(12-02-2019, 01:43 PM)JagsFansince1995 Wrote: This board is not for the enhancement of anyones football IQ.  Debating and hearing different opinions is the amusement i get.  Everyone has their time to be right and wrong at some point.  I can say i've been right about moves we should make, far more than i care to admit since it has only brought misery and anger.  I'm just happy i still have fellow Jags fan still on the ship while we sink.

So much has changed in the NFL over the last couple decades. Some of us are old school in our thought processes. 

The new NFL is such a business. I think that is a lot of our disconnects. It’s not like back in the day where a team had more control over a players tenure or salary request. If you don’t have enough younger players playing on your roster, you can’t afford the cap. A lot of times we get upset for letting certain players go or for the signing of other players when we feel they are not worth it. If you look at it as shopping, sometimes you don’t always pick the brand name, if you believe an off brand can perform of and comes in cheaper. 

Foles for me was an off brand. I think he signed at the right price and offered what should have been more stable QB play than Bortles. We couldn’t afford a better QB. 

I agree with the sentiments that OL play has gone down across the board in the NFL especially with all the holding calls..and with it, so has a lot of the pocket passers success. The most successful teams have a mobile qb that extend plays negating some of the ineffectiveness of the olines.

I don’t think our offensive lines sucks, I think the coaching of it sucks. Too much inconsistency from players that have proven to be consistent on other teams be that NFL or college.

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