(09-08-2020, 07:28 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote:

(09-08-2020, 07:13 PM)Bullseye Wrote: A "turd" for telling the truth from his perspective and experience?!?

If he came out and said Bortles, Foles, and Minshew were the greatest QBs ever, would that make the message better somewhow?

People would slam him for his insincerity or seriously question his knowledge of football.

The difference between Brady-even at this late stage of his career-and every QB he played with until then is HUGE. Add the skill players he has around him now, it's easy to see why he feels like he should have more room to run and not feel like the sole target a defense has to contend with.

Could he have been more delicate with his wording?  Sure.  But you don't draft players for being wordsmiths.

If Fournette was an adult and not the petulant turd he is, he would just say nothing. He could say how he's looking forward to working with a QB of Brady's caliber without crapping on his past QBs. Not sure why you had to turn that into a binary, that if he shouldn't crap on his former teammates, he then must heap praise on them? The appropriate response was to do neither.

Now how would silence have been received?

I don't care enough to look up the transcript of the press conference, but I can't imagine a favorable response to a "no comment" or literal silence on the topic of leaving Jacksonville and coming to Tampa.

Fournette says "No comment," Jaguars fans would see it as a dig at Jacksonville.

Fournette says "If I can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all..." Jaguars fans would see it as a dig at Jacksonville.

Fournette literally remains silent at the press conference, media trashes him for erratic press conference.

If any recently released/traded former Jaguar should be knocked for his statements since leaving, it should be Harrison.

---