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Richardson to IR

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(10-20-2018, 03:20 PM)SeldomRite Wrote:
(10-20-2018, 03:01 PM)Caldrac Wrote: I understand. Again, 20/20. My point is that when you're that close to a Championship. And it's crystal CLEAR that your defense is pretty much set up to keep your team going strong in 2018. Why would you jeopardize or risk [BLEEP] around with that window of opportunity? Again, why would you draft guys that are NOT going to be on the field that much as rookies? Why take those chances when you could have taken players on offense there to either. 

A. Shore up your protection
B. Add an actual skill player to your offense that can catch and/or run?

I don't believe Michel, Goedert, Hernandez, Jackson or Sutton are "lesser" players compared to Taven "Bambi" Bryan. Honestly, unless you're a Gators fan you probably didn't know who he was on draft day. So it's not a mistake IMHO. And, again, we're coming off of an AFCC run. The defense was your strongest overall unit. Your offense needed some work. So far they've invested in luxury picks which "could" yield long term benefits but by then will that window of opportunity still be there for them to win it all with this offense? Highly, highly [BLEEP] unlikely now. 

Kansas City DID need a QB last year. You know why? For the same reason Alex Smith got shipped out of the Bay Area to begin with. He's a really, really efficient and good regular season passer but he tends to stall out in the bigger games and bigger moments. That's why they drafted Mahomes. Probably didn't hurt that Alex would have been 34 on KC's roster this year AND he wanted a [BLEEP] ton of money. 

Mahomes was a luxury pick. The Chiefs can afford to [BLEEP] around like that and invest in luxury picks. They had entered the play-offs four out of the last five years there. This team isn't good enough consistently yet to have that way of thinking right now. Favre was 36 in 2005 that year when the Packers drafted Rodgers. 36. He threw a leauge leading 29 INT's that year with Rodgers on the bench breathing on his neck as a rookie. Seemed like the best decision at that time. 

And all you can come up with is two QB examples? The premier position in all of football? With guys over the hill at their points in their careers or at least nearing the end. Or where they could have announced their retirement at a moment's notice? 

Okay.

Ah excuses. "It would be okay to do things wrong, because we're so close!" See Jaguars Circa 2008.

As for the rest, regarding only being able to come up with two QB examples, I'm not someone that follows all 32 teams' needs closely and examines all of their draft picks, but I do follow the Jaguars, and they've been making the same mistakes for as long as I've been paying attention. However, right off the top of my head the Giants of 10-15 years ago drafting defensive line even when they already had guys like Strahan. Worked out fine for them in 2007, didn't it?

The main point is no one could have seen the Jaguars having the kind of injuries they're having this year. Drafting one more guard early in the draft instead of Bryan or Chark wouldn't necessarily help with what's going on right now. The draft is about having a core of elite guys, not having a bunch of guys that were playing the right position. If Bryan turns out to be an elite player in a couple of more years he'll have been a great draft choice unless Lamar Jackson Suddenly starts being able to play (LOL, not happening).

Not excuses. Facts right now until this offense manages to dig it's head out of it's [BLEEP]. I don't follow all 32 teams either. It doesn't take a week to break down all of the above as I did. You threw names. I figured out years and statistics. Anybody can do that. 

I just feel that they had a good shot last year. They played it too conservatively and I just don't know if they'll be able to do that again. They're making the same mistakes though. That's why last year was the first time in ten years that they had played in a play-off game. 

Drafting an offensive lineman made a lot of sense actually. You were coming off a year where Linder had missed some time and has had an issue staying on the field. You had Omameh leaving in free agency. And Cann is just a guy as far as I am concerned. I think they could do better had they made better decisions. 

I can make the same exact argument about Fournette. Who has ALWAYS had a [BLEEP] laundry list of injury problems going back to his days at LSU. And now it's carried over significantly more into this NFL career. They have Yeldon in a contract year. And they had an opportunity to draft one of the best RB's from this class. 

They invested at positions that they were already set at. They invested in players who were more than likely not going to see nor get that very many snap counts this year. Again, instant impact or long term gratification? What situation is this franchise in right now? Again, we're not the Chiefs. We're not the Packers. The Patriots, etc. 

This franchise doesn't win consistently enough to consider any draft pick a luxury pick where you can afford to have a developmental player sitting in the hopper. The offense doesn't have any threats that scare a defense right now. Our defense going into 2018 had a player or two at every level that you have to account for and actually scare the [BLEEP] out of you. 

You say Oranges. I say Apples. Ultimately my point was that you don't get very many opportunities like we had last year. And when we ALL know that we have glaring issues and needs on offense. How can anybody really sit there and be that comfortable with what they've done with this year's draft class? You're lying to yourself. 

If this team was 4 - 2 or 6 - 0 right now. You wouldn't hear a peep out of me. But when your LG is failing. Your LT is out. Your QB is regressing. And you're down two RB's and two TE's? And none of the current players on this roster are good enough to get the ball rolling. Someone clearly miscalculated or [BLEEP] up in the scouting department and personnel department this off season.
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Messages In This Thread
Richardson to IR - by NYC4jags - 10-20-2018, 10:59 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by knarnn - 10-20-2018, 11:13 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Caldrac - 10-20-2018, 11:20 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by The_Franchise_QB - 10-20-2018, 12:01 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by NYC4jags - 10-20-2018, 12:44 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by The_Franchise_QB - 10-20-2018, 12:54 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-20-2018, 02:04 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Caldrac - 10-20-2018, 02:35 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-20-2018, 02:46 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Caldrac - 10-20-2018, 03:01 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by rpr52121 - 10-20-2018, 03:18 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-20-2018, 03:20 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by rpr52121 - 10-20-2018, 03:32 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-20-2018, 03:34 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Caldrac - 10-20-2018, 03:38 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Caldrac - 10-20-2018, 03:35 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-20-2018, 03:37 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by flgatorsandjags - 10-20-2018, 03:34 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Jags02 - 10-20-2018, 07:57 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Bullseye - 10-20-2018, 09:15 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-21-2018, 08:43 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by flsprtsgod - 10-21-2018, 08:53 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Bullseye - 10-21-2018, 09:07 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-21-2018, 09:34 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Bullseye - 10-21-2018, 10:27 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-21-2018, 10:42 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by Bullseye - 10-21-2018, 11:07 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by SeldomRite - 10-21-2018, 11:32 AM
RE: Richardson to IR - by HURRICANE!!! - 10-20-2018, 12:53 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by TheO-LineMatters - 10-20-2018, 01:12 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by knarnn - 10-20-2018, 01:27 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by The_Franchise_QB - 10-20-2018, 03:06 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by homebiscuit - 10-20-2018, 08:27 PM
RE: Richardson to IR - by JaguarJosh05 - 10-21-2018, 01:03 PM



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