) options.

I think Wash mentioning Herndon like that could probably also mean he's taking advantage of the plays he has made throughout training camp and starting to separate himself from the Myrick /Meeks/Delaney/Seamster group for a roster spot.

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