(04-18-2020, 11:04 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(04-18-2020, 09:10 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'll add again that I feel coaching and development are major stumbling blocks here as well and that is a pretty horrible indictment on a HC who played and coached OL. And I'm not a big Marrone diparager. All my gripes with him have been specific, singular mistakes for the most part. This one, however, is emerging as a more overarching  concern. 

Look  - I know there is no magic bullet, and I'm keenly aware that a large number of attempts have been made by this front office. I'm equally aware that Minshew and Foles were running for their lives in less than 3 seconds after the snap way too often last year with a line featuring no backups. Not to mention the lack of push or hole creation in the run game. When that is happening after years of chipping away at building a line - it's time to add haste to the correction. 

This is why I keep using the word urgency. I'd prefer a proactive push to add more and greater talent to sort it out opposed to the seemingly more chipping away approach I feel we've witnessed. The only two examples of recent acquisitions that were more urgent in nature were moving up for Cam's selection and the Norwell signing. Other additions have been about taking the slow road. You could point to Jawaan Taylor - but that came after the (apparently failed) attempt to replace Parnell with a fourth rounder.

I agree with your first paragraph. I've been saying that for a long time. I'm all for drafting a LT in the 1st round but that's based on competent coaching. As long as OL development remains a problem drafting offensive linemen is not going to fix the problem. Mike Tice is still alive, available, and under 65. The Jags best OL coaching came under him. Just sayin'.

Add another attempt at bolstering the OL. The Jags signed Ogbuehi before the draft last year. He (not Richardson) was the one penciled in at RT before they drafted Taylor. Admittedly Ogbuehi was a failure with the Bengals but he was a former 1st round pick. Marrone fails to see the lack of OL coaching and probably thought he could make chicken salad out of chicken [BLEEP].

Ogbuehi is another perfect example of what I’m talking about when I say lack of urgency.
That signing was a shot in the dark at reviving a failed draft pick. Not a move that shows any urgency to correct the issue. 

BTW - Richardson was drafted in 2018 and was touted to be the next RT as Parnell was fading and contract was nearly up. Ogbuehi came the next offseason as insurance - albeit very poor coverage with a sky high deductible.

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