(04-08-2020, 09:08 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(04-08-2020, 08:58 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: How many games do you expect to see that happen in 2020 (assuming a full season)?

Depends on the rest of this off-season really. Can the new kid stop the run in the middle? Do we get some wide bodies for the line?

If this roster doesn't get better against the run between now and week 1 then I don't see why opposing OCs would even consider throwing the ball.

The point I'm aiming at is the run defense should be pretty easy to fix. They've likely already done 1/2 of it by signing a MLB that can see what's going on across the line pre-snap and prepare for it. 
I don't think finding a rotation of phone booths that represent an upgrade to the Abry Jones's of the world should be too tall an order either. 

Of course they could screw it up  - and injury could play a role, but I don't see them getting gashed on the ground like that last year and not investing to fix it in the coming weeks.  

I think that look we saw on 3rd downs last year with 41 and 91 wide is something they'd like to use more often and I think it's do-able if they don't deal Salty McSalterton.

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(04-08-2020, 09:10 AM)rfc17 Wrote:

(04-08-2020, 08:28 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: It's hard to blame him for wanting to go elsewhere as we've all sat here for two years bad-mouthing the organization for the same things he cites for wanting to leave. Still, it's disappointing.

It would be easier to believe if he had been saying that all along.  If you are a player and dont like the team you are on, you can say that upfront, you just tell them thanks but no thanks anytime they offer you a contract extension, and you play the franchise / trade / wait for free agency game.  But he wasnt doing any of that until a month or two ago.

I've followed his winding narrative over the months and I just don't try to read into it as much as most around here seem to. 

I chalk that stuff up to a young guy with some inflated ideal in his head about maximizing his second contract - and he's just not being all that smart about it.

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