(04-24-2020, 01:59 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Understood that not every great player can be re-signed.

But some CAN be.  There is no way Reed, Polamalu and Watt could have had the long careers with their teams were that not true.

With the Jaguars, the few Pro Bowl caliber players we DO draft end up leaving, while we don't hesitate to re-sign middle tier players.

That KILLS our continuity, identity and morale.  It's a recipie for failure.

I agree with all you said, and it may be a result of not having enough good players.  It's a "bad team" problem - no one wants to stick around.  I think what you said about middle tier players is true, but that's really because, hey, those ARE our best players.

We have attempted to keep what we thought were good players, and then, suddenly, they weren't that good (thinking Bortles, Garrard).  Didn't Poz retire as a Jag?  He was probably better than middle tier.  Calais was age related, Ramsey was a punk, and we ARE actively trying to pay Ngakoue.  Allen Robinson was a good player that left not because of compensation or lack of respect, he just wanted a shot on what he felt was a better team.  And then there's the short, crazy Jaguar career of Nick Foles.

In the past 10 years, which Jag that walked in free agency or got cut would you have re-signed?  MJD? Mathis? Campbell? I'm all about keeping a solid core of high character people, but it's hard under the best of circumstances.

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