(10-16-2019, 09:17 AM)jj82284 Wrote:

(10-15-2019, 10:52 PM)Bullseye Wrote: So you think it's HIS fault?!?

Yes, that will be an interesting comparison.

My hunch is it is doubtful the Jaguars will draft an equal or better talent with the picks acquired from the Rams.

Exactly.  This is why I think any fan should be looking at this as a Time of morning.  You don't trade a winning Lottery ticket for 10k blank tickets for the next draw.  The overwhelming odds are you just traded away millions of dollars for worthless pieces of paper.  In the Case of Ramsey you're talking about a billion dollar powerball jackpot.  Since this teams inception we have had what 170ish draft picks.  Have we ever drafted a better defender than Him?  One could argue he's one of the most unique defensive backs to ever play the game with his mixture of coverage and striking ability.  10 years @ corner and another 4 or 5 @ free Safety just walked out the door, but that's okay because Todd Wash is going to run some 4d chess version of Cover 3?  Deandre Hopkins is laughing @ us.  We may very well have surrendered any competitive advantage in this division away for the next half decade, and it was a decision made by an 80 year old man who probably won't be here next year. 

& you're also right about the cap situation.  You can't have a Nose Tackle on premium money, you can't have a 5 Technique end @ 34 on premium money and for some reason now we have a middle linebacker who never made a pro-bowl who misses run fits that got paid before the best player to ever walk into a defensive meeting room.  This might just be one of the worst allocations of resources I've ever seen.

At this point, we've been 'mourning' over this for the past several weeks. You had to know that this was coming. The moment Ramsey declared he wanted off the team I just knew there was no coming back from it.

I got over it once he missed that second game. That's when It was obvious he was gonna be a jerk about the whole thing and game the system. If people are happy right now - though I'm really only speaking for myself - i'm just glad that the drama is over with. Jacksonville's left picking up the pieces and that sucks no matter which way you cut it.

But they were going to have to pick up pieces in one way or another regardless. This team's probably not making the playoffs. And certainly they aren't achieving that again under Marrone. There wasn't going to be a happy ending to this drama.

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